Autonomatic research fellow, Jorgensen’s solo show now available in 360 degree online.

If you missed the solo show of Autonomatic research fellow Tavs Jorgensen at the Wills Lane Gallery in St Ives last month, there is now an opportunity to see a panoramic of the show at the LookaroundCornwall site with this link here:

http://www.lookaroundcornwall.com/panos/wills-lane-gallery.htm

 

 

Digital Technologies and Contemporary Craft practice: Currents in Conversation

Isabelle will be presenting a paper at a half day seminar at the Crafts Study Centre in Farnham on Friday 12th June. ‘Digital Technologies and Contemporary Craft practice: Currents in Conversation’ will look at the impact of digital technologies on craft practice and will be chaired by Colin Webster of UCA Farnham and Professor Simon Ollding of the Crafts Study Centre.

For more information and booking details (its free, but with limited spaces) contact Farnham

www.csc.ucreative.ac.uk

SCIRIA visit UCF

5 members of the SCIRIA (Computer Interface Research & Innovation in the Arts) team, from Camberwell College of Arts, visited Falmouth this week to present their current research projects and discuss potential areas for collaboration.  Alongside some interesting and wide ranging discussions we also managed to create two drawings based on the work of Barbara Rauch.

 

See the ‘Autonomatic visit SCIRIA, February 24, 2009’ post for more details on SCIRIA.

 

CNC Drawing

Justin has been undertaking some tests into the different marks that are achievable when using a CNC router as a drawing machine. Using a variety media and adaptations to existing tool holders, he has started to build up a vocabulary of marks and effects. CNC drawings produced by other cluster members can be seen in earlier posts.

 

 We are intend pursuing this area of research and are excited by the possibilities of marrying a level of image complexity, associated with the capabilities of digital technologies, with the robust simplicity of common mark making tools (e.g. pencils, marker pens, scribes etc.)

 

lego tree, 2mx1.5m, roller pen

lego tree (detail)

 

lego bamboo forest (detail), roller pencharcoal pencil test, 35x30cm approx.

 

 

 

 

 

marker pen test, 30x20cm

ink brush test, 30x20cm

 

 

8'x4' flatbed router

Autonomatic Research Fellow’s Solo Show opens at the Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall

Tavs Jorgensen’s solo show at the Will’s Lane Gallery in St Ives has just opened this Sunday (the 29th of March).
The show is titled: “From Virtual Line to Physical Form” and features work originating from a series of research projects investigating new ways of using digital tools undertaken at the Autonomatic Research Unit. The aim is to establish methods of creating that utilises these new tools but also re values the notion of craftsmanship and the dexterity of the human hand.
The show includes glass, ceramics and CNC generated drawings and will be running until April the 25th.
Get more info here: www.willslanegallery.co.uk

Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall

Glass bowls by Tavs Jorgensen at the Wills Lane Gallery

Tavs Jorgensen bone china pieces at the Wills Lane Gallery

Tavs Jorgensen glass pieces at the Wills Lane Gallery

Talk by Singgih S Kartono – the creator of the Wooden Radio

Autonomatic helped to facilitate a hugely inspirational talk at the Tremough Design Centre by the Indonesian designer Singgih S Kartono. Singgih’s wooden radio won the Brit Insurance Design awards 2009 presented at the Design Museum last month.
While being a very beautiful product, probably the most interesting aspect of the radio is the how Singgih has created a design with a much more holistic approach, aiming to facilitate social empowerment and establish a sustainable local industry which utilises renewable resources.

Learn more about the design and inspirational project here: http://www.wooden-radio.com/gb/

Singgih S Kartono's talk at UCF

 

Singgih S Kartono's beautiful Wooden Radio

Symposium and PhD course: Models of Practice based Research in Architecture and Design

The Danish Design School, Copenhagen

On 15-16. January 2009 Katie Bunnell gave a  key note lecture on practice-based methodologies for PhD and post doctoral level craft and design research. Her presentation was split into two halfs: the first focussing on the development of a methodology for her PhD, Re-presenting Making: the integration of new technologies into ceramic designer-maker practice, in particular developing Csikszentmihalyi’s (1988) Model of Creativity and Robson’s (1996) description of Naturalistic Inquiry. The second half of the presentation provided examples of practice-based approaches developed by members of the Autonomatic team for current research projects.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1988) ‘Society, culture and person: a systems view of creativity’ in: R.J. Sternberg, ed. ‘The Nature of Creativity: Contemporary Psychological Perspectives’. Cambridge University Press, 1988, pp325-339.

Robson, C, (1993) ‘Real World Research’.Blackwell

There were two other key note lectures from Professor Stephen Scrivener, Director of Research at Chelsea College of Art and Design at UAL and Professor Bruno de Meulder, KU Leuven, Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning and presentation from Design and Architecture students.

The aim of ‘Models of Practice based Research in Architecture and Design’ was to discuss possible roles design practice can play with regard to proceedings and results of architectural and design research. A full programme can be found at http://dk.dkad.dk/?IDX=199&option=com_calendar&cmd=view&event=189

‘Society, culture and person: a systems view of creativity’. In: R.J. Sternberg, ed. ‘The Nature of Creativity: Contemporary Psychological Perspectives’. Cambridge University Press, 1988, pp325-339

Katie Bunnell presents Autonomatic at ArtQuest Ex Machina

 

A one-day conference held at Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London
24 February 2009.

On Tuesday 24 February Artquest presented Ex Machina, a one-day conference that explored the myriad ways in which visual practitioners are embracing and exploiting new technologies in order to produce contemporary work.  An audio recording of all presentations including is now available online at: http://www.artquest.org.uk/projects/ex-machina.htm

Katie’s Powerpoint presentation:

autonomatic-for-riba-artquest-2009

Contemporary Craft Fellowship: Higg+Bunn Creative Partnership

Drawing test

Here are some images from Katie Bunnell’s and Jessie Higginson’s collaborative project for their Contemporary Crafts Fellowship.  There’s a mix here of drawing work in progress and the final exhibition, Re-Route, at The Devon Guild of Craftsmen opened by Rosie Greenlees, Director of the Crafts Council on 13th March. Full project details in previous post.

Jessie and Katie at work with the cnc router

Tile detail 2

Tile detail

Tile detail 3Tile sample

Autonomatic in Sunderland

Justin recently presented a paper at the PARALLELS AND CONNECTIONS: a ceramics and glass research student conference, held between 18-20 March 09.

His presentation focused on the work of the cluster and briefly discussed the significance of developments within digital production for the future of craft practices. Themes within this paper will be developed further for a paper the cluster intends to deliver at the ‘Making Futures’ conference to be held at PCAD in September 2009.

Visit http://glassresearch.sunderland.ac.uk/ for more information on the Institute for International Research in Glass based at University of Sunderland.