Final outcome: The final paddle build
Another set of paddles were laser cut using the Riks font I chose and the result was good, as can be seen below. The text… Read More »Final outcome: The final paddle build
Another set of paddles were laser cut using the Riks font I chose and the result was good, as can be seen below. The text… Read More »Final outcome: The final paddle build
I now need to finalise where to install and film the water wheels to achieve the most visually powerful outcome. The exciting news is that… Read More »Experiment: Finalising installation location
An issue arose with the laser cutting of my chosen font Ombudsman Stencil as below. The internal connecting parts within the letters were clearly too… Read More »Experiment: Font laser cut problem
With all the waterwheel design work complete now is the time to decide on the words to put on the paddles. We have 5 waterwheels… Read More »Experiment: Finalising words for the paddles
Land art is defined as art that is created with and embodied by the physical landscape and my proposed outcome sits partially in this genre… Read More »Research: Land art & artists
A font carries with it a rich embedded symbolism so the decision as to what font to use on the paddles was researched at this… Read More »Experiment: Font psychology and choice
This next experiment involved 2 paddles to assess how well they turned together but also each water wheel had paddles with different heights (12cm and… Read More »Experiment: Two paddle prototype
The amended design for the water wheels below has sizes in cm included. The paddles will be the same width but they will be taller.… Read More »Experiment: A design for full-size water wheels
A discussion of progress with Liz Libor introduced a number of artist references as well as a wider consideration of how to fit my work… Read More »Crit: Tutor feedback 18th March
I constructed a new version of the waterwheel using the idea of suspending it above the water. This would hopefully give finer control of the… Read More »Experiment: Suspended waterwheel
I took the prototype to a quite location on the river to test and record a video of it in action. The location below is… Read More »Experiment: Plywood & swivel hook prototype
I thought of a waterwheel as a way to interrupt the flow of the river so this experiment was a simple prototype made from a… Read More »Experiment: Words flowing together