Combining Model and Aesthetic Gesture

These are some experiments literally combining Emma's ritual and the kitchen. There is a play between straight and soft edges here, and I can see potential for changes of scale.

In this exercise we made spaces from abstraction by adding inhabitants. This one is based around the idea of a playground.

Making the Kitchen Frame

Sketch up model was made

Translated to Illustrator (colours correspond to laser's actions.)

The final product. This was cut by the laser cutter and glued together.

By thinking about Emma's ritual and the subconscious feelings it reflects and produces, I created these 'things' that were my interpretation of making green tea. I found it surprisingly natural to come up with and create these 'things'. 

They do somewhat reflect the idea of mugs or china that Emma uses to make green tea.

Last week I was given Emma's ritual, making green tea. We talked about the process of fetching the mug, boiling the kettle, getting the tea bag and reading the label, filling the mug with a dash of cold water and dunking the tea bag. Making tea makes her feel calm, comfortable, warm and fuzzy. 
Some of the qualities she associated with her ritual were 

• increase in temperature, concentration of tea and space
• contrast hot/cold and surfaces smooth and shiny/rough and delicate
• the fluidity of water and its spontaneity
• calmness as opposed to business

3D Isometric Sketch

Rough idea of the kitchen including the notion of lintels and studs.

Homework week 1

Experiment of the experience of a kettle boiling.

Documentation 1 of my homely ritual. This device responds to the hot water as the coloured strips buckle under the heat of the steam. 

Documentation 2, this 'thing' is my description of the noise that is made in the process of boiling a kettle. Actual size approx 40 cm

Documentation 3. This quantitative response literally compares time to temperature endured in my homely ritual process