Project 1.1: Personal Typology

A collection of autoethnographic images/findings - in and around my personal life.

On the themes of Tiles, compartmentalisation, organisation, comporganisation, space, tessellation, mapping, self-expression etc...

Leaves - I love leaves. I picked these ficus benjamina (weeping-laurel) leaves from the shrubbery outside my halls kitchen window, the way each leaf from this plant has different ratios of greens to yellow pigment fascinates me. I photographed these 6 leaves, to showcase the different green chlorophyll growth.

I then pressed the leaves.

The detail of each dried leaf has visual similarities to large-scale natural forms such as mud-crack. The venation of leaves, especially when dried and pressed, also has geometric/fractal qualities. These features resonate with me and my outlook on the Tiles collection.

"interconnecting network"

Decrepit tiles and a snail - I like the way the moss is imposing on man-made tiles, as well as the presence of the snail on the bright royal blue; the natural juxtaposing with the 'unnatural'.

Contemporary vending machine - face masks, hand sanitiser, alcohol wipes, and gloves... in a vending machine? Yes. The PANDEMIC. Cuboid, modular, visually correlates to tiles.

Tiles, a bench and paving slabs - mosaic style tiling on the floor in the V&A and a bench just outside. The half-way division on the bench has a purpose - to stop people sleeping on it. This is control of a public bench is interesting, the bench-provider is controlling that space. The preferred visual status and economy of the area, means that 'rough sleepers' are not welcome.

More juxtaposing natural beauties and man made objects - clouds almost tessellating with telephone wires

My room in halls - visually representing my mind and the organised chaos within. Having my own personal possessions (a LOT of objects - I am a crafty-hoarder) in boxes and with systems means that it's a lot easier to stay on top of things. However, space and feelings towards space are ever-changing; often a change of scenery (to escape said 'organised' chaos) is more beneficial.

These images are a more tangible explanation for my very chaotic practice of compartmentalisation - evidencing the reality that is perhaps not a 'successful' practice.

A dead, disembodied fly - found him on the floor of the V&A. I've always had a fascination with taxidermy, collecting bones, insects, dead animals and parts in general.

Insect bodies are very modular and fit together like a puzzle, as well as having similarities with venation in the wings.

Premium French Lager case - Aldi's delicious brand of French lager Brasserie. The packaging is very satisfying, modular and compartmental.

Broken treasure - my girlfriend Helena accidentally broke a small glass dish, the fragments are materialistically like tiles. This also correlates to some of the work I did in my Foundation year, looking at different ways of fixing broken objects.

Art Foundation: 3D Design...

The way my melamine Winnie The Pooh plate smashed inspired a design for a tattoo on my thigh - this object has very personal attributes, as well as resonation with venation and geographical imagery...

The Allotment - my flatmate has a plot with the gardening society, and as a gardener I gratefully accepted an invitation to help out with some weeding and planting.

Interesting article title from Dezeen

Fine Art Postgraduate Degree Show handout - mapping, grids, widgets, tiles etc

Software Widgets on an Apple iPhone control centre - a widget provides easy access to information, thus widget symbols could also be basic clipart to communicate an object

(there are websites to download widgets from for teaching young children or people with communication difficulties)