As part of my Professional Development Bursary, I am keen to spread the new knowledge and skills gained during my recent completion of two courses. This week I met with a group of art students in Newcastle and I was able to present a summary of the new skills I have developed. To reach a larger audience, over the next month or so, I aim to create an on line ‘workshop’ which will present, in visual form, the information and techniques I have learnt on the courses. My aim has been to develop new skills in visualising proposals for large scale works and the a-n bursary has been fantastic in funding my access to appropriate training courses to achieve this. I have now completed both courses and have begun applying my knowledge in my work and sharing this knowledge with others. In summary, the first course took place in May 2016 at KLC design school in London. It was a two day course introducing the CAD programme, Sketchup. This programme is free to download and very user-friendly. Although I had dabbled with it in the past, I felt the opportunity to have more intensive instruction would really help me to gain confidence in using the tools and help to accelerate my skill level. KLC is a design school running courses mainly aimed at interior and landscape designers but they also run short courses that are open to a wider range of interests. In my group, there were around 8 interior designers, a model-maker and two architects. On day 1 we were introduced to basic tools and how to import jpeg images and scale plans to work from. Day 2 allowed us to focus on our own projects so we could apply the skills to a specific visualisation we wanted to create. It was a great course and I feel I left with a much greater understanding of it’s possibilities. The second course took place in July 2016 at Nottingham Trent University, as mentioned in previous posts, it was entitled ‘Beautiful Little Buildings’. I loved the title of this course which is aimed at anyone interested in developing model making skills. Although I use model making as an essential part of presenting my ideas, I have never been trained in this area so have simply developed methods over time and have felt frustration at the limits of my skills and materials I use . My hope was that I would learn about new materials and develop skills that would extend the possibilities for realising my ideas. There were 9 people on the course, again from a wide range of backgrounds and many were international students. There were a number studying architecture, someone from the heritage industry, a fashion design student, and someone who is setting up a laser cutting business. Quite a mix!! Amazingly (to me, anyway) many architecture courses do not include a model making element, so to develop skills in this, students need to seek out additional training. We spent five days together and, during that time, we were introduced to a range of materials and completed a project to create a model of a building, working from scale plans. There was also time to work on individual projects, which was great for me and I was able to begin a concept model for a new proposal. The tutor, Adriana Clark, was excellent and managed to pack in to the course a massive amount of information and demonstrated many techniques and skills. We all learned so much and I am now applying this to new visualisations for projects I am working on. Both courses completed have really increased my knowledge and skills and have been a really valuable experience.
Envision – developing new skills in visualising large scale works
This project is all about extending my professional skills in the visual presentation of public art proposals. I will be embarking on training in CAD and in 3D (physical) model making. The first stage is now complete: a CAD course at KLC in London - a great experience!
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