20 Tiles: Critical Reflection

Overall, I am very pleased with the 20 tiles that I ended up with. I do wish that I had more fabricated pieces and less straight etchings. If I had more time, I would have added more details to the etched tiles, like some pierced designs. I would have also added more solder inlay, perhaps to some deeply etched areas.

I learned a lot making these tiles. The marriage of metal tile's seams started to open up as I was chasing it, so I would have made sure that they were well secured.

I would have liked to incorporate more fold forming, because I really like the look of the finished fold, but when I tried to add multiple folds to the wrought iron fence tile, they collapsed and got smashed.

Everyone seemed to love the quilted chased and repoussed tile,so I would have liked to do one that had some sort of Victorian pattern etched onto it before chasing it, to give it the look of quilted patterned fabric.

I ended up not being crazy about the chased and repoussed lace trim tile, so I would have liked to just chase in more details, to make it look more like lace.

There were only a few tiles that I had specific problems with the final result, and with some time, I could have refined these to be completely happy with them. I found that each of the techniques that we learned were good for different things that I wanted to accomplish, and I could definitely see myself using all of the techniques on future projects.

J2 Project 1 Final Images

Here are my final tiles for the first project:

etching

marriage of metal, chasing and repousse

etching

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roll print

solder inlay

chasing and repousse

etching

fold forming, chasing and repousse

etching

etching

etching

etching

roll printing, chasing and repousse

lamination inlay

etching

etching

etching

roll printing, chasing and repousse

etching

all together

in the frame

Casting Update

I haven't posted any of my progress for the 8 pieces so I'm going to upload them all at once.

Sketches:

assymmetrical

symmetrical

Wax Pieces:

ready to be invested

lots of wax supplies

Castings:

notes and measurements

all bright and shiny

 Before being cleaned up-

this is the only part that didn't cast completely

Sprues removed-

J2 Narrative Project Concept Maps

These are my spider charts for 3 stories that I need to choose from for the narrative pendant project.

Mommom's Garden- I used to spend almost every day of the summer with my grandmom, swimming and helping her with her garden. She always had these colorful, beautiful flowers growing and I loved them. The flowers that I remember the most were Lilys of the Valley, Hydrangeas, and Stargazer Lilys. I would like to convey the time that we spent together and how much I love it.

Down the Shore All Summer- When I wasn't at my grandmom's during the summer, I was down the shore with my family. We have a trailer that we stayed at every weekend.. We would go to the beach and the boardwalk. These are some of the earliest memories I have of the summer.

The Arch of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico- When I was 15 and 17, my family took vacations to Los Cabos, Mexico. During the first trip we took wave runners to Cabo San Lucas where there is a huge rock formation in the shape of an arch that is where the Pacific Ocean meets the Sea of Cortez. On the second trip, we took a glass-bottom boat ride to get even closer to the arch. The water is so blue, and against the blue sky, It appears to go on forever. The boat ride lets you see all of the colorful fish swimming beneath you, and the whole scene is so beautiful.