Leonardo frequently sketched things multiple times, showing an object from different perspectives or different stages of development. So from this I learn that quantity often leads to quality and in order to better understand an object, I must draw it three to four times.
Beside most of Leonardo’s sketches you will find annotations about the subject of the sketch that are used to clarify the object being studied and this could be helpful when investigating the details and the specific functions of the electronics I will be sketching.
Leonardo made his sketches on his own, but he collaborated with other people to flesh out the finer details. Leonardo’s sketches of human anatomy were produced in collaboration with Marcantonio della Torre, an anatomist from the University of Pavia. So what I can takeaway from this is that I must collaborate with others when I sketch to make my work more accurate and more imaginative.
His sketches include civil engineering projects (bridges, roads, maps), military objects (parachute, airplane, tank, machine gun), and robots (crank-driven knight armor). In some cases, these imaginative objects would not be created for almost 500 years later. The key is to engage my imagination. I need to sketch beyond my comfort zone (quantity helps me here) and sketch multiple solutions around a problem area (e.g., flight). I should let ideas percolate, and then revisit the sketches.
Using these techniques I firmly believe I will be able to improve my observational skills and better my recording.
The Sculptures of Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
This piece is entitled Cyclops and was produced in 1957. The skin of this lumbering bronze figure is imprinted with broken machine-parts and other industrial debris. It is an organic structure embellished with mechanic patterns and therefore directly relevant to my theme. Paolozzi made it by pressing pieces of metal into a bed of moist clay, and then pouring molten wax into the clay mould. He constructed the model from these sheets of wax forms and finally cast it in bronze. Since it is clearly based on the brutish one-eyed giants of classical mythology, I believe its pierced amour and dilapidated state are an ironic comment on the condition of man in the nuclear age.
Another piece I have looked as is entitled ‘Master of the Universe’. This piece
The power of Transformation: Machine Becomes Art
SCAD Hong Kong students were provided with a regarding education and development opportunity in their repurposing of industrial switchgears into magnificent art pieces. The sculptures have been produced in aid of CLP’s advertising campaign in aid of the role that electricity has played in improving lives.
I particularly like a graphic design produced by Alex Lee. The aim of the sculpture is to balance technology with nature and thus create soothing, calm ambience for the viewer. The sense of serenity was unexpected by creating a water fountain from industrial pieces of the switchgear.
The theme of this project is very relevant to mine as it compares the electrical with the natural. I am specifically interested in the anatomy of the human body, however the general concept remains the same.
