Assignment 1: Venus of Willendorf Talisman
For the first assignment I was interested in creating something that I could carry around with me that would remind me of things that I needed to remember—from new agey yogi tea quips that I found strangely enlightening to pictures of friends that have passed away. I wanted the object to be invisible to the human eye and accessible only to me. I began by rummaged through my secret collection of tea bag quips...
I picked out some salient one, reduced and shrunk down some favorite images and then prepared to create some kind of housing for them.
I found some copper sheet metal and stamped it in order to create the regular circular pattern. It took a long time to create the patterns and I spent the afternon hammering away. This somehow fit my contrasting instincts towards the hand-made and the repetitive/machine-like.
After I carried this around for a day or two I made an even smaller and more private version for myself. This version was wound very tightly and was not designed to be opened...