So I've spent the last few months at CSM exploring the fields of different pathways by dipping in and out of a number of them. These have mainly consisted of short day-long projects and a couple of week-long projects; so they were a complete taster of the pathway courses on offer. However, before our half term and assessment weeks, I completed a longer two week project in 3DDA (3D Design and Architecture). Within this pathway I choose to work on the project related to the body, so long story short, basically jewellery and (body) accessory.
The project brief was to create a wearable object that celebrates the act of eating. This is to be achieved through primary and secondary research and idea development as well as practical use of the workshops. (The work shops are amazing because you can do so much in them; they have workshop for materials like wood, plastic and metal but they also have stitch workshops and so on. So many options!)
As part of my research, I used the restaurants and locations of 'fancy' places I had previously been to eat in. Once I took a bit of a step back from these restaurants, I realised that 90% were from dates that I had been on. So from this, I was headed onto the idea of creating something for (don't laugh) a 'date night'.
One thing led to another and I began to infiltrate the idea of creating something seductive, as I was also interested in the seductive appeal of food, as well as creating something suggestive for a date. Eventually I realised that part of the seduction of food was in how it was presented to the other senses; so how sizzling food sounds, or the colour of a decadent dessert. I chose to focus on the sweet smells that entice men towards women. After asking around and doing further research, I found that men were attracted to floral scents.
SO, to cut this story super short... I looked at the bleeding heart and created this piece of, erm, wearable jewellery...
At least it's seductive right...
Anyways, so at the end of the two weeks, we had a little mini exhibition, where we presented our pieces and or A2 design proposal sheets. We got to also have a look at the other groups' works withing in 3DDA. It was interesting as we all had the 'Eat' project brief and had to apply it to our fields, so it was cool to see what the budding architects and product designers made relating to food.
