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Erin Spavins


Technical Drawing Task: Task 2- Plans and Elevations
I created a 16:9 scale format of the room drawing it up as it looks currently with the desks and drawings boards. I used Winsor and...
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Jan 9, 20231 min read
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Period Elements Project: Initial research and mood board
From 1939 to 1945, Britain was at war. On the home front, towns and cities were being bombed by the German air force. There were...
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Jan 9, 20231 min read
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Visit: Trip To Shuttleworth
To further my research for the World War 2 period elements proejct, I visited Shuttleworth Musuem to get a further understanding of what...
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Jan 9, 20231 min read
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Visit: Trip to Bletchley Park
For my next project- Period elements with DFTV, I am looking at the period of World War 2 and therefore for initial research, I visited...
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Jan 9, 20232 min read
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Technical Drawing Task: Sketchup model
I created the floor plan of the room space in SketchUP annotating and visually showing all measurements and dimensions of the area...
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Dec 8, 20221 min read
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Alice in Wonderland Project: reflective group presentation
Our feedback: Good well though out project and concept consider colour palette more when designing be more confident when presenting and...
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Dec 5, 20221 min read
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Mixed Materials: working with plastic varafome and fosshape
Varaform- Is a cotton and thermoplastic mesh. It is heated with hot water and solidifies as it cools. It can be moulded over objects to...
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Dec 5, 20221 min read
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Contextual Studies Research Project Presentation
I created this PowerPoint on my idea and research carried out so far. Here is my formative feedback: good labelled and referenced...
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Dec 5, 20221 min read
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Technical Drawing Project: Task 1
I created a location survey, taking measurements around the room however I realised that this was not as accurate as it could be as the...
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Dec 5, 20221 min read
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Technical drawing task/ project- timeplan
Technical drawings are incredibly detailed diagrams of how a building works and/or is constructed. A technical drawing bridges the gap...
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Dec 5, 20221 min read
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Newstead Live Alice in Wonderland Project: Group reflective paragraph on the project
Our finished concept: For the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Newstead project, the group evenly split tasks and roles to ensure each element of...
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Nov 28, 20222 min read
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Newstead Live Alice in Wonderland Project: Design concept paragraph
Introduction: For this project, we were asked to collaboratively design a space located within Newstead Abbey, fitting with the theme of...
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Nov 28, 20223 min read
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Model making: making chairs
We made two different types of chairs as seen below: one hand-made one laser cut To start off the session we were asked to individually...
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Nov 28, 20222 min read
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SketchUP: Creating a throne
In today's SketchUp session, we looked at putting the features we learnt last week into practice including the push and pull tool along...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read
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Mixed Materials: Worbla plastic
During todays mixed materials session, we looked at the plastic worbla, it appears as a brown sheet which when heated with a heat gun,...
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Nov 28, 20222 min read
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Viewing: 1930s Hollywood- The Scarlett Empress 1934 Josef Von Stemberg
The film is the sixth of seven collaborations between von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, and the strangest. It provides Peter's...
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Nov 24, 20221 min read
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Viewing: Busby Berkeley 42nd Street
The director and choreographer who made the camera move: •Busby Berkeley (born Berkeley William Enos; November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976)...
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Nov 24, 20222 min read
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Newstead Abbey Live Project: Finishing off
Making 2D tools To finish off the project as a group we designed and printed a range of 2D tools onto A3 paper and then stuck them onto...
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Nov 24, 20222 min read
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Adobe Illustrator: Photoshop session 1
During todays session we looked at making a mood board using Adobe illustrator. We collected imaged related to our theme (our groups...
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Nov 22, 20221 min read
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Model Making: playing with textures and brick patterns
During this weeks model making session, we explored making brick patterns from textured recycled materials using Polly filler. We firstly...
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Nov 22, 20221 min read
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