The brief expected us to find an alphabet unfamiliar to us and use this as a basis for creating a 3D piece and locating it either in an urban space, a green space or a personal space.
My first response was to start researching, I wanted to find an alphabet which had an interesting history behind it so I had more to work with and to inspire me. This was more important to me than what the alphabet looked like.
I knew straight away I wanted it to be in a green space. Even though I live in London and come from a city, Brighton. I have always felt at piece in green areas or rural areas. I go travelling whenever I can and always try and go off the beaten track. Because I always more connected to these areas I knew I would be able to gather more inspiration and my work would fit with this area.
At first I thought I wasn’t familiar with 3D and I am not particularly, but I used to do a lot of pottery, but only hand-throwing on a wheel, but I knew that may help with spacial awareness, and I have made a lot of cakes and wedding cakes over the years, I can make flowers in my sleep, but I wanted to avoid them because then I wouldn’t be learning anything, and I didn’t want to try and make research fit what I knew how to make. I have done sugar sculpting during my pastry apprenticeship, and I knew I wouldn’t be a material which would work with the brief, but just knowing I have created even small things in 3D before gave me a bit more confidence that I could create something.