Design From the Body

Hiya all, been quite a lon time since I last wrote and more so about the following project. The 'design from the body' was the first project we were given to kick start our second year at uni so its fair enough to say that I can't remember all the details.

For this project I became very interested with the idea of artificial limbs and the mix of machine with the organic form. This led me to then think beyond the first idea of just the physical look and into the narrative behind objects and people. This is a thought that I look more into as the year continue.

So with this project I started thinking about what losing a limb would be like and how it can have a big effect on a person’s life. Also in the way a person could lose it in the first place which made me think of the members of the army who suffer injuries from road side bombs.

And so came about the idea of using an old chair that shows the organic side to which is aged and set in a certain way, with a leg removed and replaced with a metal alternative.     

The first leg is more of a psychological response behind what a person might feel from losing a limb, the shock and dramatic effect that it must have on their life. That is why I have the steel rods coming through the chair to show how it can affect the whole body. It has also taken form as an explosion as it is one way that people can lose their limbs but how it can destroy someone’s life.    

 

I also wanted the idea of the leg being interchangeable which was great for me as I could then do two legs to show different things. The second leg was made by taking the original leg from the chair and getting it sand cased in aluminium which was a first for me to learn about and glad that I got it in there.

This leg is to show the person that have accepted and try to blend in but will also have that small difference from everyone else.