Exploration of Operative Term - Blend
My final interpretation of blend: When two or more separate things come together to form one unified entity
Disguised Lime
Coral Tuile
After experimenting with melting candy, I was inspired to explore another technique that is used for decoration especially in baking. This is called Coral Tuiles and is made by mixing water, oil, flour and food color. When poured on a very hot frying pan, the water evaporates which creates these coral-like shapes.
My initial intention was to create a transition/blend between the colors, however this was a lot more challenging than I thought it would be. I created the result I wanted with the red and yellow colors (seen in the last row). I like the smooth transition between the two colors, and how they come together. I would have liked for this to work with the green corals as well, as this would have created a mixture of more colors/shades and would fit in well with the precedent study research I have done.
Through this exploration, I have learnt that blending is not always a process that you are able to control.
My initial intention was to create a transition/blend between the colors, however this was a lot more challenging than I thought it would be. I created the result I wanted with the red and yellow colors (seen in the last row). I like the smooth transition between the two colors, and how they come together. I would have liked for this to work with the green corals as well, as this would have created a mixture of more colors/shades and would fit in well with the precedent study research I have done.
Through this exploration, I have learnt that blending is not always a process that you are able to control.
Melting candy
Inspired by the rooftop rainbow panorama on ARoS Aarhus Art Museum created by Olafur Eliasson. In his walkway design, there is a subtle change in color between each "sheet" of glass which creates a smooth blending transition when walking around the rooftop. I wanted to try something similar, and was inspired to try it out by melting candy, after watching the Great Danish Bake Off, where they used isomalt to create the ARoS rainbow panorama.
The final result didn't quite turn out as I had initially planned, as there was a powder inside the candy which created a "cloud-like" texture when melting them. But this is perhaps a representation of how blending is not always predictable or controllable, and therefore the outcome is not always a reflection of the initial idea. However, I am satisfied with the outcome, and I definitely think it is concept that I can apply in my infill co-housing design.
The final result didn't quite turn out as I had initially planned, as there was a powder inside the candy which created a "cloud-like" texture when melting them. But this is perhaps a representation of how blending is not always predictable or controllable, and therefore the outcome is not always a reflection of the initial idea. However, I am satisfied with the outcome, and I definitely think it is concept that I can apply in my infill co-housing design.
Merging Structures
Response to first idea of word "merge"
Blending (as an action) --> merging
In this exploration I chose to approach the word "blend" in a different way than I had previously thought. This word can also be interpreted as blending something (in a blender), which is essentially the opposite of what I have previously experimented with, as it is destroying it rather than merging it.
Blending colors
Merging shapes
Blending materials
Blending with nature
Blending with culture
The yellow color is part of the “Digbeth brand” and there are several buildings around Digbeth that feature this color scheme, whether it be posters, flags, signs etc.
Therefore I thought it would be fitting to make the doors and window frames this yellow color too, to blend in with the culture and history of the surrounding buildings and the site surroundings in general.
Therefore I thought it would be fitting to make the doors and window frames this yellow color too, to blend in with the culture and history of the surrounding buildings and the site surroundings in general.
Blending Watercolors
Experimentation with watercolor sprays and "blend concept".
This is some previous work I have done, however, I thought that it related well to the operative term "blend" that my group has been assigned for this project. Through the use of watercolor sprays and water the colors have blended to create a merging effect.
This is some previous work I have done, however, I thought that it related well to the operative term "blend" that my group has been assigned for this project. Through the use of watercolor sprays and water the colors have blended to create a merging effect.