- Title
- A hand made wood object : Studio investigation into transformed nature
- Creator
- Rein, Jeannette
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Thesis; Masters
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/159049
- Identifier
- vital:11935
- Identifier
- https://library.federation.edu.au/record=b2713121
- Abstract
- This research explores the importance of retaining traditional hand skills in terms of their relevance to contemporary and future art practice. I examine the hand made and the process of transforming timber into a wooden sculptural form. I investigate how the artist thinks with the material, and how this process gives the artist the ‘sight’ to identify new and original possibilities. Furthermore, I explore how the transformative approach perpetuates new knowledge, and how skills are modified and adapted to suit the changes. I describe this as a dialogic process. The research examines the correlation between the transformative process and the hand made object, the imprint of the maker and how their memories of the processes used, remain embedded in the object. In addition, this research investigates the transformation processes used in creating an object, to provide individualisation within our highly mechanised world, while providing a bridge connecting the past and the future. Through the examination of traditional hand skills, I demonstrate how such skills provide an anchor, a standard of quality and artisanship that connects artists from traditional wood practice, through contemporary praxis, to hand made digital art. My research focuses on the transformation process and traditional hand skills, the vital role they play in the creation of digital hand made objects; as digital processes utilize new materials, processes and machinery that interfaces with traditional analogue tools.; Masters by Research
- Publisher
- Federation University Australia
- Rights
- Copyright Jeannette Rein
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Tradition hand skills; Art practice; Hand made; Wooden scultpure
- Full Text
- Thesis Supervisor
- Wilson, Carole
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