Elliott Makes Models

This week called for an update poster, explaining the title for the essay, research evidence and model ideas.

This week we were tasked with making a poster to showcase our final essay topic, discuss the topic in a little bit of detail, and list a...

For this new unit, consisting of both an essay and a model, I need to choose a topic that can keep my interest, while also being...

This week has sadly been slower than I would have liked progress wise, due to things outside my control, and with a lot of trial and...

During the reading week, I read through Model-Making Materials and Methods by David Neat in order to inform my future research. I thought...

This week was much slower in terms of progress than I would have liked. With a sculpt like this it can get very easy to focus too much on...

This week involved some very fast progress, and a lot of new techniques learned. After blocking out the shape of the head, the first step...

My bust of Mary Anning will be made with air drying clay on a wooden armature. Her bonnet and clothes will be appropriate to the period...

Once I had chosen my subject - Mary Anning - I had to decide what message I wanted my model to communicate about her. Anning, referred to...

"... design has become the language with which to shape those objects and to tailor the messages they carry. The roll of the most...

As mentioned in a previous blog post, my model of Farnsworth house is inspired by one particular image of the house. Image 1 - Farnsworth...

Card VS Styrene Since I will be making an architectural model (and need to do so from home due to COVID) I wanted to use materials that...

Whether or not it is intentional, or implied, every object, design and model is full of meaning, each tells a story. For example, an...

The second model for our Design Representation unit is an architectural model. I have chosen to make Farnsworth house. In this post I...

To a modelmaking student in 2020, digital modelling is just a part of the model making world. It is easy to take this fact for granted...

Last week I explored the value of making models, this week I will be looking into the role that modelmaking plays in the process of...

There can be no doubt that technology has changed the modelmaking world in the last century. With digital modelling developing at such a...