H&P ORIGIN WINNERS LOOK TO THE FUTURE.Byline: Corinne Julius WITH top-class design festivals, art shows and craft exhibitions no one can doubt that London has become the visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → capital of the world. Homes & Property marked that creativity in contemporary applied arts in its annual Best Domestic Product Awards at Origin. Both winners experiment with materials and processes to create beautiful and functional objects for the home. Week One winner: Lucian Taylor: Lucian has a track record as an innovative maker of new forms, techniques and materials including kinds of silver. His latest pieces in polished stainlesssteel are dynamic and unusual. Although rigid they look as if they were made from squashed silver balloons. To create his plumped range Lucian fuses computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive with the traditional and not-so traditional hand techniques. For the overblown o·ver·blown v. Past participle of overblow. adj. 1. a. Done to excess; overdone: overblown decorations. b. squidgy, cushion-like forms of his bowls and spoons he welds around the edge of two identical pieces of stainless-steel sheet and then hydro-forms them by pumping water at high pressure into the space between. The resulting rotund form is satisfying to hold, and use. Week Two winner: Louisa Taylor No relation to Lucian, ceramacist Louisa's delicately coloured bowls, jugs and vases are hand thrown. Her Tutone vase collection in a variety of shapes was inspired by a French 18th century soup tureen at the V&A. The subtle purples, greys and blues are given a kick by a blast of vibrant yellow and iridescent ir·i·des·cent adj. 1. Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors: an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage. 2. tones. This colour palette involved experimentation with more than 600 glazes. Oriole oriole, common name applied to various perching birds of the Old (family Oriolidae) and New (family Icteridae) Worlds. The European orioles are allied to the crows, while the American orioles, of the hangnest group, belong to the blackbird and meadowlark family. , a large circular platter containing a collection of oval dishes, is a contemporary approach influenced by an 18th century supper set. Contacts Lucian Taylor: Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: Studios, Unit C, Westerman Complex, School Road, Hove Hove (hōv), city (1991 pop. 65,587), East Sussex, SE England. It is a modern residential seaside resort. , East Sussex (07779 124982; www.luciantaylor.co.uk) Louisa Taylor: Cockpit Arts, Studio 200, 18-22 Creekside, Deptford, SE8 (020 8980 0398; www.louisataylorceramics.com) CAPTION(S): Winner: Lucian Taylor (above) and a dish from his "plumped up" silver range Success: a French 18th century tureen inspired Louisa Taylor's subtle ceramics range (right) |
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