20 Aug 2008
Biographies - 23.03.2007
‘Materials experimentation…and pre-determined modelling…’
Now working in Dunedin, New Zealand, Andrew Last uses production processes alongside hand skills. He calls his pieces ‘prototypes’ but does not necessarily intend to put them into production.
Last’s current designs usually draw on formal structures that exist in nature. As a silversmith, he enjoys breaking through the ‘bench discipline’ of traditional methodologies – prototypes may be plastic plant bottles, laced together. He augments his ideas and skills by visiting industrial engineering workshops and synthesising their methods, knowing that his own approach might also influence their practices in turn. Last also uses CAD (computer-aided design) programs to design his forms.
Many of the works displayed here were made for the Vast Terrain project with FORM craft and design centre, Perth, and Alcoa World Alumina Australia, in 2005.
You can see Last's work in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade, from 30 March 2007 at the Powerhouse Museum.
Smart works: design and the handmade
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Last’s current designs usually draw on formal structures that exist in nature. As a silversmith, he enjoys breaking through the ‘bench discipline’ of traditional methodologies – prototypes may be plastic plant bottles, laced together. He augments his ideas and skills by visiting industrial engineering workshops and synthesising their methods, knowing that his own approach might also influence their practices in turn. Last also uses CAD (computer-aided design) programs to design his forms.
Many of the works displayed here were made for the Vast Terrain project with FORM craft and design centre, Perth, and Alcoa World Alumina Australia, in 2005.
You can see Last's work in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade, from 30 March 2007 at the Powerhouse Museum.
Smart works: design and the handmade
TAGS
+ Smart works