A live brief set by St Fagans, National Museum of History. 

 

The project concept stemmed from my fascination with the mantelpiece scenes in the village cottages. I was specifically inspired by the forms and materiality of the objects. This led me to become intrigued by how I could reimagine these scenes, recreating objects out of traditional materials through technological processes.

 

The museum’s artefacts hold a wealth of memories. Parallel with the objects’ interesting forms I became inspired by the delicate patterns on their surfaces. This made me question how the patterns could break free, coming to life off the objects, creating new narratives.  

 

Traditional and digital drawings provided the foundations of my design process, which saw me laser cut forms out of paper before selecting final designs to be laser cut out of metal, and water jet cut out of ceramics. The live project ended in an exhibition, Reimagining The Archive held at the museum. I chose to adapt my display for the Gweithdy gallery, installing my objects on a narrow board echoing a mantelpiece form. 

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