Daksha’s drawing workshop

27/1/14 I have signed up for Daksha’s drawing workshop.

Daksha Patel has a collection of different types of objects, including natural objects and manmade objects, she explained that the idea is to use imagination to make connections between these objects, unlike museum displays, that create exhibits and group objects together in categories.

I was interested in natural objects, how their value changes over history based on opinions, for example, a rock of crystal, its value is based on size, colours, etc.  If the crystals were common, they wouldn’t be so valuable anymore.

Rockhounding Arkansas is a website that explains how the value of crystals is judged.

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http://www.rockhoundingar.com/worth.php       

  The display of the collection by Daksha.

I made the connection between a crab shell, a goat’s teeth and manmade wax and feathers, I like the idea of bones and shells that were once a living creature, but their remains could last for thousands of years if kept in good conditions. 

The idea that people would kill in order to collect is like a desire to own an object, simply because it is rare. 

Daksha suggested that maybe it is natural to collect for us, because I told her I collect objects to remember things by.

 

I think this workshop was very helpful in inspiring me to think of ways to relate to my project, I, myself have a collection of different things, and I am planning to put that in my project, because most of my collection are natural objects and these are related to data. It inspired me to think of ways of composing and representing my collections.