Peter Randall

Peter Randall is a British artist who was born on July 2nd, 1954. He is famously known for his unique sculptures. Also, Peter was part of the design team for the Education Resource Centre (The Core) at the Eden Project, this is also said to have influenced the overall design which also includes the large granite sculpture at the heart of Eden.








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Some things which have been said about his work work are think like the fact that his work "has always been informed and inspired by the study of organic form and the natural world. His beautiful, often deceptively simple, sculpture offers a unique insight into nature’s microcosm by gently teasing out and exploring fundamental elements on a macro scale.
By scrutinising the complicated systems and mathematical sequences that are the blueprint of growth and form much of Randall-Page’s work focuses on the tension and wonder of the symbiotic relationship between order and randomness".
Peter also says, "I am very interested in the idea of theme and variation, in natural phenomena as well as in music and visual art. Our universe seems to be driven by the dynamic tension between a ubiquitous tendency for spontaneous pattern formation, mitigated by an equally pervasive tendency for random variation. In fact, the evolutionary process itself can be seen as a result of these polarities. Theme without variation would be stasis and variation without theme is inconceivable chaos".

Both what was said about Peter's work and what he says about his own work pretty much sums up what I would say about his work but what I would like to add is that I really like his work because of its natural beauty. I really like the fact that although he is able to show the complexity of natures beauty, it is clear to show that it was very difficult to achieve. I also like the fact that his work can be placed anywhere within nature and would blend in perfectly because it is almost exactly how nature would have done it. There are not enough good things I could possibly say about his work. I would like to create a piece which would imitate Peter's accuracy of natures geometry because I feel that is what really gives his work the edge and I would like to have that same edge.

Kate Malone

Kate Malone is a British potter who was born March 30th, 1959. She is also a judge on a show on BBC2 called The Great Pottery Throw Down. Malone is widely know fr her bright glazes and her large sculptures.



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Much of Malone's works are inspired by nature and natural forms and this is clear because you can see that many of her vessels are covered in seeds or are in the shape of a fruit. Within my research I found out that "there are two most popular glazes that you can find on the work of Kate Malone. You can see both in crystalline stoneware and ‘pebbled’ earthenware."  This gives the pieces a shiny but distorted look.

I really like Malone's style of work because it really goes along with my thinking which is that things do not have to be structured to be beautiful. Her crystal glazes also help to create the essence of beauty through distortion. I also really like her way of making natural forms because I feel that it shows that she has not lost her touch with earth. I especially like the fish in the lake sculpture because it not only displays the beauty of nature but it also places her work among nature itself and it sort of creates that bond between her work and nature itself.

I would really like to create something which has been inspired by her because I feel as though me and Malone have a similar way of thinking and I would really like to see how I would go about trying to imitate nature in creating something in a structured way in it's own sense but also in the way where it cant be made in exactly the same way because no two things in nature have the exact same structure.

Antonio Sant'Elia

Antonio Sante'Elia was an Italian architect was born in April 30, 1960 but sadly died on October 10, 1916. He is said to have been a key member of the Futurist Movement within architecture. He is also said to have been primarily known for his bold sketches and influence on modern architecture.

Antonio was influenced by architects and engineers such as Adolf Loos, Otto Wagner, and Renzo Picasso. These people are who influenced most of the design drawings for a "New City". Also, a lot of the drawing were shown in an exhibition in May/June 1914 at the Famiglia Artistica gallery. Some of Antonio's pieces are said to be on permanent display at Como's art gallery. 

Examples of Antonio's work:



His work was quite distinctive at the time and that due to the fact that his designs included many skyscraper buildings with terraces, aerial walkways and bridges which at the time was very exciting because technology and architecture was not as advanced as he envisioned it to be. The reason as to why his works are so futuristic is because he is said to have felt that a break needed to have been taken from the 'architectural styles of the past and historic solutions to urban design'. 

Some aspects of Antonio's work is also said to have been influenced by Art Nouveau architect Giuseppe Sommaruga. Antonio's work has influenced many architects, his influence can clearly be seen within the works of architects such as Helmut Jahn and John Portman, and has also influenced filmmakers such as Fritz Lang.

Personally I quite like the way Antonio's work is because its really makes me feel like I should change the way in which I think or see things especially the fact that he portrayed his work in a futuristic manner. The fact that his works were out of the ordinary showed that he was not thinking to really create the same thing as those that were already alive. Although not many of his works were made a reality I still like the fact that his ideas were quite distinct in the aspect of being in the future. If more architects thought the way he did, I feel as though the world would be able advance much quicker. 

Metropolis

Metropolis is a German expressionist science fiction film which was created in 1927 and it was created by Fritz Lang. Metropolis is said to be a pioneering work of science fiction as it was the first feature-length of its genre which is remarkable considering it was a silent film.

Metropolis had a futuristic setting and the futuristic style within the film is said to have clearly been influenced by the futuristic architect Antonio Sant'Ella. 

Metropolis displays a range of sets and special effects which varied from a huge Gothic cathedral to a futuristic cityscape, the futuristic cityscape is what I'm quite interested in. 

Fritz Lang claimed that he was "looking at Germany in the future" at the time in which he made the film. The statement, "The futuristic aspect of the film suggests there may have been a sense of conflict in relation to the state of contemporary Germany, and where the nation was heading on its road to modernisation" is the best way to really explain what the set seemed to have been trying to portray. 
























The set of metropolis was like nothing seen of the time in Germany and this is because of its futuristic look. The city of Metropolis at the time resembled that of cities further west such as Chicago and New York. This is then made clear as Fritz Lang says, " ‘Metropolis, you know, was born from my first sight of the skyscrapers of New York in October 1924. While visiting New York, I thought that it was the crossroads of multiple and confused human forces, blinded and knocking into one another, in an irresistible desire for exploitation, and living in perpetual anxiety. I spent an entire day walking the streets. The buildings seemed to be a vertical sail, scintillating and very light, a luxurious backdrop, suspended in the dark sky to dazzle, distract and hypnotise. At night, the city did not simply give the impression of living: it lived as illusions live. I knew I should make a film of all these impressions." The set for Metropolis was clearly heavily influenced by Fritz's trip into New York and his time there as the set has much of what he says he saw such as the vertically sailing buildings which tower above the well lit streets of Metropolis. 




Modern Germany seems to be similar to what Fritz Lang seemed to have depicted what it should have looked like and in my opinion it is absolutely stunning. Not only do you have the towering buildings over the well lit streets, but you also have many beautiful buildings such as the BMW Headquarters which clearly stands out within the image. the BMW Headquarters is said to resemble a 'four-cylinder automobile engine', I personally like the fact that the building does not have the general structure of a tall building which would be a rectangle. Also, other buildings which are in Munich such as Hypo-Haus, Olympiaturm, and the Lenbachhaus (the new modern wing), these buildings to to me are different in terms of shape and this to me is what I quite like because I feel that if a building does not have the conventional structure then to me it shows that it has really been thought about for a long period of time before even putting an initial drawing on paper.

Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry is a British artist who was born on March 24, 1960. He mainly works within the field of pottery of ceramics and these are the fields which he is also famously known in along with the fact that he is a cross-dresser.

Grayson's works are said and clearly depict images of disturbing social issues around the world.

Grayson Perry was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003 allowing him to be the first potter to ever win the prize and rightly so because his work is outstanding.

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Grayson is a very complex potter, unlike many other potters, his work goes through many stages and this gives his work an edge above other works. His works are evidently influenced by Greek pottery and this is seen through the use of story telling within his paintings on the pots. His pots are made through a traditional method called coiling, then he uses techniques such as glazing, incision, embossing, and other photographic transfers. 

I like the way Grayson Perry goes about with creating his pieces and this is because he implements old styles of pottery and infuses them with his on outtake on how pottery should be like. The fact that he displays the troubles and the problems of life today within his pottery is probably the reason why it is so appealing towards the public. The paintings which are displayed within his pottery are very intricate and this shows that not only is he portraying what he feels strongly about on his pieces, but he is also doing it with patience through all the detail in the paintings.


In addition, I quite like the way Grayson works, this is because although other potters might have paintings implemented on their pieces, Grayson's pots have clear meanings and are appealing to he public of today and are able to tell a story to those of the future. 

Ivan Pavlov

Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist who was born on September 26, 1849 but died on February 27, 1936. Pavlov was famously known for his work and development in classical conditioning which is also known as Pavlov conditioning. 

Pavlov was inspired by two main people, the first being D. I. Pisarev who was the person who gave Pavlov the advice to pursue a scientific career, Pavlov's other influence was a man called I. M. Sechenov who is said to be "The father of psychology". 

Pavlov's interest with conditioned reflex is said to have come about by mistake and this was whilst he was conducting experiments about the digestion in dogs. Within my research I found out that the basic elements within Pavlov's classical conditioning can be seen within classrooms and other learning environments. 

Also, I found out that Pavlov "had learned that when a buzzer or metronome was sounded in subsequent time with food being presented to the dog in consecutive sequences, the dog would initially salivate when the food was presented. The dog would later come to associate the sound with the presentation of the food and salivate upon the presentation of that stimulus". This means that "Pavlov's early experiments used manipulation of events or stimuli preceding behaviour (i.e., a tone) to produce salivation in dogs much like teachers manipulate instruction and learning environments to produce positive behaviours or decrease maladaptive behaviours. Although he did not refer to the tone as an antecedent, Pavlov was one of the first scientists to demonstrate the relationship between environmental stimuli and behavioral responses." 

In my opinion, Pavlov's way of working was quite ingenious because he was easily able to formulate his idea of conditioned reflex due to his ability to break down a complicated situation into a simple experiment in which he could easily find a solution of have a greater understanding of the situation. 

Zara Hadid 

Zara Hadid is a British architect who was born on October 31, 1950. Zara is famously known for her neofuturistic architecture and this has allowed her to win numerous awards such as the RIBA Gold Medal and the Stirling Prize. Along with those accolades, Zara Hadid was also the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Zara was born in Baghdad it is said that she grew up in one of Baghdad's first Bauhaus-inspired buildings and this could have been part of the influences on her work today. 

Within Zara's Career, she worked with the likes of Rem Koolhaas, Ella Zenghells, and Bernard Tschumi which are all renowned architects. 

Examples of Zara's work:




Zara Hadid has designed many buildings in her lifetime and this has allowed many people to form their own opinion about her work and some seem to think that "her aggressive geometric designs are characterised by a sense of fragmentation, instability, and movement". Zara has been classed as a "paper architect" and this due to the fact that her designs were too "avant-garde" to get past being drawn to actually being built.

Personally I quite like Zara Hadid's works and this is because her works have that futuristic look I would really like to implement into my final piece and this is seen within many of her pieces which have very fluid forms. I think that many of her buildings are easy on the eye, whilst being eye catching at the same time and this allows for careful analysing of the structure of her buildings. Also, I think that her buildings have come from thinking outside the box which has allowed her to create buildings which are not like the typical building of today, I feel that her buildings are able to be accepted in the society of today but can also be seen as futuristic and would still be accepted in the world of the future because the way the world is going, everything is looking more and more futuristic and her buildings seem to be ahead of the game.