Getting to Work!

Gathering of materials: Kate and Hannah picked up the steel and wood, and we all helped unload this from the truck. It was incredibly heavy.

Marking out the pivots on the steel with chalk, to prepare to be cut. To aid us in the marking we printed out 1:1 pieces to trace around.

Velvet

Velvet speaks of luxury in a strong way, which at this stage we believe would be great for our design. It is really a matter of finding appropriate colours. Today we discovered some velvet-like fabric in bright colours which has a really fun, playful quality to it. The question is whether or not the luxury therefore gets lost in these bright colours. It is those deep, rich shades where luxury is suggested in velvet. So do we still stick with the velvet or change altogether and go with a different type of fabric- something bright and colourful and maybe even non-velvet?

Cushions

In order to interiorise the see-saws, we will have cushions on either end- to contribute to the reinterpretation and expectation of the see-saw as a rough-and-ready outdoor playing object for kids. Fully furnishing the see-saws will make it something more sophisticated an object which adults may also even play on- thus breaking down divisions between adults and children within the family.

Cushion ideas

 

Final cushion designs

 

There will be three different cushion styles- which we have referred to as the lips, sandwich and band- each of these styles will be in a square shape and circular shape. There will then be three different colours, with a total of two cushions in each colour. These colours will give the cushions a playful quality. Two square cushions will have a button, and the same for two circular cushions.

 

The cushions will be attached to the wood by the use of velcro strips.

Cabinet Handle Research + Development

Managed to get these handles from trademe, which are 150mm long, with 75mm hole centres.

 

Other images

 

 

Handle placement thoughts

 





See-Saw Development: Cabinet Handles

 

Using door handles as see-saw handles

 

The verdict: the more antique-looking the handle, the greater the interior-ising quality.

Cabinet handles rather than door handles would work best for what we are trying to achieve.

 

Had a look at Soper's cabinet handles- bail handles perhaps have too much movement for us to use on the see-saw, unless they were somehow made rigid (this is unfortunate as they have a real antique quality to them which would be great).

 

A handle of a rigid shape would be best- we need to try out the handles for size before buying as it is important a hand can hold on easily.

 

Another possibility could be using interior objects as the handles- such as bent spoons- recognisable domestic objects.



Early Fabric Thoughts

Favourite so far

Group Installation Ideas Cont.

Early Group Installation Ideas

Sketchbook drawings

 

Final meadow planting plan

Selected Wildflowers

Main meadow flowers

• Snowflake (autumn and winter)
• Corn poppy (summer, full sun) attracts bees
• Dwarf lupin (summer, partial to full sun)
• Toad flax (summer, full sun or partial to the west) attracts bees
• Baby's Breath (spring and summer)
• Ox-Eye Daisy (summer and winter in the north) Grows half a metre tall, can grow in damp and dry places and works well in warm humis spaces
• Wild carrot- a metre or more
• Forget-me-Not (spring, partial shade) attracts bees
• Wild Thyme (scent)
• Coreopsis- midsummer to autumn (Gladiator?)
• Cosmos (Bright Lights)- summer onwards

South side garden flowers

• Shasta daisy
• Forget-me-Not
• Larkspur
• Baby's Breath- develops in height through the seasons
• Snowflake
• Wild thyme- up to half a metre tall bushes, European herb, characteristic smell

Meadow Research

Name	Flowering season	Requirements	Other info
Centaurea- mixed cornflower + dwarf blue	Spring and summer Flowering from minsummer onwards	Full sun	Attracts butterflies Endangered in native habitat 16-35 inches tall or 10-20 inches??
Clarkia- Farewell to Spring	Annual plant	Summer to autumn	Coastal hills and mountains Up to 1m tall Pink to pale purple Releases numerous seeds
Coreopsis- Dwarf Plains and Dwarf Red	Midsummer to fall		Daisy-like flowers Up to 4 feet for tall varieties Yellow or pink Multiplies readily
Dimorphotheca African daisy	Summer blooming	Full sun required	6 inches to 12 inches Drought resistant
Gaillardia- Indian blanket	Annual flowering	Dry hot climate in full sun	Up to 60cm
Gilia- Bird’s eyes	Spring/ summer	Full sun	Violet/lavender 30-45m
Gilia- Globe gilia	Spring/summer	Full sun	Violet/lavender 45-60cm 36 inches
Gypsophilia- Baby’s Breath	Spring and summer	Full sun	Good percentage of doubles 5-120cm tall
Linaria- Toadflax	Summer flowering	Full sun or partial shade in the west
Linum- Scarlet flax	Early summer to autumn	Full sun	A foot high
Lobularia- sweet alyssum	Annual	Full sun	Low growing 5-30cm
Lupinus- Dwarf Lupin	Summer	Partial to full sun	0.3-1.5m (note, dwarf)
Malcomia- Virginia stock	Annual	Full sun	6-12 inches Easy to grow Pink, purple, white Fragrant
Nigella- Love in a Mist	Annual Early summer	Full Sun	Found in neglected, damp patches of land White, blue, pink, pale purple Capsule containing seeds- turns brown in late summer Self seeds Don’t over-water 20-50cm/ 30-45cm
Papaver- corn poppy	Annual	Can’t grow in shade Moist soil	0.6m Noted for attracting wildlife
Silene- Catchfly	Annual		Sticky Up to 45cm
Chrysanthemum- Garland daisy	Late summer	sunny	Up to 90cm Yellow and white
Cosmos	Summer onwards		colourful
Cynoglossum- forget me not	spring	Moist, gritty loam and partial shade	Alpine Up to 20cm Long flowering
Eschscholzia- Californian poppy	Mid-summer to early autumn	Sunny well drained	30-45 cm
Gaillardia- Blanket flower	Long period Summer to autumn	Towards front of boarder	Up to 45cm

Helpful websites:

http://www.gardenpost.co.nz/