Creative Theories: Thinking and Making

Below is my research into the demographics in Wymering and the greater Cosham area. 1870s map of Wymering manor and surroundings; 1870s map of Wymering manors owned land; Area classification of Wymering and greater Cosham area (Wymering manor located by the red drop pin); Education around Cosham area; Percentage of employed people; Percentage of unemployed people; Population density in Wymering and greater Cosham area; Percentage of homes that are owned; Percentage of homes that are rented; Percentage of flats and apartments; 1870's map of Wymering Manor and surrounding area; 1890's map of Wymering Manor and surrounding area; 1900's map of Wymering Manor and surrounding area; 1930's map of Wymering Manor and surrounding area; 1950's map of Wymering Manor and surrounding area; 1960's map of Wymering Manor and surrounding area; Photos obtained from;  https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/ From my research, it can be observed that Wymering is in a significantly uneducated an...

Today during our visit we discussed what took place in lasts weeks studio session as I was unfortunately unable to attend; we spoke about the clients and their thoughts, and what work we will be completing over the next week as a group. I am looking forward to collaborating with other students to produce some work together to present to the clients, I am thinking of doing some research on the demographics around the manor and the Cosham area, as well as using Digimaps to look at older, more historical maps to see if anything new appears that we haven't seen yet.  We also spent some time cleaning the manor together and filmed it in multiple time lapse videos;  I enjoyed spending the time cleaning the manor as it made me feel very connected with it and I felt like this was a very personal interaction between myself and the manor. I felt that I understood the manor more deeply as I spent time going over each surface, corner and gap cleaning, it also allowed me to see smaller elem...

As I have a strong passion for theatre and set design, I have decided to share some of my favourite designers and their work; Roger Christian and Star Wars : Roger Christian is a set decorator, production designer, and feature film director. He won an Academy Award for his work on the original Star Wars . One of the most memorable elements of Star Wars is the set design. Roger was tasked with creating prop prototypes and decorating sets in a way that hadn't ever been achieved before in science-fiction films. The low budget for the films forced Roger to design and create sets and props from nothing. (1) In the 1970's it was practiced that sets and props were made by hand in conventional ways. For example, the interior of the Millennium Falcon spaceship was made from scrap airplane metal. In an interview, Roger said "The Millennium Falcon was difficult, because I had to train prop men to break down jet engines into scrap pieces and then line them all up into different...

Collection of my photos from Wymering Manor visit; (All photos taken by me)