{"id":1170,"date":"2024-05-08T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:43:49","slug":"reflections-on-milk-vessel-maquettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=1170","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on milk vessel maquettes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Creating these maquettes was a valuable journey full of error learning and confidence boosts. <\/span><\/div>\n

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On reflection, I embarked upon the process arrogantly. I had never worked with Perspex or any of the equipment I was using to manipulate it before. And my dyscalculia means that I can can<\/span> struggle with numeracy and geometry. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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But because they were the only answer to the visual coding that I wanted(implying both sustenance\/ nurturing as well as something lost or missing) I committed to the process.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I made 15 maquettes in total, most of which are possibly unfit for showing or use. But each one taught me a little better how to work with the material and get the desired end result. <\/span>This kind of work can feel frustrating but it’s an unavoidable step in getting really good at anything isn’t it. Just doing it lots. Showing up lots. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Once I let go of my frustrations\/ fixation on the “end result” and properly connected with the process of working with the pieces, I enjoyed the repetition of it all. It felt mindful.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Making these has also helped me realise how strong an impact distilling a form can have. <\/span><\/div>\n

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I have been messing around with various colours of Perspex and I am really really enjoying a shade close to bubblegum pink as a final choice. Bubblegum pink is a current trend slang for female genitals. And Baker-Miller pink is used in prisons regularly because of it’s calming and aggression reducing psychological effects. <\/span><\/div>\n

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I will definitely include these vessel forms in some way in my end of year show; maybe making a huge one or maybe creating multiple and having them as a collection of containers. <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Creating these maquettes was a valuable journey full of error learning and confidence boosts.  On reflection, I embarked upon the process arrogantly. I had never worked with Perspex or any of the equipment I was using to manipulate it before. And my dyscalculia means that I can can struggle with numeracy and geometry.  But because they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions\/1171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}