Latest rendering

Here is my latest rendering....its of the censer that gave me such grief..but it looks better!!...will now work on different versions for the goldsmith competition.

Summer Project update - No 4

Wow I got another 6 packages/Envelopes today..so the total I now have is 24....so I will until the next one turns up........I know one is on its way as received e-mail this morning. When it does the next step will then start. It the part I've can wait to do..is to ask for the numbers. Below is the little spread sheet my friend John sent me to help with the working out of the number of possible combination..so let the fun begin

How many combinations of selections are there of k objects from n objects?
n (Total number of envelopes)				25		<- Change this
k (Number of envelopes selected				3		<- Change this
Possible number of combinations				2300		<- Answer here
(With n = 49 & k = 6, this is the odds of winning the lottery - about 14 million to 1)

Dissertation!!!

So today I set myself the task of writing 500 words...well at least I set a target...but I did get 272 written..which is over half and I think for a dyslexic is not a bad effort...so only 3934 words to go!!!

Cockpit Arts

Went to the open studios at Cockpit Arts in Deptford South East London, Has a really good time there..met up with Jen Kidd and met Jo Hayes Ward (www.johayes.com) who's work I found very interesting....she use Rhino to design her work and there was one ring that was fabulous...very inspiring.

Summer Project update - No3

Got some more packages in the post today..so the total so far is 17, nearly there....looking forward to starting this project..so should not be too long before I get to the 20 mark...then the fun beings. Talking of fun the dissertation word count now stands at 4785 so little by little I will get there. Had a good day with it yesterday...I received two of my questionnaires back from the USA one from Robin Kranitzky and Kim Overstreet...who book Symbiotic Realms I recommended in the benchpeg article...and the other from one of my all time favorite makers Professor Keith Lewis...so here is a couple images of Keith Lewis work

Sebastien (imaginary self -portrait) pin 1999

“Salt Lick”, pin, 1996

Sterling Silver, 24K Gold Plate, Diamonds;

New Ring Render

Here is the lastest render..just to stop the blog becoming to wordy.....on the subject of words...

Dissertation = 4651 words written!!!

Benchpeg

So I got a small mention in this weeks issue of benchpeg...nothing to do with my making!!..but what books I have...well it does gets my name out there

24. Book Features & Review:

24.1 Bookshelf: Recommended Reads by Mark Fenn

Mark Fenn has emailed benchpeg with his recommendations for a good jewellery

read. Mark is a mature student at The University Of the Creative Arts (UCA) Rochester

in Kent, where he is studying BA (Hons) in Silversmithing, Goldsmithing and Jewellery

and has just completed his second year. Over the summer he will be writing his

dissertation titled: ‘Tales from the toolbox: An analysis of the different ways in which

narrative is used in contemporary jewellery’.

Mark will also be working in Europe before returning to complete his 3rd and final year.

To see how Mark will be using the many dissertation avoidance tricks at his disposal

please visit his blog and to see the summer project that Mark needs your input with.

Of his bookshelf he says, “I have far too many books to list and it would take me too long to write, but my three

favorite books are,”

Creative Stonesetting by John Cogswell - “In my view a stone setting bible.”

A&CB, ISBN 978-1-4081-0945-8

Symbiotic Realms: Robin Kranitzy and Kim Overstreet Selected Works 1985 – 2008 by Designmuseo

The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists explore Cartography by Katherine Harmon

Princeton Architectural Press, ISBN 97856898-762-0

For more info on Mark click through to his blog:

[w] mark-fenn-designer.blogspot.com

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24.2 The benchpeg bookshop

The bookshop lists all of the books benchpeg has previously featured and benchpeg

readers have reviewed, but also lists some wider titles covering a diverse range of

industry specific topics.

If you’d like to see a book listed, feel free to email any suggestions to:

[e] info@benchpeg.com

[w] bookshop.benchpeg.com

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26 [Back to Index] Issue 167: 13th -

19th June 2010

Summer Project update

Just a quick update on the summer project...I now have 13 envelopes...so thank you to all who have sent me something...I was going to start once I had ten...but I think I will wait until I have 20. Two reasons for that 1. I,m still doing the dissertation!!!!! 2. with 20 envelopes I get a possible 1140 different combinations. I plan once I have opened the envelope to scan or photocopy then and put them here for all to see and maybe ask anyone who looks at this blog to give me some numbers.

Summer Project update

Well the summer project is in one way going well i.e I'm getting responses from people saying yep like the concept, give us your address and we will send you something...then nothing comes in the post!!! well I have received two packages so far.....and an e-mail with an images attached..with the following text!!!

Heya,

Good project, although just to be difficult If you want to print this and shove it in an envelope......by all means do so! :-D

Keep me posted no pun intended on the project.

Safe!

Philip

well it is early days..so lets see what this week brings

Wow I have followers!!!

Wow I have some followers!!....now thats cool..but also a bit scary. I intended to just use this blog as a place to put my uni projects and maybe stuff that I find interesting....well I hope you all like what ever I put here.

Dissertation!!!

So I have also started the writing of the dissertation....so my plan is to have the whole thing written before I go back in September..yep all 9000 words. With the summer break being 106 days long..if I write 95 words a day...should have it done and dusted!!!....watch this space for the dissertation avoidance techniques used over the summer....I think number one will be... ah yes I need to update my blog!!!

Summer Project

Today I received my first package for the Summer Project...so a big thank you to Kerrie Booth...I must resist the temptation to open the package!!!!.....was over a friends for dinner last night and I was telling them about this project and my friend John worked out the possible combinations if I received only 10 packages and the number is 120. Which I think is not a bad total and gives me a lot of starting points from which to design. He then went on to work out that if i received 15 the total of possible combination goes up to 1140, now that is alot may be this could turn into a life times work!!!!....so for those of you who are into maths here is the formula

n!

over (ie read a line)

(n-k)! k!

so here is my lastest rendering I'll left this one to just run until Maxwell had finished with it. The total number of hours = 166!!!

Mark Fenn - Summer Project - Self Brief

I will ask people to send me an envelope or package with an image, shape, object or any thing else they can think of. Once I receive the envelope I will assign a number to it and keep it sealed. Once I have over say 30 envelopes I will then ask senders to send me by post or e-mail 3 numbers from from 1 - 30 only when I have receive the 3 number back will I then open the envelopes.

I will use the 3 items contain within the envelopes as the starting point with which to design a piece of jewellery or silverware. I will use the 3 items as inspiration.

This project will help me explore and investigate the design process that is lead from the random and unexpected starting point. I hope this project will continue after the summer and into my third year as a part of my self directed study.

If you wish to take part in this project please e-mail me at mark.c.fenn@btconnect.com

for my address

Thank you