Anastasia Kuzina

Works

The first project of the year.

This was an experiment with bed sheets, I noticed that everytime I get out of bed in the morning, the pattern left on the bed is different according to how I've slept thought the night. And some patterns reminded me of my fever-ish childhood nightmares, when I dreamt that I was drowning in my own bed. That's the idea behind a whirpool out of bed sheets.

4 or 5 ways to make anything

Inspiration for this project came from Naum Gabo's constructivist work. I like how he used the 'string art' methods in his work as well as the sence that his figures were not carved, but constructed from interlocking parts, which implied the volume without describing it as a solid mass. This was the technological basis of his idea of 'constructive' sculpture which I tried to follow. Result is a transformer toy which I think makes a interesting visual effect.

Paper vase

Experiments with paper and origami lead me to creation of this vase.

Shelving system

An idea of a shelf system, with very simple connections, that if made out of stronger but elastic material can adapt any shape wanted, which will then be able to be fixed.

Public seating

Flat-pack triangular chairs, that are easily made from a square piece of pre-cut material.

Sheet Materials Origami Experiments

Activate!

Random 'roulette' switch. By turning the switch on the box you will activate the arrow and after you turn it off the arrow will continue its spin eventually stopping in a proximity to one of the 5 engines therefore linking it. The engine will start working and the figure its connected to will start moving. Everytime you flip the switch you wouldn't know where it will stop - its random.

Brockwell Lido - Sandpit

For this project we were asked to design some interactive installations, games, and site specific displays for an event that took place in the beggining of May in one of London's Lidos (Brockwell). Everyone was to come up with their idea and we had to present it to the pool's event director Gethran. Some were chosen, got funding and were built. We were split into smaller groups, one for each accepted proposal.

3 of my coursemates and me ended up working on the Sandpit Project. Brockwell Lido was one of a group of three similar Lidos built by the same architect all around London - hence the triangular shape of the sandpit and 3 different color moulds of those Lidos to make sandcastles. We also made some tools so that people could customize their sand Lidos.

After the event the sandpit found its new home in a primary school in Lewisham.

Make it local

'Natural Life, Artificial Death' - is the name of the project I made in response to the Peckham Space 'Make it local' brief. A project that introduces nature corridors within the urban landscape of Peckham area. The main idea behind it is to create a route for small animals, such as squirrels, to enable them to move safer over the busy roads, into the local parks and squares, as well as private gardens of people living in Peckham. The structure consists of frames that hold a path of branches from local bushes and trees.

An computer model of a section of the route from Peckham Rye Park to Goose Green

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Pewter!