NAFA Fun Day

On 4th of October, NAFA held an event called FunDay. It was located at Siloso Beach, Sentosa. I arrived in Sentosa at 08:15 am with Yemima and Yen Yen.
Later on we met with the rest of our classmates. They brought volley-ball to the beach. Other than playing, NAFA held many competition and games and also lucky draw. I participated in tug-of-war. We sttuggle a lot but in the end we didn't win. It's a shame but its still fun and exciting. After the event ended, my friends and I went to swim on the beach. We also catch some crabs and starfish, but later on we release them back into sea. It was hot and tiring, but that was one of the most fun day I had ever had.

Ikebana

Ikebana is the art of arranging different types of flowers into a pot or bowl. This art is practiced by japanese people.

To be able to do ikebana nicely, one need to understand the connection between nature and human. In ikebana the artist doesn't use much bloomed flowers, they use twigs, branches, and leaves. Though ikebana is a creative art, it has many rules that need to be noted.

It is a traditional japanese art which has been passed down through many generations. It symbolized the understanding of an individual about the beauty of flowers and plants. Ikebana also can be related to pottery. Pottery is used to make the container of the flower arrangement.

Architecture

Architecture is the process and product of planning, designing and constructing a building or any structures.

In the 18th and 19th century, the architectural styles were Rococo, Classicism, Neo-Gothic  and many more.

As time passed, technologies became more advanced and people's knowledge is increasing. Thus that time was also called the Industrial Revolution, The use of industry materials were often used by architects to create their structures or buildings. Examples of the materials were iron, metal, glass, etc. Also they focused more on the mass production using machines, thus its becoming cheaper. 

Types of structure during Industrial Revolution

In the 20th century, the architectural styles become modern and thus called modernism. This style is often associated with minimalism , where which the building or structure's shape extreme simplicity of its form, pure lines, clear space and neutral color in a balance and harmonious environment.

Minimalist building

In the 21st century, the architectural style become more abstract and more artistic. The architects explore different materials and out of the box design for the building or structures.

EX Plaza, abstract architecture

Interior Design

Interior design is the art and process of evolving or turning an interior space into an effective setting fit for human activities. Interior designers are someone who are directly involve in the process.

 

Interior design involve planning, calculating and a good understanding of different elements in design. Different countries have different way to decorate their interior.

 For example ;

Japanese design is based strongly on craftsmanship, beauty, elaboration, and delicacy. The design of interiors is very simple but made with attention to detail and intricacy.

Arabic design use many decorations on their wall, an arabesque form of mural that shows various geometric designs in bright colors.

 



Japanese Interior

Arabian Interior



 

One notable interior designer was Sister Parish. She was an American interior designer. She designed the Yello Oval Room in the White House. In addition to the White House, Parish's clients included the philanthropist Jane Engelhard and the socialite and art collector Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney,  Annette de la Renta,  Alice Rogers, Mrs. Charles Percy, were also clients.

 Her design was influenced and inspired by Baroque style.

First Photography

Photography is the process of capturing an image by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation. Invented in the 19th century , photography was proven able to capture more details than sculpting or painting.

 

The first permanent photography was an image produced in 1822 by a French inventor, Nicéphore Niépce, but it was destroyed in attempt to duplicate it. Later in 1825, he made the first permanent photograph from nature (his View from the Window at Le Gras) with a camera obscura. He improved his photography which took a long time to process together with Louis Daguerre. Niépce died in 1833, but Daguerre continued the work, later on he invented a photograph process which was called daguerreotype . He took the very first photography of a person in 1838 with his daguerreotype of a pedestrian who stopped long enough for a shoe shine.

Camera Tools

 



First Daguerreotype of people

Modern Furniture Design

furniture during the middle ages

In the past during Middle Ages, their design's style was Rococo, Classicism, etc with many decoratives and patterns.
But now the design's styles lead towards modernism which is more geometric and minimalistic in shape with bold color. Lamenated plywood, plastics and fiberglass are the materials chosen for creating the furniture.

 

In today's world, global warming also play a role in furniture design. The artist have created eco-friendly furniture with higher sustainability known as Ecodesign to prevent worsen the global warming. They use environment friendly materials to create their furnitures.  Its use and popularity are increasing each year.

 

 

 

Furniture Design -Introduction-

Furniture design is the process of creating and designing a piece or pieces of objects which can be used to support various human activities such as sleepimg, seating, etc. The furniture include tables, chairs, cupboards, and many more. They can be made out of wood, steel, glass,  plastic, etc.

 

During the Middle Ages, the Itallian Renaissance was inspired by the Greco-Roman tradition, while in other regions, they have different style in designing their furniture. In the 17th century, the Southern and Northern Europe was characterized by grandeur, often gilded Baroque designs that often incorporated a profusion of vegetal and scrolling ornament. In the 18th century, furniture designs began to develop more rapidly, although different styles were frequently used by different countries such as Palladianism in Great Britain or Louis Quinze in French furniture, others, such as the Rococo and Neoclassicism were eternal throughout Western Europe.

Jewellery Design

Jewellery design is the process of creating, crafting, fabricating, and designing jewellery. Crafting a piece of jewellery has been practiced long time ago by a blacksmith or metalworker, but now it has evolve into a billion dollar industry using machine to help complete the process. 

Crafting a jewellery involves sufficient knowledge of architecture, market trend, detailed information  about materials, and composition.

In the past, the sketching, draft and planning about the design was done manually meaning hand drawn. Today many people use digital media for their sketches although some are still using pencil and paper to draw and plan about the design of the jewellery. 

heart shaped necklace with Diamonds

necklace with Sapphire stones

Precious stones such as diamond, ruby, sapphire are often use to make the jewellery pieces, combined with gold or silver to make the structure of the jewellery. But in modern world, the jewellery designs are taking on geometrical shape using metal as their main components for the jewellery.

Animation

Animation is the study of continuous moving object. It can be stored in analogue media such as video tape, motion picture film or digital media. A projector or computer are used to view the animation.

There are many ways in doing animation. You can make an animation using traditional animation,stop motion animation, computer animation, mechanical animation and many more.

Traditional animation is when the animation pictures are divided into many frames. The animation's frame is hand drawn, the picture is drawn in such way that they are moving from one frame to another.

Stop motion animation use three dimensional objects, such as clay, puppet, paper, etc. Stop motion animation is when the animation pictures are divided into several or many frames, then the objects are manipulated and placed accordingly to make a connection between one frame and the other. A two hour animation film have many stop motion animation frames as one second can take up to 25-30 frames.

In the past, the stop motion animation were drawn by hands, but as the technologies are advancing, they use digital media such as Photoshop to do the stop motion animation. One example of animation is Walt Disney.

Before making the video animation, the reference drawings are needed to make sure that the movement of the object is correct.

Nail Art

Nail art has become very popular nowadays. It is an art where the canvas is your nails and the paint is the nail polish. Nail art can be 2d or 3d. 2d nail art is when the design is flat on the nails, while 3d nail art is where you paste some decorations on the nails such as small beads or flowers.

To do nail art, first you have to apply the base nail polish to make the nail healthy and not affected by the chemical substances in the nail polish. After the base nail polish dried up, you can start creating a design of the nails. The design can be anything from dolls to food  or even scenery. After that, coat the nails with the design with top layer nail polish. The top layer will make it more glossy and prevent it from cracking. You can use brush with sharp or pointy tip to draw on the nails.