The Initial Investigation

When collaging I made sure to place my understanding of what craeft meant to me,in my opinion, craeft is seen as being able to create art by our ideas, and make it into something unique. Culture plays a big role into what craeft is define as, so I made sure to demonstrate it onto my collage, also while placing bright drawings to make the page stand out. Using different images to create an illusion of something that was simply not there before. The goal was to show how time has changed, from using columns to sustain buildings to now having modern houses. Its amusing to see how we adapt to time and culture and continue to use craeft to create art.

Architecture Investigation

We were asked to do research on an architect and analyze how they use craeft in there designs. My research was on Lake Flato, they did most of their practice in Texas and from what I've understood they work to not disturb the land but rather adapt to it and use the tools around it. Made sure to use pieces of images that best correspond to craeft and how these architects use it, Lake Flato invents unique buildings that work well with the environment. Instead of damaging and changing the landscape he works with it, for example they designed a house that would be standing on top of a slope, creating the illusion that the building was meant to stand their in the first place. 

Wunderkammer Design

Wunderkammer is a German word meaning "room of curiosities" which to have a better understanding we were