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Lionel:
All tools need to be hand-made. Even though some of the impressions are interesting and well applied, we can't accept the status of your work as it is.

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Lionel:
1. Is cardboard stable and stiff enough to create consistent impressions? What other materials can be more suitable? How will you propose laying out these impressions on a curved surface to have them appear as a regular texture?
2. Tool is not handmade. Can you form a similar tool from blank sheet material?
3. Similar to (2). Tool not handmade.
4. A sturdier material can be used for your tool so that shape of additions can be more consistent and won't be affected by moisture in the clay.
5. You can propose the patterns that can be conceived with additions like that. A squarish, grid layout might be too simple.
6 & 7. Both tools need to be handmade or modified from
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Lionel:
1. Is there a way to modify your tool so that it's 'hand-made'? Cut patterns into the metal sheet maybe so corresponding patterns can be worked into the clay when pressed.
2. Be careful not to let the structure of the cap (especially the edges) get in the way, since it's the pattern formed by the beads you want.
3. Overly simple tool (not good), but I like how you laid the patterns out on clay (good)
4. There are more complex patterns you can try to form with the tool material on hand. Needs more experimentation.
5. Pattern is quite irregular. We would prefer to see something more controlled and deliberate in your modification of those plastic spoons.
6. Tool needs to be handmade.
7. Good approach. Experiment with different pressures and extrusion heights to observe their effects.

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Lionel:
1. Is there a way to achieve cleaner impressions? Can the clay be softened with water before working it?
2. Be careful not to cut right through the cup's thickness. Needs more exploration into patterns formed. Tool design is a little too simple.
3. Just want to clarify if this is impression or subtraction. Can this tool be used for addition too? Explore more the tool's design for variation of effects.
4. Nothing wrong with regular patterns if they are well and carefully placed. How will you control the placement of these impressions on a curved surface?
5. Is there a way to modify this tool to help you achieve more regular, consistent detail?
6. Attempt impressing with different angles and directions for varying effects.
7. Tool should be hand made.

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Lionel:
1. Nice placement of pattern. Yes, consistency of texture can be improved, probably with extra careful application.
2. You placed impressions on 4 corners of the tile. That may look nice by itself but picture how the pattern will look when placed continuously on a curved cup surface.
3. You could have patterns of greater complexity in this example. Instead of wooden board, acrylic sheets can be used for visibility.
4. Tool is not hand made. Shapes like these are easy to find/build.
5. If the bowl is hard to remove from the clay, perhaps you can modify it? Patterns can have more variations and complexity instead of a simple array of circles.
6. Interesting choice of glue cap, but I think the centre of the imprints look a little messy/muddled. What's an alternative solution that gives a similar but more defined effect?
7. Very nice solution. What is a good alternative material to use?

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Lionel:
1. Tool needs to be handmade. Texture too simple and direct, can do with more complexity.
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. These tools need to be hand made or modified from existing items. Impressions are messy and not consistently placed. Please try again thanks.

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Lionel:
1. Impressions formed are too irregular and messy. Develop a consistent, visually attractive pattern that can be adapted onto a cup template.
2. How many other ways can these impressions be laid out apart from being in a grid? Similarly, how many variations in shape can there be in a tool design such as this?
3. Interesting result from such a tool. With this singular feature, how can it be formed into a usable pattern?
4. Pattern is nice and intricate even if it's made from a simple tool shape. How do we control its application on a curved surface?
5. This seems to be too similar to (4). Try to diversify your attempts.
6. Unexpected, interesting result. How can application of texture be neater? Is it a matter of wetting the clay for extra smoothness?
7. Good attempt. Pulling clay away from the surface is an interesting way of forming a pattern. Just a matter of keeping consistency.

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Lionel:
1. Lack of consistency not necessarily bad. Randomness is fine. I like the effect.
2. Use of pine cone is good thinking. Can you find a way to modify the pine cone such that it can be classified as 'hand made'?
3. Instead of cardboard, maybe use a waterproof, stiffer material. Plastic card for instance.
4. Is this tool hand made? Can it be a bendable material so that it wraps around the curved surface of the cup?
5. The tile sample may not give an accurate impression of how the pattern will look on the cup. You imprinted the corner of the tool on the tile, but on the cup the entire base of the tool will be visible.
6. I like the resultant pattern. Yes, cut the roll into a curved base to ease impression onto the cup.
7. Tool is not hand made wor. Can you 'hand make' a comb-like structure instead? The texture is interesting.

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Lionel:
1. Impressions are consistent, neat and tidy. Experiment with alternative pattern layouts to enhance appearance of trapeziums.
2. Good quality of clay impressions. Similar to (1), play around with texture layouts.
3. You have a knife with a straight line. Now you can try varying the shape of the blade edge to give different, unexpected impressions.
4. You might want to think of a solution to ensure equal depth to these impressions. Also this is to ensure you don't puncture your own cup.
5. Indeed, rake can be refined. Placement of teeth on rake can vary too to give different impressions of rhythm.
6. Pattern currently too messy, can be neater, more regular. How can circular imprints and patterns harmonise with each other?
7. Same as in (6). Shape can be more deliberate though. The circle feels 'just so happen' that it came from a Russian Doll model.

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Lionel:
1. Besides paper, what is an alternative material that can give a similar effect and is hardier and reusable? The resultant texture is interesting.
2. Effect can be more consistent. How should the tool be modified to achieve that sort of result? Can the rope be wound around more evenly?
3. The application of this tool is a little messy. Would sticking the sticks onto a stiff platform work to give it consistency?
4. This is a good start in exploring. Can the tips of the sticks be reshaped to give different effects? Sharpen or round them, maybe?
5. Very nice tool design and application. How do you make the structure of the tool stable?
6. You might have misunderstood the instruction. You are to add clay elements to the tile/cup, not any other material. However, what you did is visually attractive. If you can render what you did in clay, it will be a winner.
7. Same as in 6. The additions have to be clay.

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Lionel:
1. Can you elaborate on how you created that effect with the heart shaped cut out? Are there additional instruments used in the process that's not shown?
2. The string has a lot of potential. Experiment with other possible patterns form from that length of string.
3. Creative combination of items to form an unexpected effect. Good.
4. Why not use more pencils? They have hexagonal cross sections meaning that they can be tied in clumps of 7 at least.
5. What is the tool used to create the clay additions?
6. What is a solution to ensure the depth of the impression is consistent? In order to prevent the tool cutting all the way through the clay?
7. What is the tool used to create these additions?

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Lionel:
1. Needs more exploration into different shapes and forms, as circles in a grid layout will not suffice. Metal sheets are malleable and have a lot of potential to be shaped into interesting results.
2. Chopstick ends can be reshaped to give different results. Please explore alternative layouts apart from simple grids.
3. Tool design is satisfactory. Try other means of creating patterns such as poking, slant-pressing, drawing curves/circles, etc
4. Needs additional thought put into execution. Imprints are too irregular and visually jarring.
5. Related to (3)
6. Is there a tool used for creating these additions?
7. Solution too simple. Will not suffice.

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Lionel:
1. You're basically using wire to cut and remove material. The tool needs to be hand made. Can you use plain stiff wires, bend them to different shapes and experiment with their effects?
2. Same thing: Make sure tool is handmade. Use sheet metal as material.
3. Nice. Similar thinking to (1)
4. Ok. Play with layering and density of impressions.
5. Are you using one pick or the stack to create the impression?
6. Very nice watery effect. Congrats.
7. Try to incorporate something hand made into this tool instead of straight up using a squeeze bottle. Maybe you can modify the nozzle to give different extrusions.

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Adeline:
Guys overall its the same issue, alot of you didnt make the tool but rather found the tool. Its ok to use something you have found - but u need to creatively edit it.

Also some of you decided hands were tools , and you hand created the patterns, which is also no go zone.

Do work on your feedback and we both hope to see some good improvement by next week. You should also try your tools on a curved clay surface to see if it can happen before class next Wed,

Lionel:
Materials used on your tools should  be considered. You're working with wet, smudgy clay so cardboard may not be the best solution. Metal, plastic sheets are preferable.

Patterns formed on a square tile may not translate well onto a curved cup surface. This is especially so when your imprints are big and exceed the dimensions of your tile. You might not be able to predict how your pattern will look in the end.

Some clay tiles might be too dry, which results in an unsatisfactory texture when you're testing your tools.

A lot of ideas we see here are derivative and look really similar to each other. We hope to have you put in the extra effort and set yourself and your work from the rest. Make yourself memorable and impressive.

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Lionel:
1. Interesting scale effect. Can try pressing in from different angles to investigate various relief patterns.
2. Curious pattern but tool needs to be hand made wor.
3. Maybe can devise a way of ensuring consistent depth so you won't accidentally poke holes, especially if your cup walls are thinner.
4. I like this. Very interesting and unexpected. Play more with it.
5. Experiment with patterns other than straight lines too
6. Is this tool hand made? Looks pre-made wor.
7. This tool looks pre-made too. I like the effect but can you hand make one.

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Hi guys! please note that all your tools need to be handmade!!! if you have done it wrongly please re-edit before next weeks class.

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Adeline:
1. Clay needs to be stuck down with clay glue, or at least not have the edges be able to be lifted.
2. items 2 and 3 are exactly the same. thats not considered.
2,3,5,6,7 are all not made by yourself. please note that you will be graded for making the tools, not finding it.

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Adeline:
Another refreshing one for me to see clay being used to make the tool.
of 1,2,3, no1 has the most interesting impressions due to the 3dimensional element of the pebble. consider how you can control the spacing between one impression with the next.
also with its 3 sided view, maybe there can be slightly different effects in the tool to bring out more visual interest.
4. has good potential, however at the moment isnt handmade. Consider using clay to make

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Adeline:
Of the few, 1 and 7 seems to have the best outcomes in terms of pattern uniformity.

5. As for using aluminium sheets on its edge, its not so effective because the sheets are very thin to begin with, and pushing it straight down doesnt seem that interesting , although you also rightly pointed out on trying to achieve that in a cylinder may be challenging.
6. is it the same tool as 5? the clay add on seems much too thick - also if adding, needs to have clay glue in between the layers.

Continue to work on tube like structures as you have done with 1.7

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Adeline:
Most of your items are not made by yourself, although i must say there were creatively exploited.
2. shouldnt be using your hands as a tool - your hands isnt a tool.
4,5. there is potential in editing the straw and manipulating the foil in a certain manner that gives you an effect.

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Adeline:
1. I really like the idea of the tool design and the outcome of the tool on the clay. Keep trying ideas along this line.
5. Glue residue format also has some potential, although the effect of the impression isnt so ideal at the moment.
2. Straws do make as a good cutting tool but not handmade, perhaps can combine like how you did with 7, or perhaps edit the straw by cutting

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Adeline:
1. is an interesting idea but perhaps the clay isnt wet enough to be soft enough to take on the yarn details. Or it was soft enough, then maybe you can consider other methods or mimicking this texture.
2,3,5 unfortunately are not made items
7. there is no tool being used, hands are not tools, although braiding is an interesting effect.

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Adeline:
Great job! with exception of no.6, all the ideas used very creative ways of creating a tool design.
1. Struck out to me the most, with the scratching effect to be very effective in creating a pattern.

using materials like satay sticks and aluminium foil also seems to have good control on the clay. can consider varying the heights of the sticks.

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Adeline:
This was good and refreshing for me to see tools being made of clay themselves. The overall outcomes however seem to need more control at the moment, so it can be less messy.
2. has good potential in cutting the clay material at an angle with the aluminium sheet

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Adeline:

6. perhaps can consider laying more wire together, can be cross sectional to achieve more lines per impression.
2. with straws cut at an angle is interesting, although outcome looks weak, what if the straw inserts and lifts?
3. seems to have the most controlled and defined impression, with a slanted angle and good depth. but its not handmade so see how it can be edited, maybe more than one piece of icecream stick or something

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Adeline:
1,4,5 really stood out for me, it is very novel with effective and aesthethically pleasing patterns. Rolling the spring gave it a certain randomness which is to your advantage.
with the stapler concept, see if there's another way to eliminate the stapler altogether.
braiding is good! try different types of rope.
6,7 has potential but there is a lack of control of the wave of the tool . also cutting those pieces seem much too thick,  and clay glue is needed to secure both together

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Will handmade everything by next week

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Adeline:

4,7 (is similar so no count) rightly pointed out that the wood would not be able to impress upon the clay as you imagine it to be here. However if the wood was made more like a stamp, than a surface, you might have something to work on there, hence its more like hammering facets, rather than creating all at one shot.

1,2,6 is highly similar (so no count again), and when you do want to use the edge of aluminium to push into the clay, there isnt much effect because of the thiness of the alumnium material to begin with.

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Adeline:
1. really stood out for me, with the twisting of the rubber band a very unexpected outcome and interesting effect.
2-7, i think you need to forgo, the outcomes are very weak and do not show a consistent pattern or controlled design. unfortunately it looks almost accidental.

Do try more ideas that consider how different ways of rubber bands vs different board sizes, or maybe try using the rubber band in an entirely different way to 'attack ' the clay surface

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Adeline:
With the exception of no2, all the others are not handmade tools  but rather found tools. please note that you will be graded for the tool you make. i do think there is some potential in the effects that were created though, like the back of the spoon with a hole, or the impression with the fork. Try mimicking these objects using your own materials.

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Adeline:
Hi Ethan, 1 and 4, are examples from me, you will need to replace them with your own examples.

As for the rest of the examples you gave, can i check if these are your images of your exploration? or these are inspiration from the net? if from the net, you will need to explore them yourself if not its actually plagiarizing other people's work.

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Adeline:
With the exception of no6, the rest are not handmade but are found objects. Do note you will be graded for making the tools.

as for no6, the outcome still isnt defined enough in terms of the consistency of the pattern.

Overall the control of how the tools react with the clay surface lacks control and looks haphazard with no equal pressure / direction.

Try harder!

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Lionel:
1. Why is the imprint not sharp? How can the tool be improved or reinforced to give the result you want? Should another material be used?
2. Similarly, how can you reinforce and harden the denim to give a more consistent impression? Can metal backing be used? Starch?
3. Can you clarify how your tool removes clay? Images and explanation unclear. How can this be made into a regular, usable pattern?
4. Tool must be handmade. And similarly to (3), how can this be made into a regular, usable pattern?
5. Layout and orientation of the shoelaces can be varied to give more substantial effects. Try curling, knotting, weaving, etc.
6. See (3) and (4)
7. What is the reason imprints are not clear? How can the tool be improved?

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Adeline:
Most of the items are found objects rather than handmade tools, with the exception of 6 and 7. Do note you are graded for the making of the tools.

i do think there can be improvements made to how you are interacting your tool with the surface. the outcomes are rather plain and lack depth/ visual interest.

It also looks like you have only explored impression, even though lemon squeezer and spring u mentioned otherwise.

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Adeline:
2,5,7 seem to be effective in translating the leaf into a tool. very creative, good. your next challenge is to not just create one impression but an entire surface pattern. no1 looks weaker than 2.5.7 since i cant really see the veins.

4 and especially 6 stood out for me and i think you can explore using a roller than isn;t soft, a bit like what you did with a pencil. consider wrapping with other things too.

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Complete your form please. Make sure your tools are all handmade.

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Adeline:
The photos are supposed to show the tool on top of the tile, im not sure whether these outcomes are now the tool - or the tile.

could you retake them?

Also the overall outcome seems to be either of 2 extremes: a hexagonal mesh that went over it, or a handmade floral shape, which doesnt have much meaning or pattern to it.