Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Background:By way of introduction, my name is Heidi Hinder, and I am an artist and maker. My artistic practice often draws on a previous career in film and television, by exploring the disparity between illusion and reality, as well as being influenced by studies in Literature, and…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
One year on from the Crafts Council and Watershed’s Craft + Technology residency, artist Heidi Hinder is delighted to report that ‘Money No Object’ has just been awarded some further research and development funding. This support will enable Heidi to work with Seb Madgwick, Director and Lead…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Lots to do.Victoria Tilotson of the Watershed and I began with a tour around i-DAT's facilities including the stomach churning splendour of the immersive vision theatre and former planetarium.Dr Simon Lock is my point of contact here and we have begun to discuss in depth approaches to developing the…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Im now happily inducted into the University of Plymouths, their excellent workshop facilities go as far as barcoded hand tools.Dr Simon Lock and I have had two further meetings last week where we have been discussing among other things the:glories of power supply, slip rings and wireless power…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Finally all of our carefully reasoned parts and materials have arrived following our recent tests. The key elements have been the arrangement of the new motorised arm that descends from the Skirt neck.
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Tests on new fabrics have been positive, the effective combination of thin gauge synthetic variations of felt like fabrics now offers more fluid manual transitions of horizontal ripples. Being a semi transparent material it is also more sympathetic to projected light and able take oil and water…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Please begin with who you are and a short description of what you do.I’m a designer with broad spectrum of three-dimensional work, chiefly I'm interested in the play of materials, which goes someway to explain the broad variety of my work. Which stretches from jewellery through…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
It’s 3pm, day one of my joint residency with Sam Underwood at Pervasive Media Studio, and we’re discussing the general availability of radioactive isotopes and how we could feasibly extend, or bend, a Geiger counter.
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
So after a little bit of a relay race (Sam in Sweden and at Supersonic fest, Tim in the studio and rehearsing at Bristol Old Vic) we have a decision on what Geiger-Müller Sound System will be pursuing for the rest of our PM Studio residency.
