Project blog by Rosie Cooke

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…

Project blog by Rosie Cooke

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…

Project blog by Rosie Cooke

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…

Project blog by Rosie Cooke

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.

Project blog by Rosie Cooke

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…

Project blog by Rosie Cooke

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…

Project blog by Rosie Cooke

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.

Project blog by Rosie Cooke

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.

Project blog by Rosie Cooke

Posted on Thu 26 May 2016

My day job is pretty cool; I work with a chap called David Morton building musical instruments - www.mortonunderwood.co.uk David is a research engineer with an impressive CV. I am a dreamer/dabbler/hacker. We work well together.