work in mickerloo

      'shaped in armour and oak' along with some laminated jewellery is now at mickerloo arts gallery :-)

nora fok coming to ruthin craft centre

nora fok the jewellery, textile and 3D designer will be at ruthin craft centre from 2nd april - 5th june 2011. she makes her amazing work by hand, weaving, knitting and plaiting nylon microfilament

http://www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk/

''its going to a gallery''

'Shaped in Armour and Oak'

Split oak work from 2010 is going to Mickerloo Gallery, Cheshire this week.

I'm going to miss it because it's been crowning my book shelf for a good while :-)

maquettes

Bardic Chair

I will be meeting with Dilwyn newxt week to discuss the design of the chair. I've got a few ideas and hopefully they'll suit the job. Its due to be made in may I think so there's a couple of months yet to finalize the design.

biomimetic jewellery

This is an early design for some biomimetic jewellery I am making. So far it has invited people to play with it when they see it which is interesting :-). It has insect qualities, something which I will continue to research, which reflects biomimicry. I have made the mechanism from aluminium which holds some stainless steel fabric mesh which is an amazing material though its a pain because it creases easily. You forget its metal!

Fabric mesh from - http://www.themeshcompany.com/ 

santiago calatrava

Milwuakee Art Museum

Spanish architect based in Paris. Influenced by biomimetic ideas such as skeletal systems, palm leaves and the human eye. His buildings often have a physical moving part to them adding to their biomimetic characters.

http://www.calatrava.com/

split oak dish

Split oak pieces linked together to form a dish. This comes from the 'armour' work from 2010.

Also soon to be available at Mickerloo Gallery, Cheshire.

laminated jewellery

laminated broach

laminated cufflinks

These are some examples of the small jewellery pieces I have made. Made from wood (oak, pine, purple heart and african wenge) and metal (aluminium and silver). Broaches, cufflinks and earings will soon be available at Mickerloo Gallery. Or you can contact me pesonally to order :-)

daniellloyd-davies@hotmail.co.uk
http://www.mickerloo-arts.co.uk/

New Designers, London, June 2011

http://www.newdesigners.com/
Part 1: 29 June - 02 July 2011
- Textiles, Fashion & Accessories
- Contemporary Applied Arts
- Ceramics & Glass
- Jewellery & Precious Metalwork
- One Year On

Wednesday 29 June15:00-18:00 VIP & Press Preview
18:30 - 21:00 Awards Preview Evening*
(*Entry with Unlimited ticket only)

Part 1 Opening times:
Thursday 30 June:  10:00-20:00
Friday 01 July: 10:00-18:00
Saturday 02 July: 10:00-18:00

I will be attending New Designers 2011 in June with Glyndwr University, B.A Applied Arts

http://www.glyndwr.ac.uk/

radiohead new album!!!

http://www.thekingoflimbs.com/

woooo hoooo

light art

Eisteddfod Bardic Chair 2011

Arts and Business Cymru, Culture Step Reception

December 2010, Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno

With Elfyn Thomas of Silver Star travel company (sponsor of Eisteddfod Chair) receiving certificate for the Bardic Chair Project. Working with Samantha Ellis (pictured) and Dilwyn Jones of Celfiderw furniture.

http://www.celfiderw.co.uk/

http://www.silverstarholidays.com/

 Pegasus Bridge, Benouville, France

'Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II. It was so crucial that, had it been unseccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed.' (Stephen E. Ambrose 1985)

Photo's of Pegasus Bridge (including bullet holes), Major John Howard C.O of D Company, Ox and Bucks Reg., British 6th Airborne Division and Cafe Gondree, the first house liberated in France on 6th June 1944.

bahrain 2010

Interesting place.....

First thoughts are that it is just a huge development project. There are really beautiful historical forts and traditional buildings but these are outnumbered by the new, crisp,modern city they are trying to build. Everywhere you go there are new buildings going up. Its only a small island but there must be at least five enourmous shopping centres packed with Western shops and culture. It was interesting to see as much of their traditions and cultures as I could though it has been swamped by the modern development. There are some ace places to eat and spend the evening and the weather was hot even in December. Very sandy though and I missed the green hills of Wales! 

  

Choreography

'Glass Choreography'

This series of works was again from 2010. It led on from the 'armour' work. I was looking more into movement and choreography. I moved from oak to glass because I wanted to experiment more with light and shadows. The 'prop' I made which is used in the photo's is made from perspex designed to imitate float glass. The size and nature of the piece didn't allow the use of glass wheras perspex allowed me to capture an essence of movement as though involved in some sort of dance or routine. 

dylan thomas

'Shaped in Armour and Oak'

This work that I produced in 2010 took inspiration from the Dylan Thomas poem 'O Make Me a Mask'. I looked into armour from throughout history, particularily japanese armour. I wanted to capture the protective and aggressive nature of armour as well as the movement involved with wearing it. I used Welsh oak for its amazing golden colour and also to honour the DylanThomas poem.