Last thursday our class had a lecture with one of the tutors, we were told to if possible visit the Science museum at South Kensington. The last time i went there must have been when i was about 9 years old, so a lot has changed. I have been finding it really hard to get inspired about this current project 'The Recorder', I have loads of ideas, I just am finding it difficult to approach and express these ideas through a way that will work practically and functionally. The Science museum believe it or not was incredibly helpful. The machinery mechanisms were very similar to my current idea's for my recording device, so I was able to go back and research some of the engineers that built these intricate and stunning models. Some were life size and some were scale models, and there are also some interesting vintage collectables that I liked! The first two photos is a model of a machine workshop built between 1850 and 1880, and is shows how different types of machines would receive power from line-shafts. The fifth photo down is Artwork by Enki Balil, 1986-1992, in a serious of illustrated books in France. Set in the future he shows through his drawings how technology would be in the future. i really liked his style of drawing so thought i would throw it in there! The bottom photo is a Teasing Mill, c. 1800-c. 1820, which was the machine that was used in one of the final processes in making woollen cloth-raising the pile of cloth by brushing it with the 'teazle' heads. This is a 1:8 scale model that was operated by hand. I liked this model because of way the manual operation of the mechanisms was interesting and at that time fairly advanced, until of course engineers started to move onto more advanced technology such as engine powered machines.
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