Lakshmi Balakrishnan

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U23115

TThe CEPT Foundation Programme studio is an introduction for students fresh out of school to the rigor and work habits required by an undergraduate degree at CEPT University. The studio is conceptualized as a series of sequentially planned exercises, through which students develop skills and abilities, which are then deployed to address increasingly complex problems falling in four broad categories: visualize and draw, make and learn, anayse and interpret and conceptualise and represent. The exercises are designed to provide foundational skills for students across disciplines at CEPT, between which they maintain a balance. They also reflect an understanding that at the foundation level, these skills overlap to a large extent, and a varied array is of benefit to all students. The studio is taught through intensive 1–2 week long modules, focusing on a particular skill or ability, and a process that emphasizes ongoing feedback in addition to expert faculty lectures.

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Drawing this assemblage of subtracted solids helped me better my visualization skills. Achieving a composition which was not only visually balanced, but also physically balanced took some time and trial&error.

Multiple sectional views of the assemblage was drafted in accordance with the rules of technical drawing.

The south canteen at CEPT was gauged and drawn to scale.

Various rules of ordering principles were expressed by cutting and pasting basic shapes onto paper. Here, the rules of Central and Radial are portrayed.

Learning typography of words helped in expressing the meaning of the word by playing around with the way the alphabets are arranged and styled. The word "north" was chosen and expressed in black and white, as well as color.

A color montage with various values of blue, loosely based on the theme of "time". This montage helped me in realizing the usage of design principles in my work to achieve visual balance, while also telling a story.

A poster for an event for the graphic designer, David Carson was designed by me, with a little of AI (Leonardo) generated image incorporated with it. This poster encapsulates what Carson's style represents: order in disorder; a mixed media effect was tried to capture with this poster.

A soma cube (puzzle box) was made with buff board and clad with cloth. The measurements were tricky as the thickness of the board meant measurements had to be calibrated at each step. Cladding the board with cloth was interesting to experiment with.

Sculpting organic forms (fruits) on clay helped me notice the small details (like the texture of the skin) that I would normally take for granted. I have tried to capture these nuances while also experimenting with this new medium.

In this model, the physical attributes of leather as a material was explored. After experimentation, the properties of tension, elasticity and various forms of weaving/braiding was displayed on a wooden frame.