Desk Inventory

For this assignment, I’ll be conducting an inventory of my studio space based on its sensory stimuli and for each encounter, I’ll be writing from a number of perspectives.

Sight – I see my equipment, my models, my desk calendar, my postcards, my water flask, my spray paint cans, My inventory box, etc. Sometimes my desk is cluttered with tools and materials (depending on the project) such as clay, cardboard cuttings, my pens, pencils, craft knives, paper and whichever project(s) I’m working on

• My models – On the shelf on my desk I have three raku clay models, a little statue and one 3D printed figurine.
• My Inventory box-  The inventory box is a small wooden box I once made from wood induction last year, the box is smooth and the texture of it is slightly burned for decoration, on top is a pewter casted Avengers logo superglued on and inside the box it contains multiple tools and miscellaneous things such as pencils, paints, erasers, paperclips and a ball of string
• My postcards- Each of my postcards are from multiple museums, each one based on an art piece
• My Name signs – There are two models of my name, one of them I made out of coffee sticks, string, and hot glue and the other I made out of clay and glazed it green

Touch – Each item has its own unique touch, many of them feel smooth, others have a rough texture and other

• The Clay Models- The clay models (when finished, unfinished or glazed) can feel cold, and if not handled with care, could break, the raku models have a slightly rough feel to them
• My Notebooks – There are my three notebooks, my current one and my two old ones, each of them are customized, each one with a volume number, indicating which one was used in order, each page is filled handwritten notes, annotations, and sketches, some of the writing and sketching roughly written/drawn in, sometimes you can feel the pressure from pen go through the pages to the other.
• My Inventory box- when opened it hold various tools and miscellaneous items, the box is smooth and the texture of it is slightly burned for decoration, on the front is a small hook lock on a hinge, on top is a pewter casted Avengers logo superglued on. The edges have also been carved.

Sound – Each item has it’s own unique sound, some are quiet and unnoticeable some are pretty distinctive

• The Spraypaint cans- the spraypaint cans make a rattling sound when shaken
• My Clay/plaster models- if one of my clay or plaster models were to break the sound of them smashing sound like glass. and some of them have a hollow sound, and if the plaster were to be stretched, it would create a creaking noise
• The hinges on my inventory box squeak when opened

Smell – Each item has it’s own smell

• My Inventory box has a faint but noticeable smell of burning wood, like burnt cardboard my clay models don’t have much smell to them
• My plaster hand that I made last year still has traces of baby powder, from when I was using  it for latex tests, the baby powder smells sweet, like strawberries