rob elford

rob elford

DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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rob elford

rob elford

DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I am an artist and a digital craft practitioner. My creative practice focuses on sculptural jewellery design. My work combines prosthetic and accessory tropes with inventive and digitally altered forms. I work with a range of printed materials including ceramics, polymers and resin, bringing together digitally printed synthetics with natural hand crafted finishes, including the use of precious materials, such as silver and strung pearls. My work combines naturally sourced components and digitally manufactured parts, which reflects both the artist and the machine which assimilate to create each piece
Projects
  • THE VACANTI MAN
    THE VACANTI MAN The Vacanti Man explores an allegorical visual narrative of pixelated body horror inspired by the experiments of Charles Vacanti, who cultivated human limbs under a subject’s skin. It explores Freudian, quasi-religious projections of masculinity, which are represented by the reoccurring imagery of the eye and the hand.  The hands and arms originate from 3d scans of actual limbs. These have then been subjected to a literal process of decimation, where a computerised algorithm reduces the origina
  • Design Portfolio
    Design PortfolioA selection of my design work.
Work history
    3D Designer
    Freelance
    I am an artist and a digital craft practitioner. My creative practice focuses on sculptural jewellery design. My work combines prosthetic and accessory tropes with inventive and digitally altered forms. I work with a range of printed materials including ceramics, polymers and resin, bringing together digitally printed synthetics with natural hand crafted finishes, including the use of precious materials, such as silver and strung pearls. My work combines naturally sourced components and digitally manufactured parts, which reflects both the artist and the machine which assimilate to create each piece
Skills
  • Fashion
  • Design
  • Illustrator
  • Indesign
  • Photoshop
  • Powerpoint
  • Solidworks CAD 3D
  • Zbrush
  • 3D Printing
  • Laser Cutter
  • 3D Sculpting
  • 3D Scanning
Education
    University of The Arts London (UAL) logo
    University of The Arts London (UAL) logo
    MAUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
     - London, United Kingdom
    MA Digital Fashion