With this year’s Christmas card, we are presenting our precision parts in a new light and in colour – and this is how it was done: In a first step, various parts are sprayed with paint. In the second step, the parts are moved randomly over a sheet of drawing paper. To do this, the drawing paper is placed on the bottom of a cardboard box and the sprayed precision parts are added. The parts are then moved over the sheet by tilting, turning, rotating or shaking, etc. the box, creating different shapes and lines and thus resulting in a random image. Repeated experimentation can influence the design process more intentionally – in line with the motto: “Passion for precision” becomes “Passion for art”.
Over the past three years, I completed the basic course in visual design at the Swiss School of Painting. The course has a modular structure – three modules each on the themes of lines, shapes and colours. The aim is to teach the basics of design as well as to get to know the most common drawing and painting tools and the associated techniques. This is followed by a three-month in-depth assignment in the form of an independent art project. The theme of the work is set by the school.
The theme of this year’s in-depth study is: ich. (me)
Who am I? How did I become who I am? What sets me apart? What shapes me as a creative individual? Which colour scheme belongs to me? Based on a multitude of ideas and after various experiments and work samples, I decided to take a creative look at Laubscher’s production process. This resulted is three works on the themes of “screws,” “exploring form with eccentrics” and “random principle with precision parts”.
The jury particularly liked the “random principle” work. They were fascinated by the independence of technology and methodology. In the appraisal interview, the artist Eveline Stauffer, as a member of the jury, addressed the idea of the card as an opportunity for further development. As we had already produced Christmas cards related to our area of activity in the past, it was only a small step to produce this year’s Christmas card.
Raphael Laubscher
