Design Drawing
Design Overview
Ergonomics
Photography
Mould and Model Making
Representation Techniques
Orthographic Drawings
Colour & Form
Glazes – Calculation & Theory
Materials & Technology
B.A. (Fine Arts – Painting)
Advance Entry Programme in Ceramic Design
National Institute
of Design (NID)
Ahmedabad, India
Projects at National Institute of Design, India
Simple Product Design: Designed floor tiles in terra-cotta, exploring different shapes.
Tableware: Designed crockery for fast-food restaurants.
Prototype Making:
Studied the product and, considering the complexities in making it, replicated
a
prototype tea-pot
of Parshuram Industries.
Surface Decoration: Designed the surface for a set of crockery.
Systems Design: Designed
a family of planters for the existing lifestyles, taking a holistic approach
and
understanding the
main as well as sub-systems involved in it.
Bathroom Ware: Designed
hollow bricks (for use as bathroom dividers for youngsters), a modular
system
with multiple functions.
Other Courses:
Design Drawing
Design Overview
Ergonomics
Photography
Mould and Model Making
Representation Techniques
Orthographic Drawings
Colour & Form
Glazes – Calculation
& Theory
Materials & Technology
Workshops
Raku Workshop: Experimented
on forms and glazes in RAKU – Japanese Firing Technique. The workshop
was conducted by
Nirmala Patwardhan.
Workshop by Ellis
Harwood (Royal College of London): Explored huge forms on the wheel
and learned a
new method of throwing.
Workshop Conducted
at Baroda: I conducted a Workshop in Terra-Cotta, introducing different
techniques
for making different
objects in terra-cotta.
Industrial Training
Eight-week training
programme at Bharat Potteries, Jaipur. Designed utility artware products
in bone
china and designed
transfers and packaging for these products.
Project In Germany
Three-month project at Rosenthal AG, Germany, for designing tableware products in porcelain.
china and designed
transfers and packaging for these products.
Ruchita Shah
10, Nira Park Society
Near Shri Ram Society
Gotri Road
Baroda 390
007
Gujarat
India
E-Mail: ruchit_a@yahoo.com