SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

THE DESIGN SCHOOL

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT

NAME: TAN CHUU YEE

STUDENT ID NO: 0315097

TOOL SELECTED: Silver Spoon

WORD COUNT: 762

ENGLISH 2 (ENGL 0205)

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: NARRATIVE ESSAY

LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA

SUBMISSION DATE: 14TH NOVEMBER 2013

The Silver Spoon

The slim rounded handle with a smooth bowl shape on one end, metallic color cover

its surface with a shining body, a utensil made from metal and grabbing my attention

and leaving a strong lasting impression on the item that place on the kitchen table. A

usually item of daily object but it is important and useful in our life. Any items jump

out from your mind right now? It is used for eating food or with a high liquid content.

For an example, rice, ice-cream, soup and so on. They can be made a larger and

used for serving all types of food and can even be used outdoors for scoop out a

hole. It is a silver spoon. The exploration that based on the silver spoon is the visual

design elements, five senses of a silver spoon, the meaning behind a silver spoon,

spoon as my family member and couple of spoon.

In addition, I do an exploration to test the five senses of silver spoon. Let say the

texture of silver spoon and temperature when I test. Texture of a silver spoon is

feeling like a spoiled egg and the temperature is as cool as cucumber and feel like

handling a cube of ice when I place it into refrigerator and the surface of spoon look

as bright as the sun. Then, the side view from a silver spoon is as nice as a body

curve. After that, the smell of silver spoon is like a metallic smell and sometime smell

like a rusting nails. The feel of silver spoon is feel like as solid as a rock. It will also

produce a beautiful tone when I use silver spoon to knock something.

The special’s meaning behind silver spoon was use as personification. From

ancient, silver spoon also has the same with wealth, especially inherited wealth. The

kids who burn into a wealthy family is said to have “been born with a silver spoon in

someone mouth”. This is because silver spoon describes someone ho has a well-off

background. So, this special meaning has pass on to the next generation and this

description currently used and the meaning still the same.

As continuous, sometimes I imagine that the silver spoon as my family member.

When I was a child until this second, I almost every day keep in touch with spoon. It

accompany every day when I need it. During I having my daily meal, silver spoon

always stay with me and contribute its function. It let me form a happy mood to enjoy

my meal. ‘Spoon’ know that when I using it to having my meal, it body will become

dirty and oily but it still sacrifice itself to let me enjoy my meals. This action let me

relevant to my family. My family also will protect me, dedicate me even though they

will injure but they still willing to do it. I will appreciate it along my life.

Above and beyond, everything also has its own couple. Spoon is also no exception.

I believe that everybody will also know the couple of spoon. Its couple consist a

handle with a shank terminating in three or more sharp points, which are usually of

metallic surface, parallel and slightly curve. It is the silver fork. We are using it

together to have our daily meals. When we are holding a spoon, the other hand will

hold a fork. This is a natural phenomenon that will occur on every people.

In the other hands, the visual design elements based on silver spoon that I had

exploration such as thumbprint, scratches and trademarks. I found that the scratches

of silver spoon are exactly same as the scratches of the surface of iron and then the

trademarks of silver spoon as phoenix. It looks more grandeur and the places of

thumbprint have also a drawing of rice seedling. View of whole entity of silver spoon

like cover a layer of metal silver and shining into my sigh.

Last but not least, along my exploration progress. I have felt frustrated and anxious

because a lot of tools jump into my mind and I couldn’t make a decision. After that, I

try to follow step by step to do my works. First, I go into the kitchen and try to find a

tool. Surprise for me, items that snatching my sigh directly that place on table was

not a knife, egg-blended and so on. It was an insignificant thing but it is a necessary

character in our daily life. It was a silver spoon.

Sketching of silver spoon