Statement of Intent
To draw an ideal Studio Space with personal furniture and 1 item that defies gravity.
Ideation
This was the first room that I made using the one-point perspective exercise. This gave me a good idea of how to place items around a grid-drawn space. I had issues drawing a window however, I found that using a simple border helped to separate it from the wall.
My main ideas consisted of blending a large glass feature with stone or concrete furniture. those are materials that I personally would enjoy having in a studio space.
I would frequently browse Pinterest for inspiration, currently, I have an interest in eastern forms of architecture. so I chose to include a raised floor in my studio.
I decided to use a lot of stone in the studio, the grain and imperfect edges convey beauty in imperfection. the Japanese idea of “Wabi Sabi” was very prevalent in my conception of the room. Wabi Sabi is the Japanese ideal of finding beauty in imperfections, such as fixing the cracks in bowls with gold to highlight its imperfection.
Iteration and Production
making the space itself was a process of putting in the largest items in the room first, then filling in all the detail.
The first big detail I began with was the Desk. I wanted to make a desk that was like a big piece of set concrete. To add more interesting features I gave it a sort of upsidedown triangle design. However, this was a pain for me to get the proper perspective lines. It would be a cycle of fixing one part for another to be disrupted. Eventually, I decided to change the form of the dest to a more warped and imperfect shape. I like this imperfect design more because it complements the imperfect shapes of the rock furniture.
I followed with the cubic window which was a much more simple shape to draw. Near the beginning, I had issues with differentiating the window from the rest of the room. After asking Taylor, he recommended putting a thicker border around the edges of the window to separate it. Following his advice, it fixed the window.
For the object that defies gravity, I wanted to make a floating slab of rock to function as a table or bench. After asking my professor how I could make it look like it was floating he suggested putting magnets of some sort below the slab.
I integrated the floating slab into the front center of the room with some dome-like magnets.
I struggled most with the desk. it was a difficult angle to convey since I wanted to show that it was a slanted desk. With the final design, I made the desk look a bit more warped than a “perfect” desk. personally, I enjoy this touch because I like furniture that has visible imperfections. This is part of why I included so much stone in the room.
I made the first iteration of the room by taping transparent paper on top of a 3-point perspective 16″ page, using the transparent paper I was able to just draw the furniture in the desired perspective. It was tricky transferring the transparent paper version to the final paper however, I was able to by taping the transparent paper behind the final page so I could use a light table to trace.
I showed my final to my Professor and they suggested that I include one more object on an empty wall. So I decided to make a comically longboard rack.
Reflection
This project was a good way to draw my visualized ideas of room composition and furniture. It was fun to create a piece of furniture in my mind and properly draw it.