Project One (2330)

Instruction

Finish the paper craft of your project.

 

Purpose

Finish the project.

 

My Interpretation

See above and previous progress posts.

Instruction 

Further progress on the project to reach a final deliverable.

 

Purpose

Reach towards finishing the project.

 

My Interpretation

Instead of goin in through the mouth, I decided to zoom in/out on the figure of a person themselves. The four states being a human face, a brain, a thought bubble, and the same person but from a farther distance. By following the form of the craft the narrative the new idea provides is that of someone thinking of themselves… thinking of themselves… thinking of themselves forever. Either zooming in or out the narrative is still the same, the face open to their brain inside, the brain opens to a thought bubble inside, and the thought bubble opens to a distanced shot of the same face that opened to the brain. To allow for continuity, I changed the background of each phase to match the previous one (if zooming in) or matching the next one (if zooming out).

 

Instruction

Create a draft of your final project for critique.

 

Purpose

Finalize and idea and get a basic idea on how the final presentation of that idea will be communicated with paper craft.

 

My Interpretation

I wanted to “fly into” the mind of someone, specifically using their mouth as an entry point to allow a glimpse into their thoughts (in this case, a flower, but not for any particular reason, more of a placeholder until I had the right idea) and exiting back out through the mouth. This created a cyclical process that could be worked with. In my critique it was brought to my attention that I have ignored the previously mentioned zooming in/out aspect of the form of a 3D hexaflexagon, and I was suggested to explore that aspect again. Also, the idea of going into the mouth of a person implies going down into the throat, stomach, etc., not necessarily the head and subsequently the thoughts of that mind.

 

Instruction

Further progress on the project, begin creating a draft model for critique.

 

Purpose

Start working towards a set idea and proof of concept. Find a theme and pursue it for it to be later critiqued and drafted upon.

 

My Interpretation

I decided to entirely ditch the flat hexaflexagon model in exchange for a 3D version. This version has four visible phases that are accessible cyclically by being turned in or out. This also means I had to scrap the adventure theme idea in favor of a constantly zooming in/out theme.

Instruction

Purpose

My Interpretation

I simply labeled the flat hexaflexagon sides from 1 to 6 for clarity. 1 connects to 2 and 4, 2 connects to 3 and 5, and 3 connects to 1 and 6. 1,2, and 3 are the normal cycle of the folding paper, it can infinitely loop in or our on itself in this order, but if you go to 4, 5, or 6 theme you must return to the respective 1, 2, or 3 to continue looping. You are unable to go from 4 to 5 to 6 to 4. Using these sets of rules, the idea to create an exploration-type project came to mind. An early concept of the idea was the sides 1-3 being some sort of forest that one can get “lost” in, and hidden within (on sides 4-6) area treasure3s to find, the goal being to find all three. However, this concept was tough to follow and most people were unable to fully understand the proper way to use the flat hexaflexagon, so a redesign was necessary.

Instruction

Choose one design from the mind maps and iterate ten ideas or more based off of the design.

Purpose

Iterate and explore different version of the same base concept. Find ideas that work well with the chosen format and investigate them.

 

My Interpretation

I decided to take on the challenge and take on “hexaflexagons” and play with the concept it brings on. I struggled to find any meaningful cyclical process with six steps. initially i started with weather, specifically people in weather and then the weather itself and then the appropriate garment to wear in different weather. I then experimented with different emotions, signage, symbols, emotions/faces, and even the building up of something (a stick figure). True inspiration struck after a conversation with the instructors. I was told to try leaning into the confusing nature of the hexaflexagon and paying with that idea, whatever it may be.

Instruction

Create a mind map for at least three different kinds of dynamic paper craft.

 

Purpose

Explore options within paper craft and start forming an idea of what you aim to produce. Experiment with using multiple methods at once.

 

My Interpretation

My first idea focused on “hexaflexagons”, a six sided, six phased paper craft that is relatively difficult to flip through and around to find all phases, it is cyclical and repeats. The next idea I had was focusing on a bi-linear style of paper craft, making a choice to push a narrative, your choice changing the outcome. This would be done by flipping a tab on the left or right to make a decision or flip both to see all outcomes. My final idea was a uni-directional style, one tab leading to an outcome that has a beginning and end, in this case cascading down like a waterfall or Jacob’s ladder.