Summary
Choose three of the designs created from the previous 2D Principles and Squares project and re-create them in 3D, the initial design either being the side or top view. Use Bristol board for the main forms (in a 3×3 inch square) and doubled-up foam board for the base.
Reflection
In the 3D recreations, the words previously used to create the 2D designs no longer carry any weight on how the form should be interpreted into an additional dimension.
The forms are not connected to the previous project in any way besides visually. They no longer have to represent the words they used to. In this project, I wanted to explore multiple different kinds of shape and form but keep them all relatively unified, so I made the board they stood on very small, easy to handle and hold. Their proximity grouped them together nicely.
The 3D recreation of “increase” and it’s bulky form.
For the first recreation, I used my previous “increase” form and interpreted it from a top-down view. Naturally, this form was rather large and bulky and I highlighted that aspect of it in the third dimension. I created a low and heavy form, sharp edges all around and a sturdy look. The large exterior figures all surround a small dainty inverted pyramid figure in the upper middle, allowing for visual interest in the juxtaposition of large and sturdy and small and meticulously balanced.
The 3D recreation of “congested” and it’s thin and tall form.
Moving onto the next recreation, “congested”, I wanted to create the exact opposite effect as the previous form, opting to make this one tall and thin, still having sharp and jagged edges. This form was very difficult to create, scoring and cutting was extremely close and over a lot of material, a small mistake could ruin an entire edge and therefore an entire third of the figure. Height calculations and comparisons were slightly easier. I wanted the shape that took up the most area to be the tallest, the shape taking up the least area being the shortest, and the middle figure. Creating the top-down view precisely proved difficult but had a great effect in the end.
The 3D recreation of “bold” and it’s organic and changing form.
Finally, for the “bold” form I changed it up entirely, starting by recreating the form from it’s side view rather than top-down. Again, wanted to differentiate the figure from the other two, I kept it at a medium height but made most of the form entirely organic and curved. The front of the figure shifts along drastic curves, and by the time the curves reach the back of the figure, they are entirely new shapes. This was the most difficult form to create simply because the extruded and rotating shapes intersecting and interacting created extremely difficult-to-plan nets of the shapes I was cutting out. In the end, I resorted to getting as close as possible with the nets and then editing the forms as they stood erect, trying to avoid getting the project covered in dirt and glue.
