Pattern & Scale

 

 

Instruction

Finalize the drafts within the 8′ x 8′ x 8′ limits.

 

Purpose

Finish the project

 

My Interpretation

See above and previous progress posts.

 

Instruction

From your written iterations. begin progress on construction of your ideas relating to volume.

 

Purpose

Continue to develop drafting skills as well as an exploration into pattern and space as well as scale within pattern and how that impacts overall composition of your pieces.

 

My Interpretation

For volume, I wanted to explore the “warped heat wave” idea as much as possible. I played with the concept of having various levels of “wiggle” (some more sharp, some more smooth), but the size of the pieces all set at the same zig-zag pattern width created varying levels of “wiggle” in itself. The thicker and larger pieces ended up looking more smooth than the thinner pieces, allowing a relatively nice and smooth transition from the very sharp head zig-zag to the relatively smooth body zig-zag. Each piece has ten different sizes of the same shape, but the head has a total of 30 pieces, the thorax has 45, and the body has 60. This also gave the piece a slight verticality increase that makes it more interesting to look at. Unfortunately the craft process was tedious and less than fun, so by the end of the construction of the body piece, some pencil and glue marks found their home on the surface.

Instruction
From your written iterations. begin progress on construction of your ideas relating to depth

Purpose
Continue to develop drafting skills as well as an exploration into pattern and space as well as scale within pattern and how that impacts overall composition of your pieces.

 

My Interpretation

For depth, I aimed to mimic an ant tunnel with it’s inner shape, allowing for unique views from many angles of the piece. I wanted to have the pieces of the beetle entirely separate (the original graphic) on the top, and develop into a cave-like warped structure as it descends into layer after layer. I created ten levels total but plan to chamfer the edges to add visual interest as well as seperate the layers at different heights. For example, having the bottom layers closer (one chitboard away), but builfing up so the top layer and the second layer are far apart (five chitboard pieces).

 

Instruction

Finalize a design idea and get building.

 

Purpose

Again, due to the fast nature of this project, things must be done quickly. A final idea must be decided on as well as begun ASAP.

 

My Interpretation

I built upon the bug theme of my graphic by mimicking an ant-hill pattern for depth and mimicking the waves that warp the air when you look at the edge of hot pavement in the summer. Bugs remind me of summer which reminds me of heat and those “wiggles” that emerge from the hot streets. I drew up some examples of how I want the designs to look, allowing for some visual interest in the surrounding frame of the depth object with a non-rectangular shape. I plan to make the zig-zags on the volume structure zig and zag in different directions to build off of that sense of exhaustion and disorientation. I wanted it to also have varying height levels and not include chitboard, as the contrast of one model with and one model without chitboard.

 

Instruction

Create your graphic from the previous project in 3D space.  Focus on volume and depth in two separate creations. Explore ideas and create a prototype. 

 

Purpose

This project is quick, communicate your ideas fast and effectively with simple creations that can express an idea. Explore the ideas of depth and volume and how they effect space and patter and scale. Experiment with chitboard and get used to it’s structural qualities.

 

My Interpretation

Volume as a concept came easy to me, but depth was more difficult. To help to understand ideas, I decided to start with a pattern that looks similar to my graphic and start warping it. Soon I realized I wanted to use the depth idea as a cave-like anthill pattern, bulding off the previously established bug theme. I changed the pattern and created tunells vetween the two seperate holes underneath in lower layes. I also played with layer height, making the top layers high and far apart and the lower layers literally touching.

Instruction

Create twelve sketches highlighting both volume and depth of your graphics from the previous project in 3D space.

 

Purpose

Iterate and explore ideas. Understand how shapes and repeated shapes can create form.

 

My Interpretation

I struggled understanding this instruction and had limited ideas on both depth and volume. Starting with my fly’s eye pattern in depth, I wanted to see how creating a shadowbox with “bridges” crossing it in pattern. For volume, I would instead create ribbons of pattern up and around the space to create a volumetric shape. For the beetle graphic I explore depth by changing the shapes orientation as it descends, flipping it and rotating it, different depths and where it ends up. For volume of the beetle I explored smooth and ridged shapes, again with varying heights, and even distortion and waves within waves within the layers of craft.