Spatial Design
Week 5 & 6, Structures

Buckminster Fuller. Domes, geometric structures, world change.

Our assignment was two-fold over two weeks, one creating an object,
another expanding on that object in Maya. Steve, Karen and I decided to
tackle the world together. First we set off to create an object.

Materials:
3mm wooden dowels
sexy purple fabric
glue
conductive thread

We wanted to express a shape, starting with triangles. What better way
to start than with 3mm wood? We chopped up several dowels, and sanded
them so they would fit together. From them we created 3d triangles.
The hollow wooden structures were quite beautiful.

From there we started piecing them together. Our first thought was to
make a mobile of some type, Buckminster-esque objects strung
together. Instead, we ended up making two pieces. One is a light, hung
by conductive thread. At the end of the thread is a double 3d triangle,
covered in purple fabric. The second structure is an unlikely
extrusion, made to sprout elegantly from the wall. Our design concept
came more from experimentation and flow of thought than anything else.

Next, we tackled Maya. While it is a past work, Karen created a piece, Tetramorph,
which has excellent synergy with our current work. From it Steve generated a
3d model and animation to compliment our series.





-- Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:54 -0400

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