Process [PATHWAYS,EDGES, BOUNDARIES]

This is the final look of our project. However, when you look at our model you see a pathway;instead this should be an edgeway. We decided to change our design when realizing that we didnt have enough time to fully cast all the molds we needed. Overall, I feel that our layout was a success.

This is our process. During this stage we casted different shapes and sizes until we found the sizes that we saw were truly useful. Our successful aggregate ended up being Perlite.

"Throw up" sheet

This is our "throw up " sheet. We were asked to brainstorm ideas about our Pathways, Edges and Boundaries project. I was in the Oasis group. We had to come up with something that would be easy as well as a way of interaction for the people that walked through the parking lot. These were some ideas

DIALOG Questions

HOW IS DIALOG CREATED?
IN MANY PROJECTS THE 4x6 NOTECARDS CREATED A FORM OF INTERTWINING, WHICH CREATED THE OVER ALL MODEL TO COMMUNICATE . ALSO HAVING 2 SEPARATE KINDS OF MODEL CREATING TWO DIFFERENT SPACES, MADE THE BIGGER FORM COMMUNICATE WITH THE SMALLER FORM WHICH MADE A DOMINANT CONVERSATION.

HOW IS SENSE OF SPACE/PLACE DEFINED?
TO ME WHEN I SAW ALL THE PROJECTS YOU COULD TELL THAT SOME PROJECTS HAD MORE THEN ONE SPACE. HOWEVER, YOU COULD TELL WHAT WHERE THE MAIN 2 SPACES BY LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF EACH. YOU KNEW THAT THE LARGEST SPACES WHERE THE MAIN ONES.

HOW IS IDEA OF SYSTEM GENERATED?
SYSTEM IS CREATED BY A CONTINUATION OF SOMETHING. IN ONE PROJECT THE SYSTEM WAS CREATED BY SPLITTING THE SKEWERS THROUGH THE CENTER AND NOT NECESSARILY CUTTING THEM OR BREAKING THEM.

HOW DOES THE JOINERY SUPPORT THE PROJECT CONCEPT/STRATEGIES?
JOINERY IN MOST PROJECTS WAS CREATED BY CREATING A STRUCTURE OF SKEWERS TO HOLD ANOTHER STRUCTURE THAT WAS CREATED BY THE 4x6 CARDS.

HOW IS SCALE UTILIZED IN THE PROJECT?
OVERALL THE SCALE OF ALL PROJECTS WAS CONSISTENT BECAUSE THE SCALE HAD TO BE ACCORDING TO THE SIZE OF YOUR MATERIALS. IN MANY PROJECTS SCALE HELPED DETERMINE THE SPACE. ALSO THEIR WAS PROGRESSION FROM SMALLER TO BIGGER.

HOW DO TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES ADD TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT?
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE GRAPHICS YOU SEE THAT THEIR ELEVATION DRAWINGS SHOWED MORE DETAIL THEN WHAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE IN THE PROJECTS. YOU CAN ALSO USE 2 DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS TO LOOK AT THE SIMILARITIES OF A PRECEDENT AND WORK YOU WAY TO CHANGING SOME THINGS AND CREATING SOMETHING OF YOUR OWN.

HOW DID THE INITIAL PROJECT IDEA EVOLVE?
MANY PEOPLE USED THEIR PAST PROJECTS (UNITY). BUT ALSO MANY PEOPLES IDEAS CAME FROM PRECEDENTS.

Cont. of Dialogue

After working with the previous model I found a way to instead, join the two circles made from the 4x6 paper and spreading them out to form a fan looking model. One thing that will be changed on this model for my final one is that as you can see from the top the sticks are just there placed in between the two circles. Instead the sticks will communicate with the creases on the paper to create a dialog there

Dialog Sketches

This is the most recent project I have been working on. We are suppose to create two spaces using 12 skewers and 12 pieces of bristol board that is 4 x 6 to create dialog. Overall I have decided to change the way the project will stand but I will keep the way the paper is folded

The Graphic

UNITY SKETCH MODELS

For the Unity Project this was my very first model.
The project consisted of 12 pieces of 4 x 6 paper and
12" Skewers. When putting the paper together I realized
that I didn't like how unity was portrayed. I thought that
the spaces between the paper showed the unity, however
the skewers didnt really have a place.

Keeping the same basic shape that was made up by the
skewers I decided to do something different with the paper.
However, I didnt like this idea either because the paper
seemed to just on the skewers.

This model I didn't get a chance to finish. A place for
the 4 x 6 paper was not easy to find in this model. I think
that to make it easier I should've made a module and then
place them all together to get this same shape.

This is the last sketch model I did. It was my favorite
because it was abstract but at the same time it represented
unity. You can see in my final model that the three holes formed
by the 4 - 4 x 6 paper are what create unity.

UNITY GRAPHICS

For the final unity project we were suppose to create a graphic as well as different views of our project. The different views were Elevation, gesture, contour and top.

Compare/Contrast

When looking at my classmates project I realized that we had certain things that were similar. One way was how she grouped the paper, which was by fours. Also when doing my project I always thought about keeping a triangular shape; the same way she has her triangular shapes coming out from the center creates the same idea that I had when I started my project. Even though this project does have some similarities it is also different. My paper was put on the skewers flatly, where as her paper she folded it to create cylinder shapes that surround each there. When looking at the skewers you see that they are all going one direction. Her skewers point to one way in particular leads your eyes to go towards that direction. Another difference is how she doubled skewers to create the base of her project. When I put my base together I used three skewers to create the triangular base that my project sits on. The last difference I see in her project is how the skewers stick through the center of the cylinders to keep them up. In my project the skewers on the side keep up the paper.

Final Twig Project

Final

This was my final twig project. Overall I was very satisfied with the outcome of this project. As you can see I created each side of the circles a different color. The reason was to cause a question of where the reflection was coming from. By using the cardboard I realized that the twigs were being held up in a way that didn't bend the paper and made my project as a whole stay up stronger.

Twig Sketch Graphic

When working on our first twig model we were asked to turn in a graphic. This was the very first graphic done in class.

Precedent

So this is my project with 12 twigs so far.
It somehow reminds me of a candle holder because of the way it has the little place in the center that looks like it holds something. In class one of the assignments is to find a precedent, something that reminds us of our project.

Even though this candle holder is a different shape then my actual project the way that the slanted sides make up the object itself and also makes up the center reminds me a lot of my project. If you see my project it has the same shape on the outside as well as the inner shape. The way the twigs make up the inner shape and the way they also make the outer shape looks similar to the slanted sides of both the outer shape and inner shape of the candle holder.

LEAF PROJECT

FINAL MODELThis was our first project that we were asked to create. When designing my Place for a Leaf I concentrated on the basic characteristics of the leaf; the color of the veins and the shape of the outside of the five segments that come out of the leaf. The five segments coming from it reminds me of the way our hand has five fingers and the vein running through it. My final project is shown above.


At the beginning of my project I started with five basic ideas that eventually lead up to create the hand.

Blind Contour of Final Leaf Project

In class we were asked to look at our project and draw it using the Blind Contour method. This consisted of drawing our leaf project by just looking at the project itself and not the paper. This method helps me understand that sometimes we have to focus more on the shape and line itself rather then the space and shape inside the lines.