Wall Structure

The purpose of this assignment was to make a wall that interests us, out of one or more polygonal shapes. I chose to make the wall I did because I like the idea of having storage, hence the openings of the cubes, and I also like the idea of having two rooms being connected by an archway and I feel a piece like this is a good way of putting two rooms together and bringing in similar colors.
I really like how sturdy the polygons turned out after i painted them. The only thing i would change is the fact that they are connected using double sided tape because i ran out of hot glue sticks and don't have the money to get more. This is however something i do plan to use maybe on my desk at home or something as a place for storage for things such as pens and even mail.

Mask

The objective for this project was to make a realistic sized mask out of at least 3 polygons. For my project, I made a fish mask. I feel I solved the problem because I used 3 polygons and used many different materials to design the mask. I used tissue paper to give the mask a texturized look and drew on flowers just to attract the eye. I added silver strips to the edges of the body to sort of bring out the length of the body.
In the end, I can't say I'm ecstatic about how my mask turned out because the polygons arent really as noticeable as i'd have liked them to bem which i feel defeats the purpose of the project. If I had had more time to work on this I feel I could have chosen better shapes, but with all the chaos of everyone trying to figure out how to print the shapes and with finals going on there just wasnt the time needed to work on this as much as I would have liked. At this point, I feel in order to make it look better I'd have to start over completely.

Serial Planes

The goal of this project was to create negative/positive spaces using foam core board. For my project I decided to make a bird. After going through the research and pictures I had found I thought a bird would be the most unique and more could be done with it in terms of variety in the negative/positive spaces. Going through the process of making the bird out of foam core I used texture on the wings and on the body itself as well as layering to create the look of feathers.

After the critique I found that the way I did the project I created more of a geometric bird rather than a realistic one. I intended to go for the realistic looking bird but with the foam core it was difficult to get the shapes and curves I wanted. I do however believe that if i had more time I could make it look very realistic but Id have to start completely over to do that. I'm happy with my project but at the same time I'd rather it look more realistic than geometric. I preferred this project over the book project because working with the foam core board was easier and more could be done with it in terms of peeling back the layers of the foam core, also, the book pages were so fragile and not sturdy that it made it hard to do much of anything with it.

Book Project

           The problem faced is to turn an average book, black and white or color, into something else, to completely get rid of the book. I chose a black and white book and at first was thinking of doing something abstract like but support was an issue, pages were too heavy and in the end were making the piece lopsided. So, I changed my idea to a mini field of flowers. I found the middle of the book and ripped pages from each side to keep it even, and made flowers out of those pages, tearing strips to wrap around the stem to add texture. I then began to make strips in the remaining pages of the book and rolled the to create a textured ground which I felt would give a more field like feeling. After the critique I realized I should do something more with the cover of the book because as of now it still has a book like feeling to it. So I will be working further on this project to eliminate the cover in some way, most likely trimming it and fraying the edges.