Stop motion update

After having some issues and problem solving about my original idea, I'm really excited to start shooting this week. I made a new box that is going to be see through. I'm going to take the box and have it tumble down the PMA steps. After I'm going back in photoshop and drawing a little man inside of the box falling down the steps. At one point he will fall out of the box and try and push the box back up the steps he then falls back in. By the end he rolls out of the box at the bottom of the steps and after brushing himself off he then gets back in the box. I think as far as music goes I'm going to use a sound effect to continue throughout the video. Its going to be unexpected, like eggs frying, or a bird chirping. I'm still working out my ideas but I think it will be successful!

Last weeks stop motion!

Last week in class we played around with Osnap app which works with stop motion. This is what I made! Music: A Punk by Vampire Weekend

Stop Motion

I'm really excited to be working on a stop motion project! For this project I'm going to make a small truncated cube made out of wire, and cover it with clear material. Im going to take my cube to the steps of the Franklin Institute. The cube is going to fall down all of the steps. Using Osnap app I'm going to take the frames used for this project. After I do this I'm going to take my frames into photoshop and draw in a little man inside of the box that is trapped in the box as it falls down. I'm excited to mix the two different softwares and I hope it turns out well!

Artist statement

For my first design project I worked in a design team with Noble Stultz. We created a modular relief wall hanging/room divider. Our wall hanging was inspired by architectural structures along with shadows. As a design team we both really enjoyed working together and the end result of our project. We enjoyed the depth our piece had when hung with natural light. One of the hardest things to do technically was to find the best way to link the pop-ups together without them getting flat. We tried different things but ended up using jewelry links to connect them all. The idea of structure and unity really informed our work process. Another issue we had was if we should incorporate black popups. As a design team we felt that the black was just thrown in and we would like to work more to find a unified way to incorporate it. The pop up itself had a simple structure but when repeated it created unity as a whole. In the end the piece plays a lot with the depth it creates when held up to light, the shadows play within the structure. This was not something we originally planned for but I really enjoy the way it turned out.

My second project was to create three different serial plane samples and one curvilinear foam core sample. For both of these projects the biggest technical challenge was keeping the construction clean. I feel my serial planes transition nicely through different organic shapes. The vertical one I had more trouble getting the same fluid transition. By adding more planes it really helped the transition. The curvilinear structure was based off of diagonal movement. My structure experiments with different materials to create a different kind of interaction with the structure and for stability.

Last was an architectonic sculpture with re-purposed materials. My concept for this project was nests. Originally I chose this because of the structure and the way that nests incorporate many different materials to build a whole. As I researched I found more that nests are for protection, they are a home. I took the idea of protection or a safe heaven and created a nest. This nest has a serial plane structure that helps keep the structure while keeping the idea of a structured home. The inside of the nest is a warm, safe inviting area while the outside is protected, it has a harder look. The material on the outside is still translucent enough to see both the structure and the inside. My sculpture has a nice balance between hard and soft. By taking the concept and letting it develop on its own I feel my piece became more successful then my original design.

Book 3&4 Reading

1. Describe interaction and stability in 3-D form. What is the “three plane rule?” Give an example?

Interaction is the way that planar forms mix or connect with one another. Planes do 3 different things: meet at a common edge, one edge could be adjacent to another, planes could pass through one another. Stability is the way that the structure holds its self up physically. Using the “three plane rule” is the simplest method for achieving stability. It states, “a stable structure results when any three planes meet so that each plane interacts with both of the other planes. 

Raw Edges

LEMA

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2. What is an environmental plane and planar structure? Give examples and describe it.

Environmental plane is a space where a planar object finds itself and the object is experienced. Planar structure is any surface that is mounted. 

Vladimir Tatlin

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3. Define an architectonic form. List three examples given in the reading: 

Architectonic form is a specific category of planar form, it is a formal category of architecture.

(A). Regular geometric shapes, using rectangles, triangles, and simple curves

Carney Logan Burke

LSR Preserve, Wyoming

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(B). Primary emphasis, horizontal/vertical orientations and usually orthogonal 

Kengo Kuma

Albert Kahn Museum

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(C). Strong contrast for interior and exterior space, transitions between two spaces.

Vincent Callebaut 

Agora Tower, Taiwan

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4. How can a reflective surface effect the transition of space? 

Reflective surfaces effect the visual transitions by creating illusions of space in a closed surface. 

Mut Design

Zigzag Mirror

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5. How can planes define volume?

Planes divide and shape space, they define volume by their shape.

G. Mazars

Reveal the absence: the unbuilt

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6. Describe the following organizational principles that relate to 3 dimensional forms: (Give your own visual examples)

1. Organization is the overall pattern, the structure that brings the different parts of an object together to create a united, sensible, purposeful whole. 

MID and Playmodes

Radial and Blaus

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2. Synergy shows the capability that can emerge in an organization, “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” 

Atelier Zundel Cristea

Transforms power plant into architecture museum

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3. Order and freedom, order is the natural direction or instruction that humans create in their mind to create something. Freedom is letting the creation take its own form not being bound by direction. Too much of one of theses can create a dysfunctional design, but one should chose one to emphasize but still have aspects of the other. 

Order

Donald Judd

Chair

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Freedom

Liang Shaoji 

Art of a silkworm's weave

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4. Structure and unity, structure defined in different ways one is an pre-set organizational device that shows the relative position, direction, and scale of all the visual elements in the design (systematic); others include on visual interplay and past experience to create a composition with a sense of order (intuitive). Unity brings balance, repetition with variety, proportion, continuity, focus and emphasis, and economy, together to create a whole in the design. 

Elisabeth Lemercier

Magnetic steel block instillation

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5. Symmetry most symmetry is mirrored symmetry, where one half of the composition is repeated by its reflection to the other half. Radical symmetry is also common in 3D forms that repeat from a central axis. 

Louise Campbell

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6. Repetition within variety is using the same or similar elements to create order in a composition while giving it some excitement to catch attention. 

LMarchitects

Restaurant in Piraeus Karaiskakis Stadium

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7. Rhythm and gradation are important to repetition with variety, rhythm gives short successions in a repetition, while gradation changes the progression of the path. 

Gestalten Publishers

Ink on paper

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Quote

"Modernism does not mean minimalism, contemporary does not forsake tradition, and technology does not mean abandon people and senses."

— TORD BOONTJE

I like this quote because as art changes and evolves it doesn't mean that it leaves behind the parts already learned. It is relevant as we progress in art we must remember what we have already learned and help that make us better rather than loose what was learned. Here are two designs done by Tord Boontje. One a 2D design and the other a 3D design, I think both designs are very interesting to look at! 

Serial planes and repurposed materials

An architectonic structure as a “container” which could be interpreted as a receptacle, vessel, canister, can, box, holder, repository. 

Biomorphic forms are a decorative form or object based on or resembling a living organism. A graphical representation of an organism generated on a computer, used to model evolution. 

Three dimensional organizing principles: gravity and weight, proximity and similarity, rhythm, beginning/ending and connections, scale and context, surface texture, value, radiation and movement, implied line and explicit line, negative and positive space, structure and weight. 

Each serial plane can be considered as a unit form which may be used either in repetition or in gradation. 

If one plane follows another in a straight manner, then the two vertical edges of that planes trace two parallel straight lines. 

Project almost done!

Noble and I are almost done with our paper wall hanging. We used two different techniques to link our pop ups together. We want to increase the size some more but we love the way the light creates dramatic shadows in the pop ups!

Wies Preijde's Thread Installations

Wies Preijde

Thread Installation 

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The artist Wies Preijde uses thread to create different patterns to give shape and a three dimensional look. I thought this piece was very interesting by the way she uses different angles of lines to give depth. I really enjoy this installation because it inspires me about the project we are working on now. Taking a simple material like thread and changing small things like direction or different patterns. It can take something that is two dimensional and make it very 3D. 

Design project update!

Noble and I have been working on cutting and connecting our wall hanging today. We are still experimenting with different connections and new ways to make it more 3 dimensional!

Class notes 1.28

Design: A planned arrangement of visual elements to construct an organized visual pattern.

Content: The concept/subject/narrative.

Form: The manipulation of materials and visual characteristics.

All design evolves from point, line and plane. Design principles include: unity, harmony, simplicity, emphasis, focal point, scale, proportion, balance, and rhythm. 

Design elements include line, shape, texture, illusion of space, time, motion, value, color, and virtual space. 

Analysis is problem solving and communicating an idea. 

Perception is nature, art history, and culture. 

Material explorations are visual experiments and process sketching and building.

2D is length and breadth, 3D is length, breadth, and depth. 

Depth: transversal direction/forwards and backwards

Breadth: horizontal direction/left to right

Length: vertical direction/up and down

3D needs to be viewed from different angles and distances. 

Form in space 

Surface and relief, light and shadow, depth of relief, modular structure, spacial relationships. 

Stop motion is animation techniques to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. Usually done with clay (claymation) sometimes paper. 

Reading Homework 1

1. Describe the design process; it’s categories and how it is used as you outline step 1, 2 and 3?

The design process is a method of finding problems in a design and finding how to solve them. A design can either be utilitarian which is used for preforming physical tasks, or expressive which is used for aesthetic and cultural purposes. The first three are the main steps used to identify the problem, generate ideas, refine and analyze.

Identifying the problem is to recognize what is wrong and define the problem. After doing that there needs to be criteria and requirements that should be met.

Generating ideas include, brainstorming, mental inventory, research, and lateral thinking. These are all conceptual methods that are used to elicit ideas. It is good to use sketches and notes to improve the initial idea. Using thumbnail sketches, sketch models, and written notations to record ideas and problems will help the design process.

When refining and analyzing the design process this is the first cycle of evaluation and criticism. This includes drawings, models, and mock-ups. The mock up is a full-scale model that is built with inexpensive materials. This is important before making the final project.

2. Define Three-dimensional form and find a new example using the research links.

Three-dimensional form is the “actual plane and volume, which in two dimensions exist only through illusion”. Three-dimensional design uses length, breadth, and depth.

Dentsu

Paint sound sculpture

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3. Define Space and find a new example using the research links.

Space and form need each other, space defines form, and form activates space.

Nendo

Stone Garden

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4. Define Positive and negative space in 3-D form, find a new example using the research links.

Positive/negative is the way a space is used; positive is the space occupied while negative is the space around the form.

Fred Eerdekens

Shadow art

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5. Define Direction and find a new example using the research links.

Direction uses angles to change the space in a composition. There is primary and secondary orientation, which changes the form in the space.

Matt Shlian

Paper Sculptures 

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6. Define Scale and find a new example using the research links.

Scale is the size of the form in comparison to the space it is in.

David Michele

Installations

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7. Define Point of view and frame of reference, and find a new example using the research links

In three-dimensional art the point of view is important in how the work can be viewed. The viewer determines point of view. Frame of reference is the format where position, direction, and scale are realized. 

Nikos Rakkas

Common people (like you)

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