B U L K
I chose this word as I thought it connected with the project's overall name: Expand &/or Compress.
I suppose I've been influenced by the focus in 3D and Spatial which was modular elements - which when many are put together create a larger model. The negative space around the object becomes smaller as the object 'expands'.
So, I looked at reels of thread, hair, fluffy fabrics, wool, feathers, concertina shapes.
The amount of research I did really enabled me to come out with some interesting results. Sometimes the models just 'happened' through experimentation, but looking back to my research you can see that there are clear links. I was obviously subliminally influenced by them.
So, I looked at reels of thread, hair, fluffy fabrics, wool, feathers, concertina shapes.
The amount of research I did really enabled me to come out with some interesting results. Sometimes the models just 'happened' through experimentation, but looking back to my research you can see that there are clear links. I was obviously subliminally influenced by them.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES FROM MY RESEARCH THAT INSPIRED THE OUTCOMES:-
Concertina shape
Metallic material
Hair
Bulk tied by elastic
Joanna Butler
Could repeat circular module to make bulk
I was intrigued by this on my visit to the "@ Work Gallery" next to Chelsea College of Art.
Recycled plastic bags and wire
I was intrigued by these on my visit to the "@ Work Gallery" next to Chelsea College of Art.
Peter Gregson
Illustration
Kate MccGwire
HERE ARE MOST OF MY RESULTING MODELS
Inspired by hair, wool, Peter Gregson's illustrative style, Kate MccGwire's arrangement of feathers.
Inspired by Joanna Bulter's jewelry.
Inspired by AnOther Magazine's front cover with the concertina shapes. I experimented with using a combination of delicate and hard materials: tissue paper and mirror paper.
This image further illustrates the idea of expand and compress when comparing with the image above.
This was inspired by Joanna Butler and Rachel Darbourne's jewelry.
Inspired by the concertina shape, developed by adding an infrastructure of mirror paper to allow the paper to expand and compress.
Again, inspired by the corcertina shape with a connecting element that also allows the modules to expand and compress. The material this time was inspired by Rachel Darbourne's use of plastic bags in her jewelry pieces.
An experiment to create bulk with a few offcuts from making the infrastructure of the concertina tower.
Inspired by hair tied into a ponytail.
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