Relief Shapes

This was the original first assignment of the course and we were to construct a relief design out of Bristol board. Foam board was used to create the base. The relief shape was two different versions of the same design seen from above. The oboe view could not be different from the other, but the sides could be. For my first I tried to keep the structure together and be simple and use very few pieces of Bristol board to fold into the shape. The second one I wanted a very open plan and have the design hang from small supports. Both were interesting to do and took quite a bit of time to plan. This assignment definitely made you think harder about a shape as a whole and how it looks from any view.

Archimedean Solid: Lantern with Face and Edge Treatment

        This solid was perhaps my favorite assignment so far. I finally stopped thinking about the shape as a solid and really looked to see what else it could be. Again we were to create another archimedean solid, but with face(surface), edge, or vertex treatment. We had to choose two of the three to design. I chose the surface and edge treatment. When I looked at the archimedean solid: the cuboctahedron I instantly saw a lantern. For the surface design I had created a lotus print that I transferred on to every side and cut out the petals giving a petal or spiked quality to the bristol board.

         I then had found a turquoise and gold fabric that I thought would look great with the edges. I had decided to cut the edges out, while still keeping the structure and place the fabric inside to create a simple, but elegant pattern on the outside. I did not want to go too over the top, but I had been using Indian lanterns as my reference and many had pieces of lamps in descending order and I chose to continue to do the same with my shape.

Kaleidocycles: The Closed Ring Of Six Pyramids

Like the invertible cube, the closed ring of six pyramids is contracted the same way. This on kaleidocycle is very easy to make. It does not require two pieces and forms very nice when fastened altogether. As before I used images of my own artwork, one done in black and white and the other in color. The only hard part about the closed ring was actually closing it. It looks put together and interesting when it bends, but because the shape is so tightly closed folding was a challenge at first, but then once you bend it a few times, it folds much easier.

Kaleidocycles: The Invertible Cube

A Kaleidocycle is a ring of an even number tetrahedrons, which flex and bend to show different sides of the pyramids with, usually with different illustrations. The one constructed above is an invertible cube. Depending on the way the cube is bended for different images will be shown. The cube is made out of bristol board with some of my printed artwork on it. This one, unlike some of the other kaleidocycles seemed to be able to fold much more easily and take on a diffent shape when bent.

Archimedean Solids: The Great Rhombicuboctahedron

The Rhombicuboctahedron is made up of 26 faces including squares, hexagons, and octagons.For this assignment we were to construct any complex archimedean solid of our choice out of bristol board and create a surface design to accentuate the unique shape. The design created was to relate to the surface area of the archimedeon solid. I wanted to accentuate these type of "X" patterns I created and also show shapes within a shape. I only chose to do a few colors so to not make the original shape appear crowded.