People Sleeping in Odd Places.

Our next project required us to look up people sleeping in odd places. We were told we were to use images to our discretion so we have no clue what I am getting my self into next.

Precedent Analysis:Baths of Diocletian

CAPitalizing on RE-USE

CAPitalizing on RE-USE

Our class was asked to invent a product this week made out of bottle caps. Bottles are accumulating more and more everyday and we need to find ways to reuse them to save the environment. After brainstorming separately we were asked to pair up and work together.

Brainstorming combined.
-recycling bin
-outdoor decoration
-wind chime
-chair and table
-flower pot
-garland
-money holder
-floss dispenser
-spool for string
-contact holder
-plant holder
-circle tracers/stencils
-paint tray
-magnet
-thumb tacs
-pencil sharpener
-placemat

Our Sketches.


After listing pro's and con's of each item we decided that a placemat would be the most functional and creative product we could create.

The next step to our process was going around to every single door in the dorm asking for bottlecaps. We needed to do this first to see the color results to create our design. We then went back to the studio and sorted out all of the colors. We noticed a dominance of clear and white caps with various little amounts of colors. We chose orange, blue, and green because it is a triadic color scheme on the wheel and we thought they worked well together.

Iteration One.




After getting advice on the design from outsiders we redesigned our concept and plan. Since there was no way we could collect even more caps we decided to break apart the first model and reuse the caps.

Peeling the glue.
Our giant hot glue pile.

Iteration Two.

In the making.
Going Crazy.Assembling.
ALL DONE!

This product will SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO SET A TABLE PROPERLY!

it is assembled with a 20 percent recyclable material glue that is biodegradable. May be purchased at One Stop Shop hot melt glue.

People in their Environment.

This week we were assigned to draw people in their environment. I defiantly think I am improving on observing and drawing figures, but i am struggling still with capturing facial characteristics.This was drawn at the CoffeeBreak off Spring Garden Street. The mans face is off but I tried to capture the outside scene beyond the windows. I intentionally spilled my mocha on the end of the drawing but you cant really tell what it is scanned on here. Looks a bit better in my sketchbook.

I really like this one, I think because of the outside landscape. It was nice to go to more organic forms in the background.

This is my roommate and what she does best. Lay in bed watching lifetime.

Plan + 2 Sections

Orange ya happy?

This semester we were all asked to take a fruit/vegetable and draw it. Front, Top, Side, cut open, zoomed in, zoomed out, etc. We were then assigned to make graphic patterns out of the fruit. Once that was done we were asked to each bring in some sort of tool. I choose a wine/bottle opener. We were assigned to distort the graphic patterns with the motion the tool creates and/or incorporate the tool into the patterns. For the most part I enjoyed this, seeing how you can go from such an organic form, like my orange, to such graphically pleasing designs. Then became the harder assignment. Create a haiku from your pattern/fruit and create a 2D statement that goes side by side. Well I am not "wordly" gifted and I struggled with this writing and rewriting. I was finally satisfied in the end with it, focusing on the layers of the orange.

peel away gray days,
capture each delicious slice,
taste tangy pleasure.

Once this was all said and done we were then assigned to construct a model/visual statement of one of our distorted patterns. Iteration after iteration mine transformed from a "birthday cake" to some sort of hurricane tunnel. I chose to downsize the scale a lot because I felt it created a more physically pleasing space for a person to fit in and more purposeful. Once everything was made, we were assigned groups to present in. We were asked to display 15 of our best drawings and 4 models showing our process along the way. I think it turned out very well in the end.

First Iteration

Second Iteration
playing with form.

Third Iteration
adding color.

Fourth Iteration
playing with height.

Fifth Iteration