Its Time to 'Dash' to Task 2

For Task 2 i am going to create a poster celebrating 100 years of GF Smiths Paper. throughout this task i will focus on incorporating the theme of 100 years and celebration.

My Final Piece

A 'Dash' Of brilliance
This is my final sculpture. The sculpture is based on a human rib cage structure. I feel that it works well because it answers the sub brief I set which was not to create a replica of a bone structure but a sculpture that imitates it well. I feel that this is a good sculpture as it captures great lighting tones and shadows. This is a very important aspect as I will be placing the sculpture in the atrium. By combing the four pieces of card the sculpture become symmetrical as all four sides are the same shape and size. All the folds are 20mm shorter (10mm on both sides) than the previous one.

A 'dash' of Idea's

Rib Cage Design

For this design I have focused on the human rib cage structure and here is my out come. I started off with a smaller piece at the top and when back to normal further down. I feel that this design would work better if it was upside down as the rib cage starts off wide and goes narrow.

Make that another Rib cage design to go!

This is one of my better designs. I constructed this design by cutting slots and twisting them over to form the curve shape. I then used the other strip of card to fix it on. What I admire mostly of this this design is the shadows that it forms. They really are just beautiful.

Spinal Cord Design

I decided to try a different bone structure so I picked the spinal cord. The way I constructed this by cutting slots either side of the paper leaving just a strip in the middle and curving the slots in connecting them using the same method as the previous rib cage design.

Rib Cage Design x3

Yet again here is another rib cage design. I don't really like this design because it doesn't really work with the structure.

Rib Cage Design x4

This is one of my better designs. I took the simple shape created four in total and then combined them together to see the form it reveals. I feel that I can take this design to the next stage.

Research on Different Paper Artist

I am going look at different artist’s work for inspiration. I will focus on their unique quality and will consider them when creating my final design.

Richard Sweeney

What I admin about Richard Sweeney work is the way that he forms strong repetitive designs. When making my final outcome it would be wise to focus on Richard Sweeney’s work. Photography is very important as it captures interesting shadows formed from the repetitive shapes.

Peter Callesen

This is Peter Callesen work. What I like about his work is the way that he uses the cut off and involves them back into the overall design. I feel that there is not too much repetition in his work but it is very useful to see how he creates them skeletons

Ingrid Siliakus

What I admire about Ingrid Siliakus work is the way her designs are based on a pop-up mechanism. For example most of her designs will be used on a paper folded in half so that the base fold becomes a part of the design. This may become a good idea for my final piece as I will be creating a rib cage like image focusing on simplicity.

Chris Natrop

Below are images from Chris Natrop designs. What I like about these designs is there attention to detail. Also another good aspect that I can annotate about Chris’s work is the lighting effect. As there are many clear parts in his design the lighting and shadows become a piece of art itself.

Animal Bone Structure

I have decided to look at animals bone structures to note the differences and also I may be inspired on a certain join or structure and therefore focus on a animal rather than a human structure.

Bone Structure of a Bat

Bone Structure of a Dog

Bone Structure of a Elephant

Bone Structure of a Snake