Destroying the Square

This was another mini-project that we were to do.  We used the same materials as the Line Design. An 8x10 bristol board paper and black construction paper.  The parameters for this project were a little bit different from the other project that we had to do.  We were given black construction paper to use but we had to cut it into a 4inx4in square to use the parts that we needed. Basically the whole part of the assignment was to destroy the essence of the square, though in the 4th design, we were to destroy the square but still keep that same essence of it being a square. Some of the techniques that were learned in class were interlocking, abutting, proximity, etc. For two of the designs, we were to destroy the square completely using a non-objective theme. For the third design we were to destroy the essence of the square using an objective design relating to something we knew. For the fourth design we were to cut up the square but aligned it in a way that still able to conceive it was a square.

My first design I used the technique of "Continuation" but focused too much about framing it, that it loses it's sense of being a continuation and looks more like it is more like a frame bordering the white, so it feels as if there is something missing in the middle.

One of my other designs was to destroy the essence of a square but to also make it an objective image and I totally didn't mean to make this, but I guess it just ended up like that for the final thing.

Line Designs

This was a sort of mini-project that we had to do.  The whole assignment focused on lines, and how it relates to other lines.  We were to cut out lines from our black construction paper, and arrange them on a 8x10 bristol board. We had to paste the construction paper with rubber cement so it wouldn't wrinkle like other glue materials do, and we could easily clean up the mess we made with a pic-up square. This was my first time using rubber cement and a pic-up square.  I actually found it quite fun that we could "erase" the areas that were actually too much.  I think at times I even applied too much so that I could go back and "erase" but let's leave that thought for another time. We were to design four pieces.  The first 8x10 included only horizontal and vertical lines, the second only diagonal lines, the third only curved/fluid lines, and the fourth a combination of all three.


This first design was made completely out of diagonal lines.  I'm not sure what it would resemble though that's okay considering that the whole project was made to be non-objective.  If I were to look at the whole thing, to me it looks somewhat like a web of sorts. It reminds me of a spider-like web, though not as pretty and lots of weaving. 

This second design was composed completely of curved lines. I don't know if you can completely see the image that comes to mind, but it resembles a bird standing atop something.  I think I would have to re-do this one because it didn't go along with the whole non-objective idea because it resembles something real-life.  I just liked how the lines actually made an image. Maybe if I had overlapped a few of the lines, I would've strayed away from being an objective image.  I'll have to reconstruct this piece later so that I can get a better concept of it.

Miniature Pencil Sculptures

I remember a friend giving me this site and showing me this sculpture.  He thought I would be amazed by the sculptures and I definitely am. I love how he takes an everyday object and makes it into something extraordinaire.  Carving into the graphite of a pencil takes extensive skill and care because of the object being so fragile, but he definitely took great care into carving all the pieces.

More of his work can be found here.

Starting Out.

So herein lies the ramblings and findings of Design from the perspective of a Panda. Just setting the blog up for now, but keep on the lookout for things to come. (: