Poster research

To start off i thought id research a bit into previous posters for GF Smith paper.

Straight away you can see that they use very bold colours and sleek designs.

There isn't much fuss around the designs so ill have to try and keep my poster quite simple but still giving a lot of impact.

432 slices, 144 holes.. sore fingers and a final design!

FINALLY heres my final design..

Im happy with this design. I think i prefer the way of hanging at different levels rather than in sequence next to each other. I will still experiment but i think this is the way i want to go forward.

Cannot get away form research..

After a bit more research about DNA, trying to link it up to my design i discovered that there is a lot of replication (..so repetition??) especially in cell division. Apparently;

 'when a cell divides, it must replicate the DNA in its genome so that the two daughter cells have the same genetic information as their parent. The double-stranded structure of DNA provides a simple mechanism for DNA replication. '

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA


Not Going to lie.. i'm not entirely sure what this means. But from what i can grasp one cell creates '2 daughter cells' with exactly the same genetic information as the main cell. So 3 cells with identical genetic information? making 3 identical cells.


Apart from boggling my brain this has made me think about my design for my final sculpture. I think that i will create 3 identical versions of my earlier design (the cone) and hang them in sequence.

sculpting sculpting sculpting..

I have decided that i am going to use the offcuts from before in my final piece,  creating more like then to make a design.

I have sketched out some brief initial ideas in my sketchbook and tried to replicate them using the offcuts in the way i manipulated them before.

i created a few more sculptures the same as what i did before.

144 cut outs later..

This design is supposed to represent a flower,  i arranged some of the mini sculptures around so it looks like the petals.

I quite liked this deign as it is quite big and very noticeable, while still creating all of the shadows that i wish to create.

This next design (above) is where i attached 2 mini sculptures together (3 times) i then layered the 3 parts together to make a cone sort of shape. There was a lot of overlaying in this design which i liked, but it didn't look as clean as i wanted it too.. maybe too many pieces making it look cluttered and thrown together.

For this reason i created a form which is 3 of the mini sculptures attached together, in a cone shape again but this time looking less cluttered. 

I think i've found my final design...

I love the effects i can create from simple lighting and a plain white background. Definitely think this is going to be my final sculpture.

Final bit of research before serious development!

NETS!

Having a quick look at nets, the one below being from a pack of oranges, making me think about the sections of my design. Mainly how i should try and overlap the gaps.

I like how some of the spaces look smaller because they show you the pattern of the net behind. And how it sort of blocks the gaps making it less regimented in the shapes.

The colours placed behind it are very important also, they give completely different effects depending on whether they are darker or lighter than the object on top.

I also like how more concentrated and intense the colours of the net get when it is overlapped.

Below are some photos that i found via google just to see if there was anything interesting i could find and try to incorporate into my designs;

these three pictures show me that there is many different types of netting, available with lots of different shapes. Lots of different material also not just the standard string.. perhaps if i wasn't doing a paper project this would come in handy.

More research

Trying to decide on my final idea is proving to be difficult! This is some more research that i did earlier but didn't think it was useful, of more natural forms.. this time flowers. However so i was able to take photos at home and experiment with them more the pictures below are of fake flowers. The formation of the petals is still there.. just not as good as proper ones.

I like the way a bunch of flowers starts so small and plain at the bottom and then explodes into something beautiful.

I like the way petals sort of fold in to create a form which looks so delicate.

Atrium!

To help me design my final sculpture i really needed to investigate where it was going to go. 

Ok, so the atrium is just one huge space. Im going to say my best bet is hanging it, this means it should be aesthetically pleasing from all angles. 

Another option is to attach it to a wall but i don't think i could achieve the looks i want if it is stuck on one side. 

I definitely want my design to be exciting so people want to look up and watch the light shining through it, or seeing what effects i can create with the shadows it will produce.