Concepts and principles in 3D

Focal Point

I chose the element of focal point for this work. I was dead set on the idea of a cube within a cube from the beginning. This piece required a lot of time. at the in process critique I had a cube with the same pattern of holes on every side that was somewhat of a handheld size. If one were to look into any one of those holes on the cube they could see another cube held up by 6 supports. The idea was scraped. I re opened the box with an exact-o knife and took apart the cube held by supports. I then decided to leave the cube free flowing. I taped the box for a second only this time I chose to cover up every hole except for one. This concept gives the idea of focal point. Also every time the object is shaken, the focal point changes. 

Pattern

For this piece I chose to convey pattern. The idea of cubes was still fresh in my head. I thought to myself, what if I could make a cube that has mass, form, flexibility, and can still hold shape until the viewer could actually compress the entire piece. To add more of a dramatic effect of this piece, I thought it would be interesting to leave the side open and exposed. For this piece, I started by using the very large size masking tape. I had made the outside shell of a diamond by measuring out the length of the diamond and then wrapping the tape of the tape on itself to strengthen the tape as well as create a straight long ruler like pattern that could be later to make equal sized squares. I cut 74 two inch squares. These little squares when put together made a hollow cube. I made nine hollow cubes and taped them together to create a grid. Each side of the diamond had a grid so that one could see through to the other side. once having the grid in place, I used the little masking tape to tape both grids to the edges of the diamond. the piece is finished. Now the piece can be compressed into itself and still hold shape. 

Texture

For this work, I chose Texture. For this project, the idea of shapes stayed constant in my head. I decided that I wanted to make a sphere with masking tape, and shredded paper. I wanted to have a sphere that has exploded and shredded paper so I placed my shredded paper inside my tape ball only I forgot to cut it open. Either way the ball represents texture because the sphere is not the predictable smooth service.