Final week- 3D Spatial

Having created the 3d maps in the studio and done some quick 5 minute drawings and further experimentation with line using different materials I produced some drawings based on 3D structures within the environment both around the studio, in Chelsea, Vauxall bridge and station and around the Tate Britain. When photographing and later sketching I was particularly attracted to the different angles the structures created and also the geometric shapes of the structures. When I later translated what I had seen in 3D to produce 2D drawings I initially found this difficult in trying to get the correct angles and look at how the different shapes within the environment locked in together. However on later sketches of these structures I began to understand the importance of tone and the clearer darker tones being closer and the other further away. This really helped me transform my drawings making the structures appear more 3D and not 2D. It aloud areas to stand out, improving my drawings.
In week 2 of the rotation I experimented further with making 3D structures inspired by the documentation of the week before and further 3D structures I created. Using simpler materials, smaller scale, and having been to 100% design for much needed inspiration I came up with, in my opinion, much better 3D objects than I had done in the previous week. Here I incorporated colour and energy which I had seen at 100% design and eventually came up with

Here I like the complexity and tension within the structure and I think all the different angles of the structure reflect my drawings and photographs well. However when given the brief to create a structure you can walk through- not a building, a structure to support the human body- not a chair and a structure to contain something small not a box, I found this structure difficult to work with in terms of scale. The colour and paperclips limited the scale that could be suggested in photographs. Then I, for a structure to walk through, simplified this initial structure and used white textured card. This immediately gave the impression that the structure was large and capable of a human walking through and the white worked really well with a plain white background.

Structure you can walk through

To create a structure to support the human body I immediately thought of the internal organs of the body and from the structures I had previously created and drawings of straight lines and angles I thought of the spine. I then looked at the various structures I had created and started to look at them in terms of spine like structures, putting them into linear patterns and then playing around with scale, photographing in various environments.



Structure to support the human body (Final Copy was vertical)

 Creating a structure to hold something small I found this the easiest of the three structures given my initial 3D structures and the materials I had used for these. Here I decided to try a different 3D structure and make something that locked together, creating a parcel like shape. Here I like how all the colours and lines interlock and also the complexity of the structure which I feel represents the different structures I have created. I found this difficult to show the scale of the structure when photographing it, as close up images gave the impression the structure was large and when the object was photographed from a distance it failed to show the complexity, layers and shapes I liked about the structure. Therefore I found that photographing the structure within my hand was the best way of demonstrating scale.

Structure to hold something small

During the spatial 3D rotation I have enjoyed it, the first week more than the second as I enjoyed the drawing and quick speed of the first week, whereas I have found the second week rather slow moving!