3D pathway

Today we began the roundabout sessions. We have been given 3 weeks to try 6 different pathways in art and design too get a feeling for all aspects of the course. My first session was with Kim in the 3D pathway. The project was to create our own interpretation of a wire drawing by reproducing a primary source. The outcome could be a 2D piece, relief panel or a 3D sculpture. My primary source was a photograph of the mosaic ceiling at the Park Guell in Barcelona.

Photograph shown below.

I visited the park over the summer and was amazed by the unique qualities of Antoni Guadi’s architecture. This was my inspiration for my sculpture as I felt it would look ornamental and organic just like his creations are. I was drawn too use free flowing geometric shapes as this would keep it free from rigidity and have a liberty about it.  Too begin, the group had a briefing on how to use the spot welder so that we knew the hazards and safety precautions. Then I had my photograph printed out at a larger scale so that I could draw more detailed shapes from it too start moulding the wire. The wire was easily manipulated into the shapes desired.

As I began to piece my wire structure together, it acquired a gentle curve which I thought gave it some fluidity. Given the time limit we had to complete our pieces (9:30am-12:00pm), I wanted to keep things small. Within the session I completed the wire frame, however I felt that it looked bare, cold and wasn’t very aesthetically pleasing. I wanted to incorporate some form of textiles into my structure to give it some vibrancy as well as soften the strong metal form.

 

I decided on using yarn due to its delicate qualities. I used colours that I extracted from the mosaic ceiling because they are rich and would bring the piece to life a little more. As I started to weave the yarn through the wire, I noticed that it was creating more geometric shapes. This wasn’t planned but I was really pleased with the outcome. When I looked at my piece, the different coloured yarns all interweaving with each other reminded me of the roads/routes on a map. This has given me inspiration to begin further research for this as well as look into artists/designers whom work with wire structures and textile materials.

 

These are photographs of the finished sculpture. I used invisible wire too hang the piece up and small lights to create the shadow effect. I feel that I should have used one more vibrant colour to create a balance as the grey, pink and white take a back seat. Looking back at the Park Güell photo I could of incorporated a yellow or rusty red too equal out the blue.