Working With PVC

So our latest project in studio, our last one actually! Required us to use two previous materials from other studio projects and then to incorporate one new material along with the other two. We had to make an object that created a field of light using only one compact fluorescent bulb, the bulb I went with was a 100 watt bulb and my three materials were cardboard, paper, and 1" PVC couplings. I honestly still am not quite sure where I was drawing inspiration from, but rather than inspiration I was trying to develop a concept from everything I was looking at. And everything I found myself studying I was never getting close to thinking of some concept. The only thing I've found that I really seem to like is that the moon takes nearly 30 days to complete its lunar cycle. Here is the documentation of what I've got!

ROUGH SKETCHES

ROUGH SKETCH MODEL

FINAL MODEL

DRAWING

Observing Light

Alright, so our project we've got is pretty awesome but completely tough for me. We are too create a luminaire that creates a field of light using two of the materials we've used this semester but including one new material as well. A compact fluorescent bulb is our only means of creating this light. The purpose of this entry is to show you what images I'm drawing inspiration from. Truthfully I'm wanting something that doesn't just look cool... I'm wanting something with a concept, something that has a meaningful design and is purposeful. So I've been trying to examine so many things such as harmony between the day and night, how we people perceive light and react to it. I'm also feeling as if I want something organic in its form. These are photo's I've taken recently and older photographs shot with my Nikon D40.

So that's quite a lot of photo's that I've taken from various locations (Washington DC, High Point, Pilot Mountain, Myrtle Beach) and there's a different feel for light in each. But there are also some designs online I found that I really enjoy. The first was Alicja Wasielewska and her morph chandelier in which she experiments which fiber optic lights and creates a gorgeous source.

Next there is Lichen Studio and they have this very nice design for an oil lamp called the Migration, this design the oil is place in a glass like vial and basically laid on a base at a angle.

Lastly there is my favorite which is the Herman Miller leaf light which is an amazing gorgeous design and this wasn't the first time I've seen this lamp... I've actually drew it in previous post. Herman Miller in general has great designs in everything, their desks, chairs, sofas; practically everything. But the leaf light is just a great design and has a beautiful concept behind it.

Okay, so I think this has been long enough of a post. Stay tuned for prototype models... TO BE CONTINUED!

DIALOG (it means the first all-nighter)

So our last project was a continuation sort of thing dealing with our last studio project which was UNITY. This one new involved the same materials, something I'm getting quite used to... bristol board & bamboo skewers. Oh and 12 as well (same as last time). However this assignment was the create 2 separate spaces using these materials and our bristol board couldn't be cut or manipulated in anyway, with the exception of 1 fold and no more. Ultimately we were trying to achieve DIALOG within these spaces. We had to create our model, do 4 drawings which were a plan, two elevations, and a section. And lastly our parti or collage. So firstly I'd like to say my ideas changed completely from my original one I had up in my head, but I wanted to integrate my base physically into the project which I was extremely happy with as a decision, because I didn't really see it done in anyone else's. But here are my original sort of ideas.

FIRST MODEL

SECOND MODEL

I'd like to say that I enjoyed what I was doing to the base by integrating it, but the 12 pieces of bristol board is where I was drawing a blank, because I just wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do with them, my third model, I went for something a bit different but didn't really like it...

THIRD MODEL

FOURTH MODEL

Now my fourth model is where I actually established some shape I was really digging, so that's what I decided to roll with for my LAST model!

FIFTH & FINAL MODEL!

Alright, now here are my draftings which I stayed at studio all night (LITERALLY) Tuesday working on, but it was good to go on ahead and get that out of the way.

FRONT ELEVATION

RIGHT ELEVATION

PLAN VIEW

SECTION VIEW

RENDERING (since there was time)

And lastly there is my parti which changed completely from my initial one.

So I think I've gave you enough to digest for now, I'm gonna blog some beginning sketches when I get a chance and probably scan in my rendering to show better detail.

THANKS!