PUSHING AND PULLING

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN MESSING UP THE STRUCTURE THST TOOK ME AGES TO TO MAKE AND I THOUGHT IT LOOKED QUITE INTERESTING IN THE END AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL PIECE OVER ALL..

TWISTING

I took pictures of the structure from above and I had md my friend ailbhe help me twist it.. I really like the idea of getting a solid structure and manipulating it and playing around and seeing what you can do with it.. This was a really fun part of the process..One of the tutors pointed out that the brown board on the bottom was taking away from the piece, as you see below.. She advised me to paint the board white as in the photo to the right and it would give the feeeling that it doesnt end  abruptly..

SECOND ATTEMPT WITH WIRE..

This was my second attempt at the wire 3d piece of the buildings.. I was delighted with how it turned out and learned alot when making this.. I had to make all of the grids individually which took around 25-30 minutes. I made 10 of these grids. I then made 160 little wire holes to attach to each corner so I could feed the wire through. I then attatched it to a small board and got the technitians to drill 16 little holes in the board to make the piece stand up by itslef.. I twas a long process but it was well worth it as I was delighted with the end result!!                               

FIRST ATTEMPT WITH WIRE..

My first attempt of building the structure with wire was a complete and utter fail.. I had no iddea how to use wire and for some reason just presumed that i would be able to use it. Elaine came around to me and saw what I had been making and basically told me to stop while i was ahead and start a new one. This time she taught me how to make the grids properly using smaller wire to tie the ends toghether and a plyers to create sharp corners.. I was delghted with my second attempt and i thought it came out better than I expected. Des elaine and Giordana came around and suprisingly Des liked the first one that i made which was suprising..

MORE BUILDINGS..

 These are some pictures that a friend told me about and thought that they would be relevent to my project.. They are pictures from the Irish Times of the ballymun flats being demolished.. I love the way that  u can see the cubes that make up the building and the grids!!

when i was down in UL a few weeks ago, i noticed that they were building new accomadaition.. It was just the structure of the buildings that were up and it was just a bunch of grids up on yop of each other. This gave me the idea to make wire structure of a building and move the structure in different ways and just play around with it and see what I could do with it..

MY INSPIRATIONS

Jenn Stark's alpha and omega inspired me alot. I really like the idea of this piece and especially the reflections in the mirrors.. When I first saw this, I thought it would look cool if the boxes were all diferent sizes and so I tried that..

This artist JR is really cool.. I love the idea of his project and it's a good video.. so watch!!

MY FIRST STOP MOTION VIDEO..

i photocopied the drawing of the other piece and basically just had fun with it and played around a bit.. it was my first time trying this kind of thing so its not very good but hopefully ill do a better one soon. I probably shouldnt have done the effects as the top video looks alot better.. i think

LITTLE TINY BUILDINGS

 I started off this idea by drawing up some sketches plans and measurements. I then made these rectangular boxes out of paper.. it was tricky because every box's measurements had to be exactly right or otherwise they would not fit..

I expected this part of the process to be alot easier than it was.. maybe for my next one ill use a different material and not paper..

I then drew a picture of my eyes and cut them up to the exact measurements and stuck them onto the paper. The idea I had for this piece was that we are the people who make up the city and that these buildings are there because of us. I also liked the idea for this as you actually have to physically move araound it to see what the image is. I have ideas for my next one of these and I am going to push the idea further..

NEW DIRECTION WITH THE PROJECT

After the progress reviews my tutors advised me on taking a new direction with my project.. so I am now looking at growth and development in cities and population. This is alot more exciting and I will still link it to what I have done so far in my project..