Assignment 3: Shell
First I made a small scale paper model of the structure and then I scaled up.
- Then I cut pieces of paper to the size of the the measurements made so that I could wrap the fabric I was stitching around it
- There were 6 pentagons and 10 filler equilateral triangles needed to create the shape so I layed out the pentagons and stitched them together first.
Once there was enough put together I pinned the corners of the out ring of points on the dome and tied string to secure it to the ceiling.
I also tried lighting it from inside to see what it would look like.
I had also wanted it to be lit by fire so I tried shooting pics of it near the fireplace.
Here’s me inside it!
So my goals for this piece were to create a sort of geometric shell enclosure and to somehow incorporate the comfort in heat (hence the placement near the fireplace). I wanted it to be a strange extension to a practice I associate with companionship, cuddling by a fire. The shell is sort of a way of protecting and isolating its inhabitants. From the outside it also looks like a strange geometric creature sitting by the fire. The process proved to be extremely time consuming but I’m happy that it turned out dome/shell like.