tuesday vivian street

I started the tutorial with the image from Sunday but had to start again with the original (red) object and redo the black 'needle'. After some consultation with Sarah we realised I needed a version of the needle with many more vertices so that I could produce a much more rounded version of the object - I needed to bend it and maintain a smooth rounded form.

I wanted it to look like this:

But the form I had created on Sunday (here) just bent in a few different places.

Eventually, with some help from Sunny, I was able to add the vertices (we created 72 height segments as opposed to the previous 5) and with some more manipulations (so that the black form didn't enter the red object at any point) I finally had my first iteration:

We also worked on adding materials to our forms. This is the image I found to apply to my red form:

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Note the yellow and black reference to the Rosalie Gasgoigne precedent image here. I resized it to 500 x 500 in Photoshop. We brought up the Slate Material Editor Window and added the above image to the palette, selected the object, then the Modifier 'UVW map' and made sure to select 'Assign Material to Selection' to transform the object to display as a rusty metal form. I liked the effect.

But I wanted to play with it a bit and ended up liking this best (I used 'Box' mapping in the parameters for both objects to achieve this result):

I also found I couldn't render in 600dpi anymore (on my home PC) once I had applied the materials.

sunday betty street

Have image of latest modification.... am now reconsidering my change to 'ordered' back to aggressive... here's why....

saturday vivian street

I have spent a few hours working with both my work and thread objects.

I felt the thread object needed a needle shape as per one of my precedents so I added this in and started playng with the idea of sewing which almost seems imperative from my words.

Here's my first iteration:

thursday vivian street

Second extruded form. Based on Gasgoigne's 'Tiger Tiger' here

And from there, some modifications have taken shape:

After some experimentation, I started again, this time with my three words in mind:

wednesday betty street

I am changing my adjective to ordered. I feel like it is more in tune with what I am researching in my images. I am not feeling a connection to the word aggressive.

Images I have found relating to ordered are:

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I have used this image to create a form in Solidworks and 3ds Max. I tried separating the whole of the second (red) line from the top but had a little difficulty creating a sketch I could use...

Then I cut it down to this section of the thread:

And was able to sketch and extrude this in Solidworks. Here is the result:

I then imported the file into 3ds Max:

tuesday vivian street

More thread

Thread Art by Mondongo

This image captures the inverse of the taught thread referred to previously. Thread has been scrambled and arranged in a messy, seemingly random way to form a detailed image of an eye. There is a recurring dream I have experienced since I was very young in which lines and threads in my mind's eye turn into a furious mess until something suddenly changes and a smooth ordered pattern appears. In the same way, this image shows that thread can appear disordered then evolve into a highly structured and/or recognisable form.

Meanwhile my technical skills are improving: more Solidworks parts...

monday betty street

Images for thread:

 The starting point.

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Untitled (Mountain 7) Emily Barletta Source

Art using thread with paper. Artist uses title 'Mountain'. One continuing thread embroiders the paper to form a heavy based monolith. Thread grouped closed together used to suggest weight and magnitude.

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This artist works literally with thread for his installations. Hundreds of threads form colour fields. The threads join to form beams of coloured light.

EJ Marey's train schedule, Paris to Lyons, in Edward Tufte. Source.

Paris Train Schedule represented by lines or threads on graph. Data visualisation by American Statistician Edward Tufte. The thread of a journey is broken at each station.

Work:

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Work implies push or force. Creating through effort.

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 It also conjures up images of tools and workbenches.

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And woodworking. And lathes.

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And factories and production lines.

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More imagery for chosen word: WORK

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To me 'work' signifies machinery and time combining forces to produce something. The rusty and aged dashboard complete with speedometer recounts a narrative of journeys made. Each element has a job although the car probably doesn't work anymore. So does this image symbolise work? I feel like it does. Maybe work done.


More imagery for chosen word: Thread

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I chose this because it signifies the thread of a line working its way through the landscape and further emphasises my interest in the supporting words such as 'pattern' and even 'pierce' (the lines of the track join in the distance to form a point - to me the thread pierces the landscape). I find myself moving toward an industrial theme. I am more interested in what happens when a thread is held taught although I appreciate the duality of thread - when loose it is soft and pliable.

Finally, first tutorial of Solidworks conquered...

friday betty street

After a number of false starts I have access to http://schoolofdesign.ac.nz.
I have downloaded and installed 3ds Max. Let the fun begin.


I have been working on words to use:

Adjectives:

Glossy

Slippery

Hard

Rough

Misty

Grainy

*Aggressive

Ephemeral

Nouns:

Stairs

Carpet

Dam

Fabric

Song

Sphere

Boundary

*Thread

Verbs:

Sew/Sewn

*Work

Soar

Win

Paste

Paint

Carry

Press

* My 3 words

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One of my potential words is 'work' so I have cropped my image down to the section of Rosalie Gascoigne's work 'Tiger Tiger' that utilises parts of road signs.  The sign was originally 'work' or 'workmen'... the 'used' quality of the material emphasises the word. These are signs that have literally performed a job. The places where the paint is chipped off further signify the work having been performed.

This is the section I am using in our work with Photoshop, Solidworks and 3DS Max... steep learning curve stuff.




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Design inspiration:
yankodesign.com; psyop.tv

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Youtube inspiration:

 



 

OK... here's mine:









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Thoughts: literal interpretations of the word 'grind'. Questions to ask are what is the essence of the process of grinding. More words that came to mind are amalgamation, pulverise, explode. How would you interpret these words without the use of an object? Is there a pattern to grind? Would the by-product be something else?



Three interpretations of the word 'sewn'... other words are joined, strong, pattern, useful, pierce, shape.