Lines

Here are some of my initial line forms I came up with focusing on shapes and different line variations I could come up with to help form my composition. These were very rough shapes and forms that did not make it into my final composition but I wish I would have added some variation of these models in there somewhere as I feel they are interesting .

Here I have more in depth composition and forms I wanted to include in my final composition but some stuff still needed to be changed. I liked the feel of the suggested plane and was going to make the round plane with vertical columns of some sort but when we get to my final you will notice that was not the case and it was mainly because I ran out of time and though I had come up with a composition that did not need anything else added to it.

Lastly here is the final images for my piece. I had the idea of an organic shape made out of dead tree branches sanded down to give a different worn look to them, almost like a living animal. This is not my first rendition of this work though, the first part was very lackluster to say the least, it was not interesting, a very symmetrical, dome like, and a pain to look at. After a brief talk with my Professor, he stated that I was not far off from having an interesting piece and that there was some quick alterations that would make it a very more effective piece for the assignment. I made a few quick alterations to the piece and this is the work you see here that is the result. One of the hardest challenges from this work is figuring out how to connect the pieces, I initially was using dowel rods to hold everything together but the smaller pieces was giving me trouble, I then decided to use twine and wrap the pieces together to secure the work, I then used some super glue to hold some of the twine and wood in place. This was a very effective strategy to use but if I were to do a work like this again I would do some research on what type of knot and how I should tie the two pieces together. Overall this was a very fun piece to make and construct but at the same time was very time consuming and very frustrating. I would like to make something like this again but on a little smaller scale I think.