This project really opened up my eyes into simplification and how to use a system in a creative exploration. I was really happy with my outcome of the final artefact and working with a new medium.
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So I rephotographed my artefact and placed it as a background in the conference posters.
So after gluing it all together it turned out great!
I was really happy with the outcome and amazed at how the kiwi looked, floating and in 3D. As I picked it up and looked around I could see the kiwi from all sides and the illusion was fantastic!
I will need to take more photos and put into my final conference and documentation posters.
So I created a template on Illustrator with the my chosen bird which is the kiwi in a square so to keep consistency and I added small boxes in the file to engrave on the edges to keep a secure place where I could glue the squares into place to connect the entire artefact.
So each layer I would engrave twice except the centre.
At laser cutting they also gave me an option of fill which would fill in the rea of the kiwi’s body (third photo) but I think the illusion would not have come through as well so I stuck with just the contour outlines.
The results was looking great!
So I tried my concept with clear OHP paper to see how it would work.
Laurent brought in one of the Masters students project which was similar to what I was trying to achieve and I was positive about it.
Richard Carthew was the student.
So I thought about how I would layer it and connect it. I decided to use acrylics as it would be easier to work with at the 3D lab
So I started to explore different mediums and what I could do for my 3D artifact. I really wanted to try working with glass. I was searching around online and came across glass art. I really liked the idea of layered glass and thought it would work really well with my concept to turn my 2D drawing to 3D. The contour lines when layered would create an illusion of the 3D animal.
So I continued the idea of the yin-yang and decided to put the kiwi inside the penguin’s contours looking like it’s wings but still keeping the scale and correct proportions. I think it worked out quite well as they both integrated without appearing like a new creature and using the contour lines system.
The two birds that I chose were the Penguin and the Kiwi to integrate. So I tried various ways on Illustrator. I thought about placing the contours together and interconnecting them somehow. After a few attempts I thought about the yin-yang and how I could use that idea to integrate my birds.
So I finalized my pictograms:
The contours followed the main signifiers of the birds like the wings and identifiable shapes. I fixed the scale and proportions to suit and I think the no feet rule is working just fine.
So then I applied the same system to the rest of my birds and they turned out quite well I think.
Typographic Drawing | GDS II | Muhammad Ali 