TeA, M/\Ri3 + D()iLi3s

Baroque was a stylistic period designed to capture your attention through emotion and the senses using architectural theatrics. 

Marie Antoinette’s room, which is located in the Chateau Fontainebleau in France, establishes a very theatrical view on interiors. It was not only a space that is a part of history but speaks the design language of Baroque and reflects her wealth and taste through its architecture.

This bloom of patterning and motifs gives new life to the meaning of design and links the worlds of man and nature through the stroke of a single paintbrush. This space exhibits balance and symmetry in its most fluid form.

Design elements of line and form help to break up the busy patterning in the space into familiar sections of floor, wall + ceiling. The repetition of delicate shapes and motifs help to form the space it self.  Color, texture and value of light are manipulated to give the contrast between light and dark, which captures the eye and the viewer’s attention. 

This room brings a feeling of harmonic unity in the midst of chaos by its delicate patterns and shapes that hold it all together.

Marie Antoinette’s room is like a paper doily… beautiful and delicate, capturing Mother Nature’s femininity and gilding it with Baroques paintbrush. 

Sk3TcH UP

This is a pictorial view of my model that i created on sketch up, after i have placed the model in my section of the window.

This is the frontal view of my model that i have created on sketch up.

This shows the back view of my model to help correspond how I created my actual model.

This is an angular view of my model. This version shows the depth of the card board, how far the outter pieces stick out from the center insert, as well as it shows how far the bottle bottoms and the caps stick out from the card board inserts.

This is the plan view of my model that i made on sketch up. It shows how far the collection of bottles and bottle tops stick out from the card board.

This is a front view model of the sketchup version of my last project. I must admit i wanted to strangle the person who invented sketch up but i finally got the hang of it and i think it came out pretty well.

This is a perspective view of my project. The piece is composed of three sections of card board; scored and placed together. With bottle caps and green and clear bottle bottoms. In this diagram it depicts where my piece is actually placed on the I.A.R.C first year wall. yes. it does sit slightly to the left of the pillar it rests in front of. [no i did not place it in the actual window. YET. i have yet to become that skilled at sketch up]

B()Tt0Ms UP..

This is the final product that i have created using ONLY card board, bottle bottoms, bottle caps, an exact-o-knife and some scissors! AM-A-ZING right??? I think so too! This is not boasting, im just thrilled that all the paper(cardboard) cuts, headaches and stress made this beautiful composition! I know i named it "bottoms up" (due to the fact that the bottom of the bottles are facing its audience but i have nick-named it "the Jellies" >>> the green bottles look like jelly fish right?? > im from an island.. its hard not to compare items to things of the sea. (photo taken around 9:04 am)

I adore the light effect that the bottle bottoms and caps make. If you look closely, it looks like the bottle caps are little lights. You may not be able to tell but when im siting at my desk working, there is a continuous green glow that fills my cubical. (photo taken around 9:05 am)

This is the light effect projected from the bottle bottoms on to the wall. They almost look star like. I love it! this was when the sun was out around 9:10 am.

This is a photo of a section of the collective curve (my neighbors and i decided to work with the same concept. but with individual ideas and outcomes) The top right used balloons! crazy right??

This is an arial (inside the building) view of of my neighbor and i's window projects. This was 9 something in the morning as well. She decided to use green bottles as well (to coordinate with mine) but she used the tops of the bottles instead. We were at the end of the curve so we definitely had to end it with a bang!

Hard work (trash diving) pays off. Thanks guys for taking dumpster duty and getting me these beautiful bottle caps! yes. beautiful. its funny how you can make/find beauty in the strangest things. Add a little light to a bottle cap and you create something phenomenal!

This is a close up of the middle insert. The bottles look great in this photo!

This is probably one of my favorite photographs (yea i photographed it my self!). It is one of the best photographs to communicate what my project does and how it does it.

The Jellies! Taken around 3 pm

This is the outside view (the back of the I.A.R.C building) of my window and my model. It even looks great from the outside! and believe it or not this is about 8'o'clock at night!

This is a photograph to help communicate how large the building is compared to my window section and my model. The photo is not zoomed up to the window but if you look, you can actually still see the colors and design of my model. (no my model wasnt the only one up there. i was jus finished early and first!) > :)

This is an arial view (inside the building) around 8 pm of my model. The colors still look great and i still think it looks good but it really goes into a "gasping" effect during the morning hours and small periods of the early day> when the sun is still on the east.

This is a close up of the bottle caps. I would name this "lights off" because at 8 o'clock at night, they dont glow like they would have if it was in the morning.

The jellies at 8 at night!

miniature prototype. > so cute + tiny.

This is the process of cleaning, sorting and sectioning the bottle caps.

Prototype #2! ... a tad bit larger

The first drawing of our original plan. I know its hard to read, but it is sectioned off into windows, and it shows who has what part of the curve. The darker curve was supposed to symbolize green bottles, but only two of us actually used it.

Me and 5 of my cubicle neighbors. > 2 missing.

This was an internet image of one of Peter Zumthor's work. (HE IS MY ULTIMATE FAVORITE!) >> it inspired my work and piece greatly. one day i hope to be as brilliant as him! > according to photograph three of this post... i feel i pulled it off. : )

This is another piece from Peter Zumthor that helped with my design and development. I chose him not only because he is my favorite and is inspiring as an artist.. but i chose to pay close attention to his works because this was a project that focused on two moments of light and i feel peter works well with materials and the effects of light.

W/\T3R J3LLiEs

This is a water color interpretation of the previous project below: Bottoms up. I must admit the it does not look as good on the computer as it does in person but here is a rough idea of what it virtually looks like. The messy out of the lines water color look is growing on me. :)

BubBL3 DiAgRAms...

When designing, it is important to know your space by adapting spacial awareness. The word that has been chosen to design my space was bubble... so I felt that it was only right to use a bubble diagram to allocate the categories of the space. 

The purpose of these diagrams is to help differentiate between public and private,  indicate paths of circulation and zones of personal space. These spaces are extremely small but as this weeks reading states... all activities within a building are important. And these have helped me to focus and design of the navigation and regions of these tiny bubbles of space. 

In every building the categories can take on a different meaning or use.

Places: can be composed of several spaces as long as it hangs together as a whole. They can be considered as paths, destinations or side trips, depending on the building and its use. These places can fall under the areas of a bathroom, kitchens or even a building as a whole. 

 Gateways: is a clearly defined point of entry. People arrive and depart through door ways and commonly in the form of residential buildings... guests perform the activity of waiting before they are invited in. 

Domains: are regions or areas that you inhabit long periods of time in but they are not always final destinations. They can often be considered as side trips, secondary activities or even path ways. A domain could be a kitchen, a living area or a bedroom depending on the person or the home and its uses.  

Exposure..

same picture. different exposures... 

ohhh the possibilities 

[photographed by me. the city of charlotte. used tripod]

S() L0NG SUMM3R...

I hate to say it... but I wont be sad to see this summer go.
A Summer is full of laughs, sun, nature.. and in my case the BEACH!! :D ... yes I had all of those things, but for some strange reason I can say that I've had better summer days.
I found this ad in a magazine and fell in love with it. It quotes "repeat after me.. I.AM.FREE." << PERFECT SUMMER QUOTE.
Because this ad was entirely black and white, i decided to add a little life.. using color.
This piece was extremely time consuming. I chose the colors completely off of summer colors, entirely with pens... yes! i said pens. I wanted to explore a different media other than water color.






Each Layer represents a day in summer

B3RMuDiaN GOMBEYS...

So Beautiful. So Native. Sooooo Traditional. 

... If you ever drop by, dont leave until you spot a Bermudian Gombey.

#3 should be #1...

RAW TALENT...