MOOD BOARD:
I searched on Pinterest to find Gattitica scene stills, as well as architecture and imagery which reminded me of the theme.
As shown above, the words I chose were:
DYNAMIC, SPIRAL, ILLUSION
With reference to these words as well as my mood board, I designed some pieces which fit to the theme, most of them with swervy and spiral like shapes. I chose to do a QUEEN chess piece (more elegant)
PROTOTYPING 3 DESIGNS:
I chose three unique designs (one simple, one spiral, one edgy. I also chose these to try out as I could only make smaller models due to limited clay.
Through prototyping, I got a slight grasp of what the chess pieces would look like, as well as the difficulty of crafting them on rhino. I ended up choosing the one on the left, as it was simple and elegant.
FINAL PLAN:
This was a rough Idea of the shape I wanted, however I would play around more in Rhino to see what I can make.
3D MODELLING
I found 3D modelling quite challenging (navigating the space, using commands).
Initially, I chose the design on top left to create on rhino, however, I realised that my 3d modelling skills were not great enough to create the type of sculpting that I wanted, as I wanted the side spiral to be less of a tube and more of a square, so it looked a bit off: (Top left).
On Rhino, I did lots of trial and error, constantly altering my design. Out of random experimentation, I generated an interesting spherical shape, which I used to create one of my other planned options, as well as trying different pipe shapes/sizes to add to the object to see what worked best.
FINAL MODEL
My final design consists of a curvy trunk, as well as spiral pipes around it, and spherical objects in-between, as well as a cylindrical base for support. The style portrays a more scifi/fantasy like look.
REFLECTION
I believe that my final design came out more interesting and detailed than I expected, and did capture the mood of my inspiration movie (Gattaca) with it's spiral structure. But it does not look as angular or calculated like my original plan.
I think there are quite a few things I would do different if I went through this process again. It would have been extremely useful if I had spent a few hours reseraching sculpture objects, watching rhino tutorials and exploring all the different features and shapes I could create - this would broaden my object possibilities as well as skills. Therefore, my final design was limited to the shapes that I knew how to create (spheres, pipes, cylinders), and missed out on some potentially beneficial tools e.g. utilising boolean difference to create unique negative space.
