Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Working on Wire Frame Design Using Thin Wire & New Designs & Creating the Sculpture



Starting with the idea of just using a single thread of wire and making it into a square shape/ cube shape but this couldn't hold its own shape, and therefore wouldn't fit to the dimensions. 



Wrapping the wire to make it thicker - this was the plan in the design above but again, it flopped more with the weight of the wire. This didn't work well at all and wouldn't fit the dimensions I was working to. 

More designs after this wire frame:



Constructing the sculpture initally:








Further Designs after Feedback from Andrew:



Further construction after feedback





Reflections:
  • Aluminium wire: I managed to find some aluminium wire which turned out to be a lot lighter than the other metal wire I originally used. 
  • This worked really well as the wire kept its shape and enabled me to bend the wire and connect with the process of sculpture that I was used to within creating the stainless steel sculpture.
  • The wire could even stand on its own, so when it comes to installing I only need to hang it with the other metal wire and it will hold its form. 

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