...the final model!
So before I bombard you with pictures of my final model, I have a few things to say. first of all, I am exhausted, so much so that I, along with my other classmates, were falling asleep during the review! Not a good look! Seriously, after I was called on to explain my model, I just went to a corner and fell asleep. Overall, the responses to my model were very positive, which isn't to pat myself on the back, because the next phase of the design requires that we cut our model up into pieces (I know, right), however, I am proud of this model. I think it's the first model where I thought everything through (or almost everything) before I even cut a single sheet of MDF. this way, there were no surprises (except for when I glued the D2 piece in front of the D1 piece instead of behind it!) Funny enough, gluing took the longest out of all phases of the construction.

To me, good design is having an idea, pushing through and seeing that idea come to life. That was what I was going for with this model. A brief explanation of what you are looking at: the topography you see is "light" being treated as an agent of erosion. After this, I decided to create a "volume of light" which basically meant making a mass out of the "negative" pieces cut out of each MDF sheet and then glued together. Onto the pics, hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed designing/building this model.

what's up world! As you may or may not know, I go to school at Temple University in Philadelphia. Recently, I submitted this blog to be considered for a feature in the News paper as one of the "15 Best Student Artists" at Temple. It is not a rank, but rather just celebrating student art culture at Temple, and I am very lucky to be part of the group. I am really grateful for this, it may be small, but all great things have humble beginnings. Click Here to check out my feature. Click here for full feature of all 15 student artists

In other news, the final model is almost complete. The design phase is essentially done, I just have to glue things down and cut a few more things out, hopefully that can be done by tonight, because I have gotten very little sleep this week and it's starting to wear at me, BUT! I will keep going! I must! 'til next time, au revoir!

I'm still crafting the final model, here are some more pics of it as it slowly comes together. Enjoy

Wow, it's been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG day. I got to the studio around noon today and didn't leave to come home til 11pm. I sat at my desk for 11 hours straight, tracing the cardboard templates onto the MDF cutouts for my final model. Then I go to the woodshop around 4pm, and all the band saws are being used :( Great! Luckily, I was able to get a hold of a jigsaw and a thesis student lent me a Dremel sander (thanks Nick!) and it was ball game from then. I was able to cut all the pieces out with the jigsaw and then sand them down to perfection with the Dremel. All in all a very productive day, I would say. Onto the pics...

The before

The afters