Steph Boyle's Project 3 (20x)

In this project I had to recreate a 20x enlargement of two connected plastic blocks. I found peices of cardboard, fabric, and paint to construct this using duct tape as my only adhesive. I first created two boxes for the bulk of the piece. To ensure that they wouldn't collapse, I added braces inside each out of cardboard. Next, I measured out cardboard strips for the ridges that are prevalent on the edges of the original plastic blocks. After, I applied twisted fabric to the border of the tops of the boxes. Lastly I covered the sides and tops of the piece, then painted the ridges that were left the brown of the cardboard they were made of.

As for the presentation of the piece, I chose to construct around one of the pilars in the room so as to mark my space in the studio in a more concrete way. I felt that I should have painted the pilar white as it had alot of graffiti on it. Although looking back, there's something about the pilar's state that I enjoy, in that our generation's candid thoughts and creativity is piercing through something as pure and clear as glass. I feel that it's an interesting oxymoron so to speak...but then again, to everyone's interpretation be their own.