My concept was about the inner workings of a person and the complexity inside someone’s mind. This project really prioritized improving our crafting skills, being able to move from a 2D space to a 3D space, and still maintaining the elements and principles we have learned. The most difficult part about making this form was the angles; creating the tunnels to line up with the sides of the form at just the right angle and then aligning those with holes that I would cut out of the side was a very difficult challenge. I did a lot of iterations with this project which I think helped me improve in that area in the projects following it. I made dozens of these forms just trying to get it right, and even in the end things didn’t match up perfectly. I found a lot of frustration with it but I think that if the form was pristine and perfect, it wouldn’t have communicated that concept as clearly.
View full process here.
Final 2D to 3D translation outcome – original polyhedron vs. modified version
Close-up of inside tunnels – showing the light shining through the other end of the tube and the surface illusion inside.
Outside surface illusion, lines that point the viewer to the tube holes, drawing them to explore deeper.
