1. Coming up with a shape using fiures. I played with figures and selected a shape I liked. It was a squre minus circle. A circle in a box
2. Cutting process (1″ and 2″ squres)
3. Arrangement (1″ squres only)
Arrangement 2″ squres only
1″ and 2″ squres mixed arrangement
4. Fianl selection
5. Coming up with an interesting pattern : It was kind of difficult in the beginning to find out an interesting shape since I was too afraid to break the rule
6. First selected design: I selected a design that I thought was adequate and painted on the illustration board with india ink. However after making final piece I felt like it’s too rigid and has no fun. So I decided to try something more fun and doesn’t break the rule at the same time.
7. Second selected design: I took the outlines from the assembled piece and filled it in and out to come up with something more fun and interesting.
8. Fianl piece & Evaluation: After taking a long time filling the outlines in different ways, I came up with a design I liked very much.
Class critique: I got a critique on the piece I created from the class mates. The strong point discussed was that the design has a good balance of positive and negative shape and that it has a elegant looking shape. Weak point part discussed was the accidental heart, I had to fill in the blank due to an accident while filling in the blanks with india ink, which at the end created an accidental heartshape.
However I made this decision because I was sure the blank wouldn’t destory the general design. So it is better to fill it in than leaving a flaw on it.