Wire structures

After exploring wood to produce designs, I then looked at Jeroen Molenaara's lamp, I found the shapes in his lamp interesting in the sharpness and the different directions the shapes are going. Molenaara's lamp portrays elegance in the way some of his lamp is covered and some is not, by doing so the lamp appears more interesting and expressive. This lamp is inspiring in the way it would be a feature of an interior rather than just an object, its boldness and simplicity would add style to an interior. I then produced several sketches of different shapes and lines I could encorporate into a wire structure, I produced 15 designs. After producing these designs, I began to use line to draw a idea of the wire structure, by suing different materials and methods this allowed me to express my ideas and understand how this design could be achieved. I then chose to use a strong metal wire and bend this wire with pliars to make sure the wire achieved the best possible outcome. I then began to weld the metal together to create a design which incorporated a busy style but also a simple style with the use of just one material. Half way through i thought about making the structure higher which would make more of an impact on the style of the design, after this was achieved I had to ensure the structure was upright and secure, I then began to add straight pieces of metal inbetween the bended wire, this encountered my problem of the structure falling over, the main problems when manufacturing this structure were that the structure was not able to stand up at one point, I overcome this problem by thinking of a solution and then acting upon that solution.

After working in the sketchbook and producing some sketches of my model, I then began to use chicken wire to produce a sketch of the wire structure and to add more 3D styles to my sketchbook. After using the chicken wire, I found I could untwist the wire to create a deconstructed effect, I thought about how the chicken wire could be deconstructed from a normal shape chicken wire, I then began to make a design of chicken wire leading into an deconstrcuted effect, after making this model, I then cut out some more chicken wire and made a cylinder with the chicken wire, I then  began to deconstruct the outside and top of the cylinder, to produce a design to show how an object can be deconstructed and look completely different in composition and also in space. After producing these designs it explored my imagination and made me understand more materials which could be used further on in my designs. After producing my structures, I began to reflect on what I could do different if I were to make these again, I would wear gloves when deconstructing the chicken wire as it scratched and scraped my hands, i would also make a larger version as I believe this would produce a very interesting structure for a interior if it were to be arranged as though it was emerging from a wall.