Sketches and Ideas:
When thinking of ideas for the first project I thought about making something with multiple components. I came up with a Harry Potter style windchime, however, the whole team wasn’t on board, so we compromised and came up with this: a windchime idea inspired by Keith Haring
Progress:
I tried to play with different types of heads. Another one that I tried but didn’t take a photo of was a more realistic shaped head with a face, made in sculpt mode. I went with a simple extrude. However, I added the slits where the necklines were in the reference picture. I made those by extruding lines in sculpt mode then cutting away what I didn’t need. The finished result is (above).
The next part was to make the body that was shaped like a layered cake. I first created a plane that would line up with all the pieces. I then created a cylinder and copied it three times and scaled it. Then I took the largest piece and used the pull tool the make the bottom round. The final step was to make it so that the pieces could be glued together when printed separately. I extruded inward to the cylinders so that each piece would have a base to be glued into. The legs was a simple extrusion as well as a copy of one another.
Final:
Artist Statement:
Artist Statement: Keith Haring was an inspirational artist and activist using his art and voice to fight for gay rights in the 1980s, particularly in regards to fighting stigmas related to HIV/AIDs. Even nearly 30 years after his death, Haring’s art is a reminder that people are meant to love each other and be happy, both very important messages in the current shit-show that is the Trump administration. Thus, for our project, we created several pieces that come together to create a wind chime dedicated to Keith Haring and his legacy. Although our chime isn’t very noisy, it is reminiscent of Haring’s ability to step up and make some noise. All change starts with people being vocal about the injustices they undergo, and this is very relevant to our project. Our chime contains references to equality for LGBTQ people, making efforts to ensure love will prevail, as well as cute characters that if nothing else is uplifting. In a time characterized by division and hatred, our project is a reminder to be happy and to spread the love.
Technical:
Building this piece I took bits and pieces from all the tutorial videos from class and created a 3D version of a famous painting. This is one piece of many that will be part of a windmill. To create this piece I sketched everything out in model mode. Next, I extruded the top piece and the leg. The second leg was a cop of the first because I wanted them to be symmetrical. The middle pieces are cylinders that had the top part extruded inward. (The plane tutorial helped me with that part.) The bottom layer got its egg shape from the pull tool.
Fletcher designed the three extruded pieces. They had fun loops and curves. All of the pieces were inspired by paintings. Andrea designed the heart and the people holding it, she used the form tool to create a heart out of a sphere. The people were made in model mode with the extrude tool.
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