Material Strategies; Material Translation

 

Favorite 2D Artwork for Illustration I

 

𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

Sculpture One

Materials Used: balsa wood, double sided tape, paper

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Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine (1793-1797)

This building is located at 38 Cathedral Place and designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark on April 15, 1970. This buildings architectural design is a combination of Spanish Mission and Neoclassical styles. At one point, on April 12, 1887, the building burnt down again. But it was reconstructed with donations from Henry Flagler.

Lightner Museum (1888)

The building was constructed in 1888 by Henry Flagler, and later Otto C. Lightner purchased the building in order to make the hotel into a museum. He housed several collections, including Victorian era art. Later, he turned it over to the city of St. Augustine and would open the museum to the public in 1948. 

For this building I created, I took aspects from the Lightner Museum such as the two towers at the entrance of the building. I then used the half circular back that was also inspired by a section in the museum. I used the circle shape in the middle as well as the towers to resemble the circular clock shape on the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Augustine building. Same goes for the lifted section on the half-circle area, to build upwards like a section of the cathedral.

Sculpture Two

Materials Used: balsa wood, double sided tape, paper

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Ancient City Baptist Church (1895)

The church originally had 18 members who met in the armory of the old Genovar Opera House. In 1894, Henry Flagler offered the church some land to build on with no charge. 

Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine (1793-1797)

This building is located at 38 Cathedral Place and designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark on April 15, 1970. This buildings architectural design is a combination of Spanish Mission and Neoclassical styles. At one point, on April 12, 1887, the building burnt down again. But it was reconstructed with donations from Henry Flagler.

This building was primarily inspired by the Ancient City Baptist Church, however, I used the arch windows inspired by the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine as well as the roof shape on the tower. I included a fair amount of sharp edges and balanced it out with the rounded shapes of the window and door arches that came from both sets of buildings. I also added sorts of "support" beam on the side, that could be taken from the pillar-like sections of the Cathedral.

In Progress Photos

Sketch

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

All Three Sculptures

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Sculpture Titles Left to Right: Guillotine, Reincarnation, Hangman

Sculpture One

Hangman

vertically tall, balsa wood, scrap wood, string, hot glue, wire, black and white ink

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Sculpture Two

Reincarnation

vertically tall, wire, string, hot glue, paper with hardening glue, ink, balsa wood

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Sculpture Three

Guillotine

horizonal, balsa wood, regular wood, paper, wire, hot glue

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In Progress Photos

Reflection Statement

These three sculptures are meant to communicate death and life after. While exploring the materials to build these sculptures, I wanted to focus on making the sculptures use movement because I believe that making usually solid materials such as wood convey a more flowy design can give more meaning. I decided to include wire in all of the sculptures since they are flowy and can mean many different thing, from confinement to stability. I felt the work was lacking in sculpture three, as it is very blocky and not detailed, so I ended up giving it more depth with a paper design as well as adding more of a design element to the paper. This piece allowed me to explore how to use different materials to create fascinating and innovative works of art.