Idea Development.

After this class we began drawing up our installation and elaborating on our concept. We came to the conclusion that animals and water were unnecessary and our idea would be conveyed just as convincingly with only the vine and things that are generally attached to it.(leaves and flowers).

We knew how we wanted the vine to look, know it was a matter of converting our idea into a hyperbolic 3D shape purely made of hexagons.

Experimentation was the first stage of our modeling process. We selected our natural materials for the vines, leaves and flowers; we bought florist wire, created net shapes for each of the objects and began figuring out the best ways of completing each of our tasks ahead.

Initial Post

This week we found out that we were going to be in a group just the three of us (Bene, Libby and Katherine) which is not only going to make it more challenging, I also think it will make it more interesting as there won't be as many conflicting ideas and it will be easier to share thoughts etc.

We initially began brainstorming potential ideas and decided that we much prefer the idea of the hyperbolic to crocheting. Hyperbolic, we found, gave us more options and was a far more interesting route to us. We came up with some ideas such as exploring the hyperbolic structure to create 3D shapes and from this we thought of the 3D shapes of animals or birds.

We continued to develop this idea until we realised that the best installation was within university on the pillars- we think a vine would be a good idea with the flowers and birds attached to the vine- maybe even a river at the base of the pillar?

We also decided that we should use ALL NATURAL fibres/fabrics to develop a concept that is all about nature/the conflicting nature of natural surroundings and the UTS building. It seems that we are developing the concept of "while UTS is striving to be more environmentally friendly, we can still see unsustainable aspects" (This would be demonstrated through the exposure of the pillar).