Textures

YouTube Video to do with my Choice of Stairs

Developed Sketchup Model with Stairs

I chose the original sketchup model and developed that into what you can see in the section above. I made the artists' space below ground (for Goodwin) have 2 sections, the top for creating work and the bottom for storage of materials and welding space. This is because the ceiling had to be very high in the studio space as the artwork he is working on in this studio is "Waterjacket" which is around 5 metres high.
Then I made the gallery space on the ground level by lifting the above ground studio space, and I altered the roof area to make it simpler to close off but still have the pointy shape I was originally trying to achieve. The walls around the floor of the above ground studio will be glass all around.
For the spiral staircase I would use wood as the main material to reflect the work of Ricky Swallow, and for the staircase leading down to the ground level I would use glass in order to make the exhibition space below not feel so closed in.

The materials I would use for these stairs would be metal because it would be strong and Richard Goodwin's work "Waterjacket" will be very heavy to carry up the stairs!

Stair Sections

After this brainstorming on styles of stairs I began drawing proposals.

Proposed Designs:
I prefer Proposal 2, as when I tried to do proposal 1 on Sketchup, there was only space on the model to fit 3 stairs on each side that lead to the platform, and a person wouldn't be able to get down them.

Above Ground Stair (Stair 1) Sections:

Below Ground Stair (Stair 2) Sections:

Google Sketchup Attempt 2

This Sketchup model was based on the section below:

18 Sketch Sections

Exploring the words used to describe the artworks of Richard Goodwin and Ricky Swallow:

Google Sketchup Attempt 1

This was my first attempt at using Google Sketchup based on the chosen drawing below.

CHOSEN DRAWING FOR SKETCHUP

"meet" is the word for above ground, and "massive" is the word for below ground

CLIENT WORKS OF ART

Patricia Piccinini: 'Bodyguard for the Golden Helmeted Honeyeater'

http://www.descendingashtray..com/wp_content/uploads/2007/04/piccinini-bosyguard-for-the-helmeted-honeyeater.jpg


creature, scare, concerned


Ricky Swallow: 'Tusk'

http://artblart.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/exhibition-ricky-swallow-the-bricoleur-at-the-ian-potter-centre-ngv-australia-melbourne/

bones, meet, fragile

Richard Goodwin: 'Waterjacket'
http://www.richard-goodwin.com/public_html/gallery/album/02_Public%02Art/02_Waterjacket/slides/Waterjacket_01.html

cylinder, curve, massive

3 IMAGES

Original Photograph of Something Beautiful:



I took this photo in 2006 on a holiday in South Africa at Chapungu Game Reserve. This female leopard was lying in the grass with her 2 cubs, heard us coming in the car, and I saw the cubs go and hide in the long grass just as we arrived to take photos. She seemed fairly relaxed until she heard one of the cubs rustled the grass as they moved around and that's when she looked alert and watched them closely as I took this photo. The cubs were very well camouflaged in the grass though so we couldn't see them.
References: The setting is Chapungu Game Reserve, and I took the photo on 5th December 2006.

Image of Great Architecture:


This is a photo of Frank Lloyd Wright's work called Fallingwater, which I studied in Visual Arts at school. It was originally built as a weekend house for the Kaufmann family, but now is looked after by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and can be visited by the public. Wright sought to integrate the sound of the falls and the dramatic shapes of the rock edges and boulders into the structure. People inside feel part the landscape due to the floor to ceiling windows, and the sounds of the falls can be heard through the house due to the carefully designed space and Wright's success in conforming with nature.

References: Last viewed this image at 5:30pm on Saturday 6th March 2010 from the website http://www.wright-house.com/frank-lloyd-wright/fallingwater-pictures/F1SW-fallingwater-in-fall.html

My Best Creative Work in the Past:

This is a photo that was going to be part of my HSC artwork in 2009. Jack (classmate) was referencing mid-1900s wrestlers and their outfits, wrestling the octopus tentacle i made that year. We parted his hair in the middle and slicked it down with gel, painted a curly moustache on his face and he dressed in leopard print leggings and an oversize black belt and boots to capture (and mock) the style of costume.

References: Oxley College, Bowral (as the setting for the photo)

Jack Monro as the subject, and I took the photograph in August 2009.