In the Serial Planes project, we had to complete two phases. The first phase was to transform a book into art. The goal was to make the book into an appealing 3D form. The second phase was similar, but instead of using a book to make a 3D shape, we used white foam board. With the second project, you had to make the outcome be 12”x12”x12”, which I believe was one of the hardest parts about this project. These two phases were similar because you had to make a simple object into a completely different creation.
To get my idea for the book project, I had 2 books that I was playing around with to see what I could do to make the most interesting look. The two most popular ways to change the book was to fold the pages or cut them. I used a folding method to make the paper look springy then glued it down in the book that was cut into. Even though this project was very repetitive, I enjoyed this project because the outcome was an abstract looking form.
The foam board project I had a little harder time coming up with an idea. At first I just played around with cutting the board to see how it came out but wasn’t too sure of how I would create this project meeting the necessary measurements. So I was just searching on Google when I came across a model of a structural design it seemed. It looked like it was going to be large and it really caught my attention, so I did something similar to it. I really liked the outcome because I thought every angle you looked at was attention grabbing and different.
In both phases, I learned that every angle of a project could be unique and different. I also saw that art could be made out of any material. For phase one of this project, I thought the most difficult part of my project was using a hardcover book. A soft cover would have been easier to make something out of it, but I used to hardcover to my advantage and think I did a decent job. For phase two of this project, one difficult task was meeting all of the height, width, and length requirements. Another complicated part of my project was when making the foam board thinner as the height increased. It was hard to make sure the foam didn’t crease and bend. But I really liked both phases of this project. For both, you could either make them completely different or challenge yourself to make them look alike.
