Week 10, Design II, Repetition Structure 2d to 3d

Concepts:  Repetition Structure, Depth

            Objectives

1.      Identifying order, structure

2.      Understanding repetition structure, grid, unit form

3.      Manipulating materials to create depth, and light /shadow in low relief

Reading Assignment
Principles of Form and Design by W. Wong.

Chapter 4, structure, pg. 59

 3-D Design, Chapter 1, pg. 237-243

( If you don't have the book, the chapters we are using are now in Blackboard in the Assignment section.)

Studies

2-D Studies: Consider a variety of grid structures first.  Experiment with different unit forms, considering how they will look individually and in combination when repeated in the grid. Make thumbnail sketches.

3-D Studies:  Experiment with different unit forms and how they can be cut and folded to create depth.  Notice that you have to leave a border around the edge of the unit form so the design holds together.

Final Project Assignment

1.      Repetition Structure 2-D

Draw a repetition structure on Bristol paper.  Create unit forms in the grid cells.  Add black and white contrast within the unit forms. 

2.      Repetition Structure 3-D

Draw the same repetition structure and unit form that you used for the 2-D problem.  Choose lines to cut and planes to fold to create depth in the unit form. Lightly score and crease the edges that fold to create a clean edge. (If you use the drawn side of the paper as the back of your design, you won't have as much clean-up to do with pencil marks.) The design should be a single sheet of paper, so plan to leave spaces between the cut shapes.  Mount the finished design on another sheet of Bristol paper, so that it covers the openings in the design. A thin layer of glue on the top of the paper will join the two papers together.

Evaluation:

1.      _____The Repetition Structure should be a measured, regular repeating grid.

2.      _____Craftsmanship should be considered. Erase pencil marks, clean smudges, cut      edges cleanly, fold without wrinkles, clean up extra glue.

3.      _____One sheet of paper will be used for the 3-d design. Glue to a white backing sheet.

4.      _____The same grid and unit form will be used in both 2-d and 3-d designs.

Document your studies and your final presentation.
Upload your studies and your final presentation to Week 10, Repetition Structure Assignment on Blackboard.
Post your final presentation to the Blog: Week 10 Repetition Study on Blackboard.

First, let's look at the Final Project, so you can see where you are going.

Examples of the Final Presentation

In this project, you will use a repetition structure and unit form. 

 The unit form will repeat in each grid space.

The problem is to transition from a flat 2-d design to a 3-d design that has depth.

In the 2-d design, black has been added to the shapes for contrast. The contrast creates a dynamic design, with an emphasis on positive and negative shapes.

This is the 3-d version of the design above. 

 The design has been folded and cut to create depth.

 Notice that a border has been left between the units as only one piece of paper is used.

Can you tell where the grid is used to place the unit form?

The 3-d designs are held together with one piece of paper. 

Notice the border around the grid and in most designs, a border is needed between the grid units.

Now let's go back to the studies that we are going to do to plan for our design.

Repetition Structure

Grids can be created with horizontal and vertical lines. They can also be more complex with repeating variations of line and shape.

Studies

2-D Studies: Consider a variety of grid structures first.  Experiment with different unit forms, considering how they will look individually and in combination when repeated in the grid.

3-D Studies: Experiment with different unit forms and how they can be cut and folded to create depth.  Notice that you have to leave a border around the edge of the unit form so the design holds together.

In this study, you can see the translation from flat 2-d unit forms

 to 3-d units that have been folded and cut to create depth.

Examples by Barbara Feisecker

Here are more ideas for studies. The dotted lines are folded, the solid lines are cut. 

To do the studies you see above, I folded a piece of copy paper in 12 units.

I added a border between units.

Why did I add a border between units? The example above shows orange lines that will be cut, blue lines that will be scored and folded. What would happen if I cut the design on the orange lines?

You might have guessed that the design without the borders would fall apart. 

Here is another version with the same unit forms, but with borders. The orange lines will be cut, the blue lines will be scored and folded.

When you have decided which unit form you want to use, lay out the grid and add your unit form.

Here is a grid layout with the X as the unit form.

In the 2-d design, you will create contrast by adding black to parts of the unit form.

Here is the same grid layout, now with cuts and fold to create depth.

Score the fold lines before you cut the other lines. This will make folding easier.

If you don't want the pencil lines to show push the folds to the back.

I have replaced the purple paper with a white paper background. From now on we are concentrating on how light affects the design.  Notice the shadows that are apparent when the background and the foreground are both white.

Light and Shadow

The light and shadow patterns change when the light changes position.

These studies are on copy paper. Use Bristol paper for your final presentation of both 2-d and 3-d designs.

Attach a blank sheet of bristol to the back of your 3-d design. Join the front sheet to the back sheet at the top of the design with a thin layer of glue.

Evaluation:

1.      _____The Repetition Structure should be a measured, regular repeating grid.

2.      _____Craftsmanship should be considered. Erase pencil marks, clean smudges, cut edges cleanly, fold without wrinkles, clean up extra glue.

3.      _____One sheet of paper will be used for the 3-d design. Glue to a white backing sheet.

4.      _____The same grid and unit form will be used in both 2-d and 3-d designs.

Document your studies and your final presentation. Try several lighting positions to show how light changes the surface and the value patterns.
Upload your studies and your final presentation to Week 10, Repetition Structure Assignment on Blackboard.
Post your Final presentation to the Blog: Week 10 Repetition Study on Blackboard.

All artwork by Tompkins Cortland students in Design II.

Studies by Kim Schrag