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For this week we had to produce a total of ten concepts in rhino. The concepts had to start as a three-dimensional object that I would need to unfold. The objective was to get a lot of practice in so rhino starts to feel more natural.  Object 1 This was the first object I unfolded and I would say it is representative of a cube.   Object 2 With this object, I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and try something more abstract.   Object 3 Again I wanted to try some abstract shape. this started to solidify the whole process.   Object 4 I wanted to try something more complex with this one. I also was thinking about the light from a lighthouse while making this specific one.   Object 5 In this one, I wanted to see how something with a square base would unfold if it had more points in its top.   Object 6 In this piece, I wanted to see how something that is quite slanted would unfold.   Object 7 With ...

For this week I’ll be doing research on a specific artist in the field of papercraft. The immediate  association, of someone who is not familiar with papercraft art, is that of simplistic and easy to do.  However, papercraft can be quite difficult and time-consuming. The end result of papercraft is an impressive and quite beautiful piece that is completely unique to its medium. I have decided to do my research on Nahoko Kojima, perhaps the most known and influential kirie artist.  The whole process for one of the most recent Kojima pieces took a whole year from concept to completion. Her research for shiro, the life-sized blue whale, took months. Kojima draws an initial  continuous drawing that then becomes what her final design, she then prints it with custom paper made for her. Kojima works traditionally by cutting all pieces by hand; she is known to alter designs as part of her process, making all her works hard to recreate in their entirety. ...