FYE PORTFOLIO- Kathryn Mullis

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TABLE OF CONTENTS1............................................BODY+MOVEMENT5.............................INTERSECTIONS+BALANCE9..........................CREATINGAWORKINGSPACE13...............ILLUMINATION+TRANSFORMATION

BODY+ AFTERSTUDYINGTHEBODY THROUGHSKETCHINGAND CHRONOPHOTOOGRAPHY,I WASDRAWNTOTHEWAY THESKIN+FATFOLDONTHE TORSOWHENBENDING. IWNATEDMYPROJECTTO EMPHASIZETHISAREATHAT WETENDTOCOVERUPBY EXAGGERATINGTHEROUND FORMSANDIRONICALLY ATTACHINGITTOTHEBODY WITHACORSET-INSPIRED BODICE. IUSEDPAPERMACHEAND WIREFRAMINGTOACHIEVE BOTHTHESTIFFBODICE AND+LIGHT“ROLLS.”CHRONOPHOTOGRAPHYSTUDY

MOVEMENT STUDYING FORM



ROLLS

INTERSECTION

+BALANCE ASTUDY INMDF

BEINGRESTRICTEDTOONLYUSINGMDFWOODALLOWEDMETOREALLYGETTOKNOW THEMATERIALANDEXPLOREITSFULLRANGEOFPOSSIBILITIES.THEMATERIALSLABUNITNOTONLYFAMILIARIZEDMYSELFWITHANASSORTMENTOFTOOLS,BUTREVEALEADTHATMATERIALEXPLORATIONANIMPORTANTPARTOFMYPROCESS.



CREATINGA AFTERESTABLISHINGTHE SITE+NEEDSOFOUR GROUP,WEDETERMINED THATOURPRIORITIES WERESHELTERAND MAINTAININGACLEAR SIGHTLINE. ASOURSPACEWAS BESIDETHECLASSROOM DOOR,WENEEDEDTO PROVIDEASENSEOF PRIVACYWHILEALSONOT INVADINGPUBLICSPACE. THEMODULEUSEDTO CONSTRUCTTHESPACE EVOLVEDFROMA DODECAHEDRON.WE TOOKINSPIRATIONFROM THETRIANGULARRAFTERS ABOVE+USEDCUTOUTS TOALLOW LIGHTTOSTILL GETIN.

WORKINGSPACE TABULARMODULES





ILLUMINATION IWANTEDTOCREATEAN IMMERSIVEAND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCEBY FILTERING+DISTORTING LIGHTTHROUGHVARIOUS MATERIALSWITHVARYING LEVELSOFOPACITY. THISPIECEUSESTHE LIGHTSOURCETHAT EVERYONEHASWITH THEM:APHONE. THESLIDINGFRAMES MECHANISM ENCOURAGES VIEWERS TOEXPLOREAND EXPERIMENTWITH DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS. ITOOKINSPIRATION FROM PAPERTHEATERS ANDPROJECTIONART INSTALLATIONS. FIRSTMODEL

+TRANSFORMATION SLIDINGMECHANISM FORFRAMES MATERIALSTUDIESAREAN IMPORTANTPARTOFMYPROCESS

PUSH+PULL DOWELS

OFFON

GLASS PHONEHOLDERONBACK ASLIGHTSOURCE+CELLOPHANE DYEDSILK = HANDMADEPAPER



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