A1 Exhibition Poster - Sculpture

Sculpture Creation

After looking at Matt Shilans work it was found that a kite, square and hexagon were the most crystal like shapes, which seemed to reflect diamonds and cut gems.

To create these shapes the nets for each had to be worked out. To create the three dimensionality of the shapes and extra side had to be included in the net design. This would fold inside the shape and be glued to create the final shape.

Through trail and error of creating different variations of the nets was it possible to create the correct design. In order for the shapes to fit together as a design the sides had to be of the same length, with the exception of the kite in which only two sides were the this length. The nets were then digitalised so that the outline of the shape could be drawn onto different types of card. 

A rough design was also created for the overall layout of all the elements. This was created so that the final sculpture would cover most of the right side of the poster allowing space for text elements in the top and bottom left areas of the design.

The nets were drawn around, onto black and metallic blue card for accuracy and the fold lines were copied on to each piece. The use of these colours reflected the the idea of finding jewels within a rock, with the black pieces representing the stone and the metallic paper representing the shiny crystals. When assembled all the pieces were glued to another piece of card in a similar way to the Illustrator pattern that had been created.   

When photographing the piece a harsh light was used to create contrast on the different faces of the shapes as well as making the metallic card shine. When capturing the photographs it was found that where the pieces had been glued there were marks left around the shapes. Using Photoshop meant that these blemishes could be removed.

The design had to be able to fold down from A1 to A4. Bearing this in mind the logo of the museum and title of the exhibition were placed in the top left hand corner, this meant that when folded this important information would be visible for visitors. The exhibition was named Raw Earth to reflect the organic origins of crystals and where they are found. Using a combination of yellow and white text contrasted well against the dark background image.The use of clean sans serif typefaces compliment the geometric forms of the sculpture design.  Futura provides an angularity that mimics the shape of crystals , whilst Arial creates a blocky solid appearance used to reflect stone.