DAY TWO 06.09.2016 Structural Attachment

This morning I began by finding more items and objects that inspire me for the theme.

Firstly a tripod standard lamp in my flat. The chrome material and the structure of the thin, long, crossing cylinders were aesthetically appealing to me. I photographed and sketched the item to document it.

                

Photograph Author's own.
Tripod lamp

Author's own Lamp Sketch

I then noticed the reading lamp attached to one of my shelves. I had had to use a wooden block to fix it in place. This made me note that sometimes attachments require more than two components. I sketched the objects; the shapes may influence me physically yet more abstractly the metaphor of needing a third thing (object, support, person) may inform my approach to the word 'attachment'.

Photograph Author's own.

Lamp attachment with wooden block

Author's own lamp attachment sketch 

Greenwich Library 

I then visited my local library in search of a book related to 'fractals' and the invisible structures of nature. Failing to find any book of relevance I made a general tour of the collection for potentially helpful books. I found the architecture section and decided to sketch man-made structures. These included the Lloyd's building, King's College and Riga (from imagery in Gaynor Aaltonen's 'The History of Architecture') and Trinity Square and the German Pavilion (from Owen Hopkins' 'Architecture Styles'). 

iPhone snap of image in 
'Architectural Styles' 
by Owen Hopkins- 
the German Pavilion, Spain

Sketch- the German Pavilion, Spain

iPhone snap of image in
'The History of Architecture'
by Gaynor Aaltonen-
Caryatid face, Riga, Latvia

Sketch- Caryatid face, Riga, Latvia

Research photography and presentation boards

I wanted to document more inspiring objects and buildings/ anything inspiring for the theme. I walked around my flat block and the local surroundings photographing relevant inspiration. 

Project note: Another criteria for the brief is that all designing should be done in one colour, exploring only shades, tones and variations of that one colour. With this in mind I began to build up an idea of what shades I may use. 

I created a quick presentation board of the best photographs I had taken, as well as palettes of the colours that had arisen from this photographic research.  

Photo subjects included; door hinges, window shutters, flat blocks, ventilation systems, shelving, a bicycle, a staircase and more. 

Author's own presentation board- Blues

Author's own presentation board- Oranges