Project 1 | A Vessel for Organic Elements
ARCH 171 | Fall Semester 2018 | August 22 University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design
Limbs and Line
Image from the Rise of Modern Ikebana, New York Times
Assignment 2
DUE: Monday, August 27 at the beginning of class
exercise:
Practice paper folding techniques by completing techniques from Folding Techniques for Designers: From Sheet to Form.
Complete a single folded example from each section listed below:
- 1.1.1_X Linear Sixty-fourths
- 1.2.1 Translation
- 1.2.4 Glide Reflection
- 4.1 Basic V Pleat,
- 5.1 X-Form Spans
- 7.0 and 7.1 No-Crease One Crease
- 8.1.3 Making a Mold
- one exersise of your choice from the book
When you complete the exersise you will have 9 examples of folded paper.
-Free Downloadable version of the book is available via the UTK Library.
-The compositions are to be well crafted and care given to precision and attention to detail.
Exploration:
Based on the reviews in class, research on Contempoary Japanese Gardens and Contempoary Ikebana, be aware of your enviornment and continue to collect (5 or more) intersting limbs that express the essence of a limb by diplayig elements of the beauty of line, that created space, movement, and feelings or emotions.