Unity Drawings

Unity Project

I don't have my original model but here are the sketches i took of it. My precedent was an infinity symbol and i tried to create one using the skewers to connect the bristol, but had trouble created a smooth figure eight without being able to cut the paper. I also needed to push behind my precedent and make something more original.

i decided to try something new, with two opposing spirals adjacent to eachother, supported by two skewers which would lift the front of the model to give a more flattering angle. I did have a lot of craft kinks to get out, making the spirals smooth and even. The skewers holding them together didn't help.

my final unity project. I tried to have the two support skewers going through the spirals the least amount possible, so it would not look as forced or messy. I made the spirals tighter and one larger than the other to show expansion and contraction. I also made the skewers going in the same direction but pushed to different extremes of the sides to give it a more continuous upward motion.

Unity Project Comparison

Mine

Katie O'Boyle

I compared mine with Katie O' Boyle's project. The precedent for my project was an infinity symbol, and her connected circles resembled a figure eight shape which is very similar. We both used full circles to capture a sense of unity, but at the same time our projects were very different. O'Boyle's was on a triangular ray with three little circles encased in three large circles between the angles, while mine were a small and larger spiral with the skewers holding the pieces of paper together. Her paper was smooth while my paper was textured due to scoring (to give it a more geometric shape and make the paper work to be more pliable with the skewers).

According to the Gestalt principals, we used very different techniques despite our outcomes being visually relatable. Our use of proximity was expressed differently--O'Boyle's project demonstrated close edge relation and combination while mine used the element of touching and overlap. Pattern-wise O'Boyle's focused on alignment, mine using continuation. Both of our projects embraced some form of similarity with our circles as a way to highlight unity.