Design 3- Assignment 2

So moving on into the next phase of design 3, we're still using the previous project's ideals i.e. the 12 series of pictures and drawings. 12 pictures, 12 drawings, and now 12 models. 

The materials were gonna be using involve that of plexi, white museum board, chipboard, wire, and no if ands or buts... Wax. We are told to chose 3, including wax, as our lowest limit. I've chosen to go with plexi, chipboard, and wax and possibly wire. Tbd. 

Anyway, we made 12 process models. PROCESS. That means ugly. And the uglier the better. It just means you're using additive and subtractive thought freely. 

So this bad boy is pretty ugly if I don't say so myself. 

Either way, the time schedule we have is around two weeks. I'm currently behind on finishing my PROCESS models but that's due to personal reasons. I have jumped ahead and finished three process models completely and finish one model entirely, so 1 out of 12 done, where most people will have a secure 12 process only done. You win some and lose some.

This is my first completed model. I plan to have my professor look at it and I definitely want to discuss color flow of the material with her. I think the wire will add and pull together the industrial look I am going for. 

Thanks for keeping up with me ! 

-Michelle C. Harter

Design 2- Project 3

So the day has come where we submit our final. The Bloomingdales armatures took route to their new vertical standings. This model consisted of plexi glass which was later cut, basswood spray painted white, museum board, and wire (optional). 

I utilized score marks solely on the plexi and some Mylar to add definition to the layers. The preparation and occupational spaces began to be visible once the basswood and museum board was added to the armature. 

Here is some process: 

The building time frame consisted of messy planning with cardboard armatures, and expensive plexi later cutting. Until we reached the building week where it all came together quite quickly.

Here is the finished product:

*The drawings were pinned up at Valencia College*

Thanks for keeping up with me!

-Michelle C. Harter

Design 1 All Wrapped Up

I walked into the Design studio, the one everyone used because it was always free, and I see all of this written on the dry erase board. Not only will it make you laugh if you study architecture but it just shows you how crazy, and particularly special we really are as designers.

To this day, I've added a note to the board, written in sharpie on a paper towel, taped to the board using my artists tape saying "please give me my T-square that you stole".

I bought a new T-square...

Any who, heres some of my ventures through design 1 class

 My very first axonometric ^

The nightly spot^

 The horrible 9x9x9 :( ^

 My first 6 series of chipboard and Axo's with line weight ^

 Basswood with music incorporation, I used repetition, interlock, and portray..^

This section was my final on a basswood, plexi glass, and museum board and got showcased at Valencia West campus, Orlando, Florida. ^

This was my axo on the same final^

This is my complete final, pretty proud ^

 I honestly don't know how this got showcased but my final iteration did, this went with my first basswood model ^

And finally this is one angle of my final project model, the museum board, basswood, and plexi glass which got showcased as well ^





I don't plan to post this sporadically or un organized but heres to catching up, and still being behind on posting the past 4-5 weeks of Design 2-summer style, haha !

Michelle C. Harter