Hilmes-Design
Michael Hilmes Geometric Form
This piece was inspired by previous student work on the Geometric Form project, as well as 3D art that various artists made out of toothpicks. These were in fact the chosen medium; I wanted to work with wood toothpicks proved to be the right size. The concept is essentially a new interpretation of the space lattice created at the beginning of the semester. The simple 180-arc is present, though there are clear differences due to the different media and interpretation. Originally I planned to make cubes out of the toothpicks. but they proved to have too much flexibility, so I made 3-sided pyramids instead; the triangles have much more structural rigidity, and as it turns out, I like the look of the triangles much better. I'm also very happy with the directional movement changes within the piece. As seems to be the case with my projects in this class, if I could change one thing it's that I would make it longer/bigger/more elaborate, if given the time; the piece measures roughly 9x7x5 (depending on which way you stand it up).
Michael Hilmes Geometric Form
This piece was inspired by previous student work on the Geometric Form project, as well as 3D art that various artists made out of toothpicks. These were in fact the chosen medium; I wanted to work with wood toothpicks proved to be the right size. The concept is essentially a new interpretation of the space lattice created at the beginning of the semester. The simple 180-arc is present, though there are clear differences due to the different media and interpretation. Originally I planned to make cubes out of the toothpicks. but they proved to have too much flexibility, so I made 3-sided pyramids instead; the triangles have much more structural rigidity, and as it turns out, I like the look of the triangles much better. I'm also very happy with the directional movement changes within the piece. As seems to be the case with my projects in this class, if I could change one thing it's that I would make it longer/bigger/more elaborate, if given the time; the piece measures roughly 9x7x5 (depending on which way you stand it up).