Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The Making of Nature: Part 1, Inspiration


Inspiration can come from so many things. In the case of Nature, it was simple. An interest in gardening combined with inspiration from natural and man-made patterns. The final key was the discovery of a manufacturing technique—slip casting. On an episode of “How It’s Made,” the show featured slip casting on a tea pot. I started imagining how this particular technique could be applied on a larger scale. I hoped this age-old technique could be pushed in it's ability to create a complex, organic form.



I jumped right into sketch visualization. I drew on inspiration from many sources in my initial sketches. After settling on a couple drawings that we were happy with, I looked toward the next steps.

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