As I have decided that repeating waves will be the inspiration for my final paper sculpture I wanted to experiment with different ways of expressing the wave form in paper. I looked at new ways of interpreting the wave form and also expanded on previous models i had already made.
To create this sculpture I cut strips out of an A4 sheet and then twisted it round so two corners met. I used glue to secure the paper and keep it in shape. I really like the final outcome and think the lines it creates express the form of a wave well. I really enjoyed photographing this piece as it worked well with the light creating interesting shodows.
I then expanded on this idea by using the same method but instead of cutting strips out of the paper i simply made slits in it. I also joined the two corners slightly differently so that they twisted round each other. This gave the sculpture much more of a natural curve and you could see the lines twisting.
I then expanded on one of my original ideas in which i used strips to create loops and then twisted this around to form a circular sculpture. This time i used adhesive to keep the piece together and found it worked much better. I started by using a triangular piece of paper and creating bigger loops at the wider end gradually going down in size. I really like how this change in size works in the final outcome and how the
loops flow round so naturally.
I then expanded on the original idea of this again. I used the same size triangular piece of paper but instead of cutting the strips across it i cut the strips downwards from the thin end to the wide end. When the strips were pulled round into loops they had room to fan across the page and created what looked like a wave.
Although this is only a simple method I quite like the final outcome.
I then screwed up all my off cuts and found that they created quite an interesting shape. The strips tangled together and looked like a rough a sea with the waves over lapping and weaving together.
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