and then...Portal Project

These are some images of the portal my group created for Suzanne's door. We had the Temple of Amon as our Historical precedent, so we incorporated it's essence by creating two large columns on either side of the door. This mimics the entrance of the temple:

source

Our words-Balance, Rhythm, Boundaries, and Proximity were imprinted into the design of our portal. The rectangular cutouts are arranged in a way to create balance without being symmetrical. They have a distinct rhythm throughout the composition, almost as if they bounce off of each other. The cutouts have large and small spaces between them, playing with proximity. Finally, those spaces between the rectangles and the black panels themselves create a boundary from the rest of the hall.

We were lucky to be very familiar with the person behind the door, Suzanne. Therefore we decided to use color as we think it suits her personality. We also thought color would look much more interesting with the light shining through the cutouts. Looking through the clear plastic at the colors underneath creates a kaleidoscope effect. Although this broke the rules, we really felt our idea would work best with it.

Circulation zone

Passageway

Three sketch models for the passageway:

Rhythm
Hierarchy
Boundaries

The Girl Without Hands Artifact

My fairy tale was called The Girl Without Hands. In short, a girl goes through many hardships only to become a queen in the end. Throughout her life, she always prays to God to help her and get her through. I felt this was the main lesson this story had. Another minor theme was that things aren't always as they appear.

When creating my artifact I wanted to incorporate both of these morals.

I decided to make a necklace because that was the only piece of jewelry this girl could wear (Her hands were cut off). Also, the main character was a girl and I wanted to make something feminine. Even though we weren't necessarily suppose to make an object for a character in our story, this pointed me in the direction of what kind of wearable artifact to make.

I imagined dark colors and red when reading the story. I assume this was because of the "dark" storyline and the association red has with the devil and blood. Therefore, I decided to use those colors in my piece.


The back of the black pendant has a silver inside. This represents the faith that is always carried around by whoever wears the necklace. You can't tell from looking at the front, it's only something the wearer knows. This is how I integrated both themes.