p1: design with wire

manipulation of wire project.

i chose ivy as my natural form to tell a story with and expose character traits that one may not necessarily perceive this enduring plant to have. i concentrated on the climbing element of ivy and will later experiment with lighting and hanging it in a way to create the effect of tendrils 'growing' through space, literally or using shadow (such as cornelia parker).

initially the ivy was suspended in space. i did a few variations in scale and technique, the best of which resulted from using one single piece of wire, approximately three or four meters, in a continuous manner, keeping it fragile and controllable but sturdy. i knocked a few nails into the wall so it could play the game it does best.











i found jessica's one of the most effective and the most enchanting; abstracting the tiny bulbs of her mystery plant on a grander scale, (i'm still not sure that it is rubber,) she created chaotic balls of wound wire, some containing descriptive words. these were suspended on a grid structure at varying levels that mimiced their allignment on the plant. depending on how close to it you are you either see them suspended on thin copper wire, or just free in space.





yay.