Project 1: Haptic Space and Materiality

 

My piece is approximately 15 inches tall with a wooden dowel and foam hexagons wrapping around. Wire is used to keep the hexagons stable and attached to the dowel. There are also edges made on the dowel to make sure the hexagons are firmly attached to the dowel.  Each hexagon is covered with metallic sheets with different colors of yellow and silver. The colors follow a pattern of silver and then moving on to yellow. The sides of the hexagons as well show the opposite color of the sheets that cover the hexagons. The sizing of the hexagons range from small to large. The size increases by every one inch. The piece was inspired by my jewelry box and its three moveable oval shaped parts. The box consisted of three sides where jewelry can be placed and I wanted to recreate this concept through my piece. By doing so, I wanted to change the shape and sizing of the sides and as well add extra movable parts. This change created a more abstract feel by going more in depth with the way the object was designed and its usage. The object represented my cultural identity through its use of safekeeping. I am interested in collecting not only jewelry but objects that regain my significant movements from the past, like shells I kept when I was in Coney Island with my family. The object displays the use of space and line by the way the hexagons are lined up side by side. One can point out where the cross contouring starts and continues to the bottom of the smallest hexagon to the largest hexagonal piece. The use of spacing has been defined through the object’s spacing between each hexagon and how there is no space that the viewer can enter, which is the haptic. Planar was demonstrated by the hexagonal covers amad the