Space/Materiality: Parabolic Curve: Flower Staircase

I still remember those miserable days of studying parabolic curve in high school. Nevertheless, gladly, parabolic curve is more than mathematics, but a design, a methodology, a transformation.

Initial sketches and simple exploration:

Revising parabolic curve in a completely new artistic perspective, I found the beauty of variation hiding behind the dots and lines.

My previous experience of working in 3-dimensional models did facilitate the process of transforming 2-D drawing to 3-D space. I drew a flower with eight petals, but instead of going all the way around, I made it asymmetrical by deconstructing and reducing lines in some petals.

According to the scale on paper, I cut out eight frames of petals.

Then carefully drilled holes through the frame horizontally based on spots of dots and angles of the lines. Pushing plastic sticks generally through the holes .

A petal with a clear curve within was produced.

In order to have a sense of height and space, I took advantage of the thickness (1 inch) of wood pieces, laying them on each other on the edges, connecting them with two wood sticks going through.

Final result: Flower Staircase

Rising up:

2 thoughts on “Space/Materiality: Parabolic Curve: Flower Staircase”

  1. In this writing, you will know how to draw easy flowers drawing. If you are a nature lover, I will tell you how you can draw pencil drawings of flowers of various kinds. Art and drawing are always very entertaining activities, and when the subject is nature.

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