Mondrian’s Lightbulb
Stop-motion transformation from 2D to 3D
Final piece
2D:
3D:
Link to artists research: https://portfolio.newschool.edu/jarrr199/2018/11/05/bridge-project-4-research-proposal/
The two artists I chose was Piet Mondrian and Ugo Rondinone. Piet Mondrian was a Dutch artist well-known for his abstract paintings of geometric shapes with horizontal and verticle lines called The Composition with Red Blue and Yellow. Ugo Rondinone is a Swiss contemporary artist famous for his large-scale installations like The Seven Magic Mountains. Both artists have something in common, which is the theme of their works: the use of color.
Through this project, I learned how to use new materials that I never I thought I would use. Initially, I planned to use bristol paper as a lightbulb origami. However, I wanted to use this opportunity to challenge myself by using materials I am not familiar with, which is metal. I found a thin metal sheet that is malleable enough to make an origami but also strong enough to stand by itself.
The process of making this object was quite tough. I started by creating different origami models of a lightbulb.
It was too hard to fold the metal into complex origami. Therefore, I tried to create a more straightforward origami pattern. Eventually, I decided to use the hexagonal truncated pyramid net.
I cut the metal paper using the hexagonal truncated pyramid net as a model for tracing the structure. After that, I use colored metallic foil paper sheets to create a collage and mimic Piet Mondrian’s painting and bolden the geometric shapes with a permanent black pen. I planned to use black acrylic paint. However, acrylic paint does not work on this type of metal surface.
The transformation part was also challenging. At first, I thought of poking small holes on each connecting portions of the hexagonal truncated pyramid and sew it. However, I wanted the transformation to be as smooth as possible, so I changed the technique by incorporating a similar material, which is magnets. I bought neodymium discs magnets because they are strong and small enough to attach. I used a glue gun to attach the magnets. Unfortunately, after the glue has dried, the magnets did not stay, so some magnets fell off.
Because this object is a lightbulb, I added an LED light so that it looks realistic. I used a candle LED light, which perfectly fits inside the 3D object.
Overall, I believe this is a trial and error process. I had to change my design and the way I create the lightbulb. I would give my project a C because I think that I could have done so much better if I had more time. There are huge gaps that I was not able to fix on the lightbulb because of the magnets. I really wish I found a way to fix them. Even so, I enjoyed making this object especially when I made the models because I was able to learn from my mistakes and use new materials.
These are the post-it notes list that I followed through when we had class time to work on the project
