Reflection: Treedling

I thought this was a little less conceptually challenging than the project of the time map because there was more freedom to be original. It was difficult to think of an idea that could have simultaneously conveyed the time map as well as bring something different to the table. I wanted to express a sense of fragility in the tree limbs because despise the time nature has withstood, a building constructed from wood would be worn much quicker than a building of cement. The contrast to the long time of nature would be the modernity of a building, which is seen by the metal wiring that gives the object its essential shape. The wiring, or short time, provides the support, whilst the tree limbs, or long time, adds the dynamic. This juxtaposition is meant to create an ironic setting that distorts what we traditionally consider nature to be, often tranquil and calm, and metal to be a material with more malleability and potential. I do agree more branches would create a more apparent message, and I would add to the project if I were to redo it.

Reflection - TIme Map

I really enjoyed this project because the result incorporated a lot of layers that I had not previously expected to be included when I first began brainstorming. The appearance of a book with two hardcover ends was a suggestion that I appreciated since it adds a formality to the piece that I believe acts as a conclusive final touch. I chose tracing paper as my structural material because the opacity and fragility of tracing paper represents an organic element that I wanted to add to the object. Photographs are suspended in the folds of the tracing paper, and their suspension with scrapbook masking tape edges are also meant to give an additional sense of rawness. If I were to remake the project however, I would definitely place greater emphasis on the mechanism of unfolding and refolding of the expanding structure, which takes away from understanding the project because it is such a distraction and effort to worry about the process that comes with viewing the object. It was intentional to subject the audience to a physicality in movement and unraveling but the involvement of this physicality was so prominent it shadowed the actual object and its content.

Time Frame Object: Time Map

Time Frame Object: Treedling