Project 3: Polyhedral Structures

Phase A:
For the project, Polyhedral Structures Phrase A, I had to make a mask using at least 3 different polyhedral structures of your choice.  It took me awhile to decide on what I wanted to make.  I had a lot of different options in my mind but after awhile I decided to make a mask out of my favorite cartoon, Hello Kitty.

Materials Used: scissors, exacto knife, hot glue, bristle board, and paint.

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The Final Project:

My approach towards the mask project was to make something I was familiar with with is my favorite cartoon character, Hello Kitty.  I started with using the polyhedral, Snub Cube, I didn't make the shape it was suppose to be but I used the folds and made the face of Hello Kitty curve and come out as it did in the pictures above. Then the second polyhedral, Triangular Prism, for the ears of the cat. Next, I used the last polyhedral, Oloid, for the bow, I used two of them and stuck them together and put a circle in between them to make it look more like Hello Kitty's bow. I ended Hello Kitty's look by putting whiskers on her and cutting out holes for the eyes and nose. Last thing I did for the mask was at the typical hello kitty colors, white, black, and red, and then my mask was finished.  It wasn't a challenge reconstructed the mask, the only challenge was to pick out what my mask was going to be, but after a lot of procrastination I figured it out.

Phase B:

For the project, Polyhedral Structures Phase B, Interior Design students had to make a wall structure using polyhedrals. I found a polyhedral that i liked and went with it.

Materials Used: Bristle board, exacto knife, scissors, hot glue, paint.

The Final Project:

My approach towards the wall structure was to make something that was going to be pleasing to the eye, have color, and some sort of negative space. For the whole project I used a polyhedral that was called, Two Asymmetric Pyramid, and I used four of them.  I started making one and I decided to make a pretty design using flowers and adding negative space to it.  Just one of the polyhedrals alone took me forever, so I wasn't excited to do a lot more of them so i figured i would make two of them have designs and the other two have a plain color and then hot glue them all together. It was frustrating putting them together because the structure didn't want to stay up at some points, but I made it work.  It didn't take me much time to figure out what I was doing, unlike all the other projects I've done, but it did take me awhile to reconstruct it, but in the end I was pleased with the outcome.