Polyhedral’s Phase A and B
For this project I had to use polyhedrals to create both a mask and a wall structure. None of objects that were being created could have anything other than polyhedrals.
In phase A, which was making the mask, I used half of a globe polyhedral, several parts of a dodecagon, and I also created my own polyhedral. Once I cut out the globe on Bristol board I used an ellipse template to create eye holes. I was just going to leave two holes for the eyes but then when I looked at the shape that had been taken out I decided to use the cut outs for eye lids. I was very happy with my choice because it added extra volume to the facial part of the mask. The polyhedral that I made myself was used as the headdress part of the mask. The entire mask was painted black except for the pieces of the dodecagon. I also added some gold paint to the edges of parts of the mask to add some extra emphasis to some parts. I liked this project once I started it, but in the beginning it was very hard to wrap my head around only using polyhedrals to create it.
In phase B I had to use polyhedrals to create a wall structure. I used one large cube with several different star polyhedrals on the inside of the cube. I cut out certain parts of the cube to create volume and lots of positive and negative space. The stars dangled on the inside of the cube. I made the stars dangle because with the stars dangling, lots of cool shadows were created and in an apartment building that would look unique. One side of the cube has smaller boxes popping out of it. I imagined this side of the cube to be on the bedroom side of the wall divider because it allows some light in through the negative space created yet it provides privacy. I liked this project a lot because I knew exactly what I wanted to do from the very beginning and my end product came out looking exactly how I imagined it would.
