The exterior of our home may rarely reflect our true self. This colorful house is an expression of personal identity. Wouldn’t our neighborhoods be more interesting places, if for instance, each house would be uniquely representational of some aspect of its inhabitants’ personality? Wouldn’t it make things more fun if you could learn something special about your neighbor just by looking at the exterior of his or her home, a true extension of their complex innner-selves?
I created “Reflection of Inner Self” to represents the inhabitant’s many layers. This house has numerous windows on various levels for the dweller to gaze out at the surrounding world from different perspectives and for outsiders to get a tiny glimpse into their neighbor’s inner being.
Below are a few process shots including one of the digital concept sketches for the sculpture. First I hand sketched various ideas for the house, different shapes and proportions. Then I sketched a wraparound design for the form which I scanned into the computer and colored in. All of this was then used by my partner Kyle Cunniff to create a 3d model of my concept.
I worked on realizing my concept into an actual 3D form with Kyle. He put together the general shape for me. I then carved away the foam to create the funky walls and roof.
I used a sheer form to do the sculpting part of this project. I carved away whole sections of the four-sided form to create four additional walls, making this an irregular octagonal form.
Once the form was ready, I fitted it with paper on all sides. That is where I hand drew my sketch from my original concept.
I numbered each section of the blue print, 16 in total. Then I chose my glass color palette according to my sketches and proceeded to hand cut all the shapes to create the glass armor for this sculpture. Even though I worked on top of my sketch, this was a free from type of project.