CompositionAL STUDIES
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SHAPING SPACE
Rectangles
Compositional studies beginning with rectangular construction paper, cut and glued on 14 in X 17 in Bristol paper.
Triangles
Compositional studies beginning with triangular construction paper, cut and glued on 14 in X 17 in Bristol paper.
Circles
Compositional studies beginning with circular construction paper, cut and glued on 14 in X 17 in Bristol paper.
Shades
Compositional studies beginning with canary tracing paper, cut, folded, and glued on 8 in X 12 in transparent Grafix paper and photographed on a light-box.
Grid
Compositional studies beginning with rectangular construction paper, cut into five shapes and glued on 6 in X 6 in copy paper using a 45 and 65 degree modular grid.
Ikebana
Compositional studies beginning with newspaper, magazine, illustration, and other clippings, cut and glued on 14 in X 17 in Bristol paper inspired by Ikebana design principles.
ORGANIZING COLLECTIONS
An exercise aimed to turn a pile into collections using the five parameters: physical similarity, location, use, hierarchy, and theme. These collections were then used to created a series of compositional studies pulling from the various compositional principles.
A Pile of Objects
“Knolling” the Collection
Compositional study using photocopied objects cut and glued on 14 in X 17 in Bristol paper and arranged using the “knolling” design principle..
Compositional study using photocopied objects cut and glued on 11 in X 14 in Bristol paper and arranged using the “knolling” design principle..
Compositional studies beginning with photocopied objects, cut into 1 in X 3 in rectangles and glued on 14 in X 17 in Bristol paper using a column grid.
