I was inspired by Tomas Saraceno to use paper structures to play with negative and positive space in each cabinet. Each cabinet was made to look like a mini indoor installation and I thought that if they were on a larger scale, it would be interesting for people to walk through. I started with the tear-drop cut outs and wanted to make it seem like it was growing outward from the corner of the cabinet. I also thought the cut-outs would make it more interesting to look at especially with different lightings that would create distinct shadows. The first cabinet was layered to look like a tunnel that was growing from the back of the cabinet wall, and because my cabinet is very deep, I wanted to use the shadows to show the depth of the layers. At first I wished I put the top cabinet in the center because there would be more balance when looking at the three cabinets as a whole, but after class, I think I like the idea of keeping it at the top because of the progression of using less and less paper and more negative space. I also feel like it would be too much of a focal point as the center cabinet. Lastly, the bottom cabinet was made to look like a piece of paper suspended in space. The circles were cut out to look like they were overlapping, and the addition of the long pieces hanging down were to show gravity. Overall, I had a lot of fun cutting paper, but it did take a while and I thought it ended up looking pretty cool.
I like your piece a lot. The detail of the second one was impressive, I can’t imagine how much time and patience you took to carve it out. I personally don’t think you need to rearrange their orders. Although the top piece is solid compare to the other two, I look at it as an entrance to the bottom two pieces because it has two holes.
I think the detail and precision in the paper are very effective at creating an energetic piece. When I look at this piece, I imagine all of the frames as either floating or flying. I really like the arrangement of the piece.