House No. 97: House of Blues

House No. 97: House of Blues

repurposed cardstock, scraps
3.75 in. x 4 in. x 3 in.
097/365; 04/07/11

The witch houses put me in a collage mind set, and I kept scrounging through my cigar box of scrap paper.

I like the color of this house and how it is wrapped like a present.

I think the angles make a sense of order of the chaotic materials. 

  

Even though this house is three-dimensional, it is really more of a two-dimensional design study on a surface. I like the way the pattern continues over the edges of the house, pulling together each side's composition into a whole.

The 2-D/3-D conversation is one that I am having a lot these days with my two-dimensional design students. I explain to them my thoughts about designing dimensions: 3-D must work in the space of all three planes. It is about the interaction of the space. 2D is about surface, and it is very possible for something that takes up the space of depth to be working primarily in height and width.

This house is an example of this idea. It is about surface, not the interaction of a piece within its space.

House No. 9: House Husband

 

House No. 9: House Husband
printed photos mounted on repurposed chipboard

6.5 in. x 7.5 in. x 5 in.

009/365; 01/09/11

 

My own home has little to do with the structure in which I live, though I am quite fond of the old thing that is gradually being restored, but, rather, where my significant other is to be found and the life that we build together.

Home is, for me, where I can be myself, warts and all, and feel safe and protected and sheltered from the rest of the world. And there is no other place that has all of those elements for me other than the space I share with my husband.

House No. 4: The Dresden Walls

House No. 4: The Dresden Walls

repurposed paper, foil, and miscellaneous scrap on chipboard

6.5 in. x 6.5 in.

004/365; 01/04/11

Being a human magpie, I collect every shiny thing that I come across. I have organized boxes of paper, candy foils, laminated papers, the interiors of tea bag envelopes ...

For today's house, I thought that I'd break into my collection, which actually includes a few pieces of Dresden foil scrap that I didn't end up using. The metallic paper being an homage to the Dresden handicraft, I decided to make today's home in one of the styles of Saxony.

I find the most unique part of the house's collage, and what makes it look like the houses of that region, is the foiling of the half-timber that ornaments the walls.

Update 04/20/2011: Better photo.

Now with 100% more natural light.

 

Ahh. So much better.

House No. 1: Welcome Home

 

 

House No. 1: Welcome Home

repurposed paper and chip board

3 in. x 3 in. x 2 in.

001/365; 01/01/11

My first home welcomes the start of this project, the new year, and you. Happy 2011.