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Thesis Book - MyWeb at WIT

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FORMAL STUDIES BASED ON SHADOWS<br />

I came up with the idea to then make an open-back assemblage, so th<strong>at</strong> I could shine a light through and abstract the objects into<br />

shapes using the shadows. Once again, I did not give aesthetic regard to how the assemblage looked, I just placed objects together.<br />

The shadows were then cast onto a wall, traced with charcoal, and given tonal qualities, to cre<strong>at</strong>e sp<strong>at</strong>ial rel<strong>at</strong>ionships. These<br />

charcoals, which are 3’ x 4’ large, were scaled down and modeled with corrug<strong>at</strong>ed cardboard into 4” thick forms. In a way, the<br />

process here was model to photograph to drawing and back to model... which then eventually led back to photograph!<br />

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