We've done the concrete relief model, now it's time to keep things abstract. In class we learnt to see our insects from a different point of view, and derive key words and abstractions from that new point of view. Hence, how do I see? I did some research and found interesting scientific drawings of bees from a not-so-typical perspective...
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| Bee Larva |
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| Bee's eye, zoomed in, the pattern and flattened shape gave me inspiration for my artwork. |
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| Bee undergoing metamorphosis in a hive cell. We always view it from the front (the hexagonal part) but here it is from the side. |
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| A cross section of a bee hive. It looks like an artwork in itself! |
From my research, I derived a few designs on what I think an abstract bee should look like. I did struggle because deriving something intangible from something we are so used to seeing and perceiving was something I wasn't used to. Even my designs weren't abstract-ish enough at first. Here is my design process and outcome:
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| My first abstract artwork. The squares represent the bee's colony (as I wasn't allowed to use hexagons) and the lines represent the bee's wing (anatomy) |
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| I decided to experiment with mutation (metamorphosis and anatomy) and made it into a centralized design (representing the hierarchy of bees.) I liked the concept but this composition still needed refining. |
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| Inspired by the cross section of a cell with a metamorphosing bee, I decided to make a pattern out of it. Each bee is different, representing the various stages of metamorphosis. |
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| I refined the concept of mutation, and came up with this composition. I was inspired by Salvador Dali's artworks as I like how his artwork seemed to have movement and flow... This was one of my favourite compositions, but it would be too difficult to turn into an abstract sculpture so I had to go for a composition which had more sculpture. |
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| As I was inspired by the pattern of the bee's eye, I came up with this abstract drawing. I chose the keywords Colony (represented by the squares which I had to edit to make it look more intersected), Anatomy (as it was based on the bee's eye, wings and limbs) and Scale & Detail (as I had to really zoom in on the bee to derive this interesting pattern.) This was the shortlisted concept and I did like it a lot as well. |
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| The refined version of the selected artwork I chose based on the Bee's Eye! |
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