I didn't have a plan laid out for this project. I just began cutting long strips of paper and sorting them by color. Since I had a lot of space that wasn't colored, I selected only the strips with the most color. I did like the neutral gray space, I only wish there was more color to work with in the original diptych (I would have liked to add more curls to the center, as well as longer curls on the edge. I was short colored strips and didn't want to add just plain gray strips). I made the center circles first and I chose a warmer pallet for the center as opposed to the cooler pallet for the outer edges of my project. I continued with the circle theme, and I let the project lead me in that direction. I added curly paper to the inner circles, as well as the outer edges. Closer to the bottom of the project, I went with lighter blues. As the curls move upwards, they darken in color. The repetition of the circular shapes gave my project a feeling of rhythm and pattern, as well as overall unity. I'm interested in photography, specifically macro photography. As I made this project, I though of how aspects of this project would look up close.
This was an interesting project; I've never made anything with the intent of destroying and reconstructing it. I'm glad I wasn't that attached to my diptych, which made the process of cutting it up interesting and amusing. It was also interesting to see how all the reconstructed projects turned out. We all started with something very similar, a diptych. In the end, we all ended up with something very different.
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