Assignment 1
Empty Space I: Books, Paper, Scissors

Continuing with the breath motif, I did sketches of what a breath might look like, using smoke and water as inspiration. 

Following a suggestion of my professor, I looked at a study of water done by Leonardo Da Vinci

Initially I used it as a template to practice with, then did an arbitrarily designed abstraction of my own, and finally decided to attempt to combine them somehow in the final draft.

Using a printout of the study, I made small vignettes over portions of it in order to capture an interesting design to work with.

Another practice round on a similarly sized book led me to believe it would be good to run with this idea.

So finally, after hours of xeroxing, cutting, taping, and then eventually carving, the final product was finished.