Alina Rudnick - 3D Type Final

Here is the final version of my project. 

The concept was to represent the mind, body, and soul by using the word "self" 

Mind (cotton balls): This material was used to represent the fog/mess of thoughts that the human mind goes through. 

Body (red pipe cleaners): I decided ultimately to go with red pipe cleaners. I did this because the other materials I was considering working with might ruin the structure of the glue/letters and I didn't want that to happen. Instead of blood I sort of chose to have these cleaners represent arteries instead. This is because blood flows through arteries in order to go to the heart. It is going to the "heart" of the word and giving it life.  

Soul (string lights): I always wanted some kind of light to be present for this piece because when I think of a soul I think of a dense glowing ball of energy that powers the body, thus I wanted something to do with light/electricity. I chose string lights because they were malleable and able to fit inside the letters well. 

Here is the process in layers

Here is the first layer from last week, the mind.

Here is the second layer, the body. 

In between each of the materials I added a small stencil version of the letter to prevent clutter, as someone in class suggested. 

Here is with the final top piece, the light of the soul. This is with lights on. 

Here is the piece with the lights off.

Here is a another angle to show the layers.