Wednesday, September 26, 2018






My idea for this Spatial Tape Drawing was a sort of descending set of half-rings forming a caged space behind it against the corner of the wall.  This structure resembles several things at once, such as a simplified human rib cage, a set of not-so-ergonomic shelves, sound waves, or supporting hoops in the skirt portion of an overcomplicated dress. Each ring was created by taking a piece of tape and folding/winding it over itself, at such an angle that they formed slight curves, with moderate stiffness compared to an unaltered piece of tape. This folding also creates an alternating triangle pattern in the rings.   There are seven rings in total, the first being the smallest and curving into the wall rather than out from it, and the rest being all curving outward, successively larger and more or less equally spaced.  Ideally, the tape rings would have been totally stiff and ledge-like, but instead they sag a little and lose something of their curve, some worse than others.