Sense of Touch

This week, I explored the sense of touch and how it relates to place making. At first, we were given a few objects which we had to close our eyes and feel different objects and blindly diagram the way the different textures and surfaces felt.

 

My first diagram is about the surface of the bristles of a welcome mat. through different lineweights I've expressed the sharpness and bluntness of some of the bristles.

 

 The diagram above is about the feeling of tiles; here, i tried to diagram what I felt with my hands.The thing that was most obvious to my hands was the gaps  between the tiles and the inconsistent lines on the smooth tiles.

The next diagram is about the surface of a bundle of straw. As you moved your hand over the straw some bits were curved and smooth, while other parts were spiky, sharp and unpleasant to touch. I tried to convey the two different experiences in the above diagram.

My fourth diagram is about the folding of the coconut tiles and the different depths within its surface  during the overlapping of layers.

Next, I draw a diagram conveying the texture of wire. This wire had threads wrapped around it which created  a pleated texture.

The next diagram is about the floor of the Melbourne Gaol and the different levels. The surface of the floor by the stairs have little round rubber bumps.

The final diagram is once again about the floor of the Melbourne Gaol. This diagram shows the textures of the surfaces near the trees. First off your feet feel a smooth but hard floor, then little pebbled uneven flooring and finally positive and  negative spaces.

This week my model is made of straws. I used white straw to be able to accentuate the shadowing of my model. Through my model, I tried to portray the texture of the welcome mat. I had to show the uneven leveling and the sharpness and bluntness of the bristles.