Since my last post I have moved on from experimentation with photography to a 3D based artwork as I continued to explore other ways of achieving the metaphor of a kaleidoscope. Through research, I discovered an origami kaleidoscope method which I found to relate to the idea of a perception through its continuous changing form which adapts due to the intricate folding technique it requires.
After watching various YouTube videos on origami kaleidoscopes, I particularly liked the technique of the origami firework which has the same effect as a kaleidoscope but required a lot of time and preparation of folding in order to achieve it;
I then explored this origami idea on a slightly bigger scale but found that when thinking of how to produce this piece on a bigger scale, the folds are too intricate too recreate on a larger scale to a standard that I would be happy with. In saying this, the colours are intriguing and act as a visual reminder of a kaleidoscope along with the centred star shape which mirrors outwards which is a development upon the kaleidoscope app which I originally started to experiment with. I feel that working in 3D will work better than 2D as we are used to seeing the output of a kaleidoscope as a flat 2D rotational image, therefore by transforming this into 3D, it then impacts our surroundings as well as our sight therefore further defamiliarizing what it originally was while maintaining all that the metaphor represents.
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