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| Capital Construction - in progress. Photo by Shirin Shahidi. |
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| Inner platforms/skeletal structure of Capital Construction, in progress. |
Mobile Notes:
29/11/16
Skeletal structure of large
sessile stigma - becomes cage-like, reminiscent of bamboo structures in
Bangladesh pre-papering. On its side it becomes like a plough, a rotary blade
to churn earth. And like a waterwheel, and like an industrial wallpaper
machine.
Urge to make flat, severed top of ovary
structure. A flat top with prong/rod sticking up….its counterpart receptacle
embedded within the surface of the stigma (Large Capital). Borrowing from the
format of botanical models which open up/come apart.
Urge to make wall-based relief structures.
Parts semi-flattened through shape and colour, rather than, or as well as, the 'mosaic-ed' flat collages ….which cd then be suspended within the architectural
panels. Cut up the large Pollen Factory collage? Mount it on cdbd? Cut out the
centre turbo-turbine-triads …to reveal in 3D the 'pollen dynamite sticks'.
Captain(s) of Industry (= Stamens/Anthers). Capital Construction (ovary). Large Capital (pistil head/stigma).
Captain(s) of Industry (= Stamens/Anthers). Capital Construction (ovary). Large Capital (pistil head/stigma).
Autopsy. Deadhead. Dissect. Cut open. Sever and
splice. Klappe zu, Affe tot: downward vertical swipe followed by left to right horizontal swipe.
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| Studies for Large Capital (above top) and Capital Construction (above bottom). Gouache on paper. |
Misc. references:
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| Felt pen drawing of tulip pistil. The purple shadow becomes an additional pediment to the 'capital-like stigma' |
Drill bits for mining coal:
Architectural Capitals:
Anticlockwise from below:
- Classical order ionic capital
- Page of Egyptian Capitals from Owen Jones', The Grammar of Ornament, 1856
- Illustration by May Morris for William Morris lecture, 'Some Hints on Pattern Designing'. Image courtesy of William Morris Gallery
