This weeks in class exercise involved testing different surface treatments on the 1.20 scaled model of the staircase that leads into the apartment. The staircase is an important part to construct with detail as is the first space a person enters into and sets the tone for what the space of the apartment consists of. My first lot of surface treatment I experimented by cutting out a painting I perviously did which is inspired by Dale Frank, and placing them on each step on the first flight of stairs. I then cut out sections of mirrored paper on placed it on the vertical part of the step, which reflects the pattern of the painting creating an almost illusion look as you walk up the staircase. I thought I would also test this surface with another painting with different colours that Dale Frank also uses to see how the colours would contrast with each other and what different moods they would enhance for the person entering. After testing the blue and yellow colours together (below) I liked the look of these two colours together with the yellow and reds but on different flights of stairs as it creates the idea of not knowing what to expect inside.
I also tried other surface tests with the windows which are located at the very top of the staircase that leads to the rooftop garden. I used the same painting technique as Dale Franks again but this time I tried it on perspex as an acting glass window for the model. The idea around this was to create the painted glass which shines colour down on to the stair case when the natural light shines through. I tested this with again with similar colours that Dale Frank uses, and thought this idea related well to his paintings as his art work is all about movement and the colour shining down would be as though the guests of the apartment would be moving through the patterns and colours as they are walking up to the apartment. I noticed how when the natural light shines through these windows the colour completely changes for example the soft reds and yellows convert into bold and fiery colours as well with the blues, which I though was interesting and would be a cool feature to have in the stairwell.
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