Solids, Planes, Lines Sculpture
The first concept I’m going to analyze is the corner-to-face connection of the smallest plain to the central cube of the sculpture. It’s a small connection point of the highest corner of the cube (from the contact surface) to the underside of a small square plain. The axis of the connected plain almost runs parallel to the axis of the cube. This connection points serves as an anchor to two exterior spaces located on opposite sides of the block. The small size of the square plane creates a stronger sense of hierarchy to the whole sculpture.
The next concept addressed is the lightly-present interior space created by the plane-leg and two other line-legs that create a teepee feeling allowing a sense of interior space. The size and overhang of the cube improves the sense of interior space by suggesting roof-type boundary to the space. The greatest suggestion of interior space is the plane acting as a leg to the tripoidal sculpture. Although there is a square hole in the plane the teepee like interior space leads your eye to ignore the hole filling it in your imagination. Another design element that helps the eye to assume this interior sense is the very similar angle that the line-legs are running off the cube. This similarity helps to imagine a wall fitting in-between them.
The plane-leg of the tripoidal sculpture is resting diagonally against a neighboring corner of the smaller square plane. At the top of the plain on the right corner there is a rectangular notch in the plain. The notch allows the viewer to see the convergence point of the smallest plain and the cube as well as the convergence point of the plane-leg and the cube. This adds an interesting perspective to the sculpture.
On the out-side of the smallest plane there is space between the plane and the cube that is acute where two separate faces converge. The narrow angle and simple face-intersecting-face corner create a feeling of being outside of the space, thus a sense of exterior space is created.
The description of the sculpture is as follows:
The overall shape of the sculpture is a tripoidal structure with a four-inch by four-inch cube that is suspended by two line-type legs and a plane-type leg. The cube is suspended at a moderately pitched angle to the contact surface. At the highest (from the contact surface) corner of the cube is a corner-to-face connection that connects a square plane measuring approximately two-by-two inches. The axis of the small plane is at a similar diagonal angle as the cube. Imaging the axes of the small plane and cube you can see that they are near parallel. The plane-wall of the sculpture is approximately nine-inches by four-inches with a three-inch-squared hole that is centered between the sides and approximately three-quarter-inches from the bottom of the plane. At the top of the plane at the right corner is an approximately one-and-a-half-inch by three-quarter-inch notch that’s one-inch from the top of the plane and allows the viewer to see the connection points of the plane-leg face to the corner of the cube; As well as the connection point of the smallest plane and the cube. This view creates a new and interesting addition to the sculpture. The two line-legs protrude from adjacent sides of the cube at a similar angle. The thinner of the two legs is square featuring quarter-inch wide faces. The second leg is square featuring one-half-inch faces. The exterior half of the leg is composed of two separate quarter-inch lines that extend at different lengths from the cube.
