TRIGGER Model

With the help of wood workshop technician Joe Sallis, Pipi and I have used CAD to transform our various drawings of the TRIGGER structure into an accurate plan for our structure.

In order to work through any practical problems with the assembly of our artwork we made a scale model of the structure.  In doing so, we were able to establish the order in which we will need to install each piece of the structure, and make some decisions regarding the design.

Platforms

I am keen to differentiate elements and draw similarities, create relationships between things, vary the intensity, pace, rhythm, height, and allow certain areas to be more condensed.

I wanted to give these objects a heightened importance, and attempted to do so by placing them onto a surface other than the floor.

Thomas Sopwith's wooden geological teaching models

Thomas Sopwith was an engineer and surveyor. He used his experience of being the son of, and apprentice to a builder and cabinet maker, and produced a number of wooden geological teaching models. 

Wooden geological model (number VIII from the 4 inch set), for illustrating geological rock structures

The different types of wood represent different geological formations, highlighting the orientation of mineral veins and coal seams under the ground. The models are based on measurements of mining districts from the North of England.

http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/explore/models/geologicalmodels/