Studio Week 2

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Santiago has a clear, recurring design motif in everything he creates. He enjoys creating these cantilevers all over his models and buildings and doesn't mind using a bit of wire to help keep it structurally sound. He also seems to love the sharp edged curves, which could be described as scales or claws. 

The first paper structure I created was a take on the Alimillo Bridge in Seville, Spain. I just tried to capture the basic shape of it, because that is what drew me to it in the first place.

The second paper sculpture was based on the motifs from all of Calatrava's work. I crumpled it to create the spine as we saw in the videos from Laurence King. I then made curved spines reaching out from the central spine all along each side. At the "back" I modelled a slanting wall on each side which makes the whole sculpture look like it's curving from a solid cantilever into the point at the front.