Wednesday 7 March 2012

What I've been up to: Hobbs continuation

Processing from my initial concept of rooftop gardens I decided that I would like to make an installation piece instead of straightforward drawn Illustration.

Carr and Co. Offices, Shirley, Birmingham, 1956


2, Willow Road, Hampstead, London, 1939

Inspired by the modernist National Trust property Willow Road, situated in Hampstead, I am creating a working flower box complete with real flowers. I hope it will convey a playful concept in a sleek and sophisticated way. Its quite an ambitious undertaking but I'm heading towards completion and as yet it is going well.
Colour Scheme and Design mock up 


Cardboard Maquette

I began with creating a small maquette in cardboard. I quickly realised the main problem would be creating a base and legs that were sturdy enough to hold the bulk of the flower box. Luckily when i was at the Wimbledon Boot fair i picked up a Footstool with un screwable legs for £4.
 After i had created a box shape from MDF it was then easy to attach the legs to the base of the box with bolts.

Unpainted box without legs


Half completed Flower Box


I have a week and a day until this has to be completed so am on schedule but there is alot to do including finding flowers to sit in the box and a container for said flowers. All in all its shaping up quite satisfactorily