This experiment started with a collective assemblage model making session in the form of small groups and then in a giant assembly line. All sorts of found objects were glued, taped and bound together with the goal of "just making" in mind.

Each of us picked a piece to take away and work with. I chose a piece that was rather simple; it was an electric mixer adorned with several odds and ends. The starkness of the original model seemed like it would provide for some bold shadows and less clutter, which I thought would be good for a form study.

The physical similarities of the rough model to a sundial were the first things that struck me, so I started off exploring the way sundials work. Several chipboard versions of the formal model proved the way I was exploring the original model's similarities to a sundial were uninteresting. I found nothing more than myself trying to make a sundial that had the same form as an electric mixer.

As the process continued, I started to notice not the physical form, but its shadows and how they changed over time.

I formalized the spatial relations from the rough model in the final version, which was made out of bass wood and chipboard. In the formal model, I simplified the rough forms and represented them through using a combination of positive and negative space to show the physical form of the rough model. I particularly liked the shapes of the rough model's shadows, so I turned some of the shadows into positive physical forms in the final model. The shapes of the shadows over time we used to define the original model's forms in the final model.