Part 11 - Where do sculpture ideas come from?

In part 10 I tried applying color to the outside crescent. As usual I found that I did not like it. The large areas of color obscured the underlying pattern. I removed the color and worked on the center of the wheels. I expanded the center circles. You can see the old circles in light blue. The larger circles had two benefits. The form of the inner crescent more accurately reflects the outer crescent and the center space opened up. I stretched the spoke connector to fill this space. 

I like this direction. I like the way the center draws my eye and the outer crescents frame it.

How about you?

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Part 10 - Where do sculpture ideas come from?

The patterning in
part 9 shows promise. I don't use color often in my sculptures but sometimes I try. What pattern would these wheels create if I filled the outer crescents with color panels? Only one way to find out!

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Part 9 - Where do sculpture ideas come from?

I liked the direction the patterning was taking in part 8. I realized that the simplest form of this wheel is just 4 circles, two large and two small. The blue parts were added to complete the circles. The hollow lines represent parts I removed. Check out the animation below, complexity from simplicity.

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Part 8 - Where do sculpture ideas come from?

In part 7 the light wood spokes obscured the patterning that really interested me, the action around the outer and inner rings. In the drawing above I removed all the spokes but the two I show in blue above. The hollow lines represent the removed spokes. The resulting pattern is shown in the animation below.

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Part 7 - Where do sculpture ideas come from?

I like what is happening in part 6 but I find myself drawn to the pattern created by the rims of the wheels. What happens if I make the wheel two tone, switching the part with spokes to light wood and leaving the inner and outer rims alone?

No, I don't like what is happening here. Too much "noise" in the patterning. This needs more work. I like the rim motion, the spokes need to be dark wood or not there at all.

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