Monday, May 6, 2013

Project 7 3D

Made into 3D Model
Hands of Technology
is an assemblage sculpture made out of items that every stagehand uses daily. Technology of all kinds has become an integral part of our lives. PowerPoint slide shows are the preferred way to give presentations. A live concert is not complete without a breathtaking light show. To have all of this technology work, skilled stagehands/AV Techs are needed. Like any profession, there are tools of the trade. The sculpture is centered around a work glove. The glove has a green stripe. The significance of this is, I work as a stagehand and green is the color of all my tools. Wrapped around the glove is an RCA to 1/8in cable. This is a commonly used cable in the AV industry. Between the cable is a small flashlight. Stagehands/AV Techs often work in the dark, so a flashlight is necessary tool. Around the glove is black tape. This tape is gaffers tape. What makes this tape unique is that when placed on a floor, it does not leave any residue. This makes it an excellent tool for taping down cables. Around the glove is white tape with handwritten words. The tape is a special tape used to mark consoles and controllers. The words are those commonly found on a sound mixer. (Kick, Bass, Vox, and Gux1) Another thing written on the white tape is a date and location. (July 11 to 16 N.J.) The significance of this date is, it is my next touring event. Stagehands are often traveling and away from their families. The next time you are at an event or concert, remember that it would not be possible without the hard work of stagehands.

:Problems with making the 3D model:
One of the main problems I had with this project was trying to recreate the real Hands of Technology. The model is made up of many items that are straight black. When I first made the model, it looked like a black box. To fix this problem, I used different colors to show the construction of the model. Different shades of gray are used for the body of the glove and flashlight. Black is only used to show the cables and the gaff tape. In the original model, the labels are on white tape with black writing. In the 3D model, the writing is white. When black was used for the text, it was lost in the model. To help the text be seen, there is elevation. These are the changes that were needed to be made to make the model work in a 3D environment.     

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