The above images stemmed from a desire to create something that cemented the ideas and experiments from the last 3 months work. I was interested in the relationships that could be drawn out through the different thicknesses of polystyrene and how the heavy application of plaster could contribute to this.

I found the horizontal base and vertical legs which I initially created an interesting angle and wanted to take this further. So to push this further architecurally I created taller structures to represent table legs which protruted from the thin, paper-like polystyrene. At this point, I found myself questioning the colour and texture of the whole object and treating the various parts as separate elements. I did this by plastering some of the structure to test the effects. This made progress slow and decision making too controlled.

The idea was to create a complete structure, and to fulfill this intention I decided to plaster the whole table. This process was difficult with the quick drying time of the plaster and the weight which it gradually adds. But I found that persevering with both of these things made the piece more succesful and aesthetically interesting.