Nicole Crock’s photo and installation series, Tessellate, updates vintage looks into something completely modern and really captivating. She describes her process and inspiration on her website saying 'Tessellate is an ongoing project that uses vintage photographs of people and their homes found in thrift stores and antique malls. These left-behind images are disconnected from their origins but retain the vague ache of unknowable history as they are transformed into abstract, nostalgic tessellations. With each instalment of the project the images and sculptures morph and multiply.' I love the 3D installation aspect, but the flat images have a really strong dimensionality as well. They are crisp and clean, without sacrificing depth or meaning. That’s a difficult balance to strike so I am impressed by that.
I printed out my best images and then created kaleidoscope patterns with it. Even though I already liked how my kaleidoscope patterns turned out because of the different textures and colour. I used the kaleidoscope patterns to guide me where to fold and create paper sculptures. I created a selection a responses using the kaleidoscope effect with a range of my images that were taken in different locations with a different environment because the range of colours and textures would be different to see the patterns that are created. I found that even taking kaleidoscope images of my responses worked really well.
For this experiment I printed out my best images and then created kaleidoscope patterns with it. Even though I already liked how my kaleidoscope patterns turned out because of the different textures and colour. I used the kaleidoscope patterns to guide me where to fold and create paper sculptures. I repeated these steps with more than one image, experimenting with which one turns out better but I realised that they all worked well especially if I bring them together to create an even bigger sculpture.
I used the images that were taken outdoors that involved using a mirror to reflect the opposite scenery. I used a kaleidoscope app for the chosen pictures so that it automatically creates a similar shape to Nicole Crock’s work and to make it easier to accurately fold the lines required. I wanted to do my folding different to Crock’s work and make them all different so that more volume could be created. I tried taking pictures from different angles so that the 3D sculpture created can be seen and another different aspect I have chosen to do is to make the images look vibrant and sharp rather than vintage. My work reminded me of Nicole Crook and Frank Gehry because of how unique the shapes came out and the imbalance between them.