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4D FINAL 

RATIONALE I chose to simply represent the 3 main things that apply to Uniplicate because the word itself is a simple term.I created contrasting and straightforward visuals to show the obvious connection between Uniplicate and the 3 sequences shown. Showing the book as Uniplicate’s past where it was once first recorded, then revealing the mollusc to define what the term was directly for. The laptop folding at the end is to represent that Uniplicate’s meaning is still the same in present day and shows that its information has transitioned from analogue to digital. My intention with the audio music was to add a whimisical atmosphere to present these sequences as a sort of educational video about Uniplicate. 

Self Reflection

Overall, like I predicted, I found 4D to be the most difficult project out of all of them. I had a rather hard time conceptualizing and deciding what would work best for Uniplicate because its such a straightforward word that cooperated with the analog projects much better due to actual folding. I know that if I have developed the concept some more the motion design could have been longer, but in the end I found creating the 3D perspective in after effects served it with some dynamic aspect. 

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4D PROCESS

 I created the clam and laptop visuals using Illustrator. Then I extruded and gave them dimension in after effects. 

The book itself was formed in after effects and was all compiled together on there. A few things didn’t go as planned like adding an extra sequence or finding more research to improve the concept due to the transition from the virus. 

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STORYBOARD

While coming up with the storyboard I wanted to simply narrate Uniplicate with a sequence of what folds from past to present

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4D MOODBOARD

https://www.pinterest.ca/sotharyc/gd-4/4d-motion/

To visualize Uniplicate in a 4D format, I found motion graphics to be the best way to display the straightforward definition.  With simple but contrasting motions it would be able to capture Uniplicate’s meaning

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FINAL CLOSEUP 

Closeup details of companion components 

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FINAL DIFFERENT ANGLES 

I left the pages still in yellow color here to show what it would look realistically in person in contrast to the final photo previously posted. 

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FINAL  

If seen in person the 3D form would be displayed laying like this to be observed.  The photo here is photoshopped so that the yellowing pages would match with the white pages 

RATIONALE

The final product was created using papers to relate to Uniplicate’s definition and history. As a word that was first recorded by Abraham Rees during the age of enlightenment it was compiled together with many terms he discovered into a encyclopedia for biology specimens. The Serif typeface was the main face used back then in relation to recording with analogue and printing on paper. Paper was also my chosen substrate because it could express the folds with ridges that could form Uniplicate’s connection to molluscs and its definition. The mollusc exteriors shown previously in my research display repetitive ridges which was what I wanted to demonstrate with these folds and their fabricated forms to resemble them.

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PROCESS

When I first started I created the template needed for the main component/Uniplicate. Since I was going to use a 610 page book, I had to calculate how many lines I maybe needed to put into each letter for the template. However, as I almost finished I realizedIi miscalculated how many pages needed to be folded for one letter so I ran out of pages before I could finish the whole word. So my only solution was to use another book to complete the last letter. Sadly the only other book I could use had white pages.  When It was complete I figured that the pages were too heavy to make the main component along with the rest into a mobile. So I would have to make them display pieces laying instead.

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SKETCH PROCESS/VISUALIZATION  Through browsing my inspiration boards on Pinterest I began to sketch out what the final 3D product may look like. I thought of making 360 mobile with the main component (the pages with Uniplicate folded in it) and additional pieces (pages folded to look like mollusc/fossils or round organic).  

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Inspiration REFERENCE

http://claramaffei.blogspot.com/

https://www.etsy.com/listing/229968955/custom-7-letter-word-folded-book-art?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=88

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Uniplicate’s 3D form is inspired by these paper folding techniques that require a series of folds. The paper, ridges and substrate can correlate to Uniplicate through its definition and history.  The ridges and form out of this technique can allude to the exterior visual of molluscs and fossils from which Uniplicate defines one fold to.

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Recreating the physical Brachiopod/organic form

http://www.sweetpaulmag.com/crafts/lovas-world-folded-bookshttp://www.sweetpaulmag.com/crafts/lovas-world-folded-books

I think recreating the brachiopod’s physical form using paper and (one fold) could result in expressing what uniplicate entails with its meaning. INSPIRATIONAL REFERENCES 

http://www.sweetpaulmag.com/crafts/lovas-world-folded-books

etsy.com/ca/listing/121358218/free-form-jaws-the-dogs-of-war-folded?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=anchored_listing

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Abraham Rees & Age of Enlightenment

During Abraham Rees’s time (1743 – 9 June 1825), was also the Age of enlightenment  (1685-1815). He was a part of the culmination of widespread knowledge of sciences and biology with his encyclopedia. Uniplicate’s history is deeply rooted into physical knowledge that came from encyclopedias and pages.

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3D ideas/methods

Diving in to thinking about 3D form for Uniplicate, I began to contemplate the best materials fold and what came back to me was paper/2d substrate  *I did not make this* reference came from https://www.etsy.com/listing/91444445/book-page-wreath-french-book-wreath?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=48%26quot;+wreath&ref=sr_gallery-1-9&organic_search_click=1&cns=1

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Writing Assignment 3 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VcmmrvUulTzh3UTTe-k3y3DVFKrQcCEg/view?usp=sharing

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2D FINAL PIECE 

Acetate book with one fold paint designs in a saddle-stitched bind with fish string.

RATIONALE  The final ended up being a book that layered the Rorscharch painting techniques on acetate. I found the technique to be the best way to represent Uniplicate because of the intricate designs that could be made with one fold. The designs from the one fold on acetate created very organic shapes and textures from the acrylic gouache used. Each paint blot looked alive being standalone on its transparent format.  

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Final inkblot designs used for the 2d book

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Bona Nova type used for the cover and 200-300 word description. Formatted the type to be on both sides of the fold equally in order to mimic the Rorscharch technique.