Rike 3D

I am currently a Visual Communication and Design major here at UD. Basically, all my classes except English and Religion are 3 hour long art classes. I do a ton of art every week. Well, I guess I should say I work on a ton of art each week in order to get better and learn/hone new skills. Ideally I want to be an Interior Designer when I grow old, but that’s beside the point.
I spend each class and most of my free time in the Rike building. It is where I do my projects and talk to people about their work. For being such a grossly small and windowless building, Rike has a lot to offer. There are always exhibits there (right now Peter Losch’s Throughout the Years) as well as student work displayed around the hallways and classrooms. Everyone should take a look around if they have the chance. When I get bored of too much work, I tend to creep around the other studios to find inspiration to keep going.
In my 3D Design class, I am making a 18 in. model of a tape dispenser. Originally, the project was made for a cylindrical object (i.e. a lamp). Instead, I chose a non-cylindrical object and it has been nothing but torture. Firstly, we had to make a 180-degree model of our object. It is impossible to take 180 degrees of a tape dispenser. It is flat! Instead I just made a mini 360 model. Between all of the measuring and cardboard cutting I do, it is ridiculous how the work never seems to end. So far, I have made one ½ scale model of my object, and have a week to finish my full scale one. Then after the full scale, we are moving to 1½ scale. I don’t know how many more Xacto cuts I can make! The arts are beyond frustrating. It is all work… hopefully for a good outcome… right?
The beauty of art is that you love it. I find it ironic that in a way I don’t fully enjoy being in an art school program. Maybe it is because I find what we’re doing tedious and models and grids aren’t my style. I’ve always been more of an organic drawer. I love nothing more than the simplicity of a nice doodle. Hopefully, one day all my Xacto cuts and doodles will bring me to what I love.