Fastenings

Continuing with the last experiment I did in the workshop of the three shield shapes together I decided to experiment with ways of fastening some together...

To start this experiment I made three separate shapes made up of three shield shapes and experimented with ways of balancing and attaching them together...

I started by piling them on top of each other but face down, making them three layers high. I quite liked this, I think it looked quite interesting but it was a bit difficult to see where I could go with this fastening as it seemed quite limited...

I then tried doing it the other way round, by balancing them on top of each other facing upwards, this actually looked a lot better and  more interesting, it continued my floral theme quite well, but again it seemed quite limited as to what I could do with it after piling a few on top of each other...

To try and make the fastening more creative and interesting I tried fastening them together in alternate ways, so there would be one facing up with one facing down on top of it, and then one facing upwards again on top of that one, continuing for a pattern. This fit in well for the theme of repeat, however when I tried to fasten them together it was really difficult and almost impossible to get them to stay in place without moving or falling off...

Moving on from the idea of piling these shapes on top of each other I decided to see what effect it would create if I fastened them next to each other on the sides of the shapes. This turned out to be much easier to hold them together without them moving or falling off, this would then allow me to experiment further with this fastening to create a more interesting piece for my final...