FINAL MODEL INTERIOR LIGHT EFFECTS

This post shows photos of my finished 1:20 model. The model was lasercut from 3mm cardboard. Ideally I would've liked to make the model from sheets of handmade recycled paper to get the organic look I was going for but with each sheet of paper taking a few hours to make and because I was going to need 45 sheets, it wasn't going to happen in a week! But the effect with the cardboard model is very precise which is good for mapping out where the sinks and seating were inside the stall and the laser cut out the roof detail very nicely which allowed me to test the effects of light coming through the ceiling and casting patterns on the floor. 


There were a few problems I had with the finished product aside from the time-consuming process of teaching myself how to use illustrator, producing the illustrator file, labelling each piece, and gluing all the pieces together accurately.. the problems are with the overall effect - I would've liked a more organic curving look to the whole structure and I think my process (drawing and planning in 2D and then manufacturing in 2d and building into 3d) didn't help me plan out how the finished product would look. In future I would like to learn some 3d modelling software to enable me to design the product as a 3d object, then break it down into a 2d vector image, lasercut it and re-assemble it into the 3d form. 

looking in from front entrance

rear detail

side detail showing tree-like openings

front entrance showing interior sinks for soaking paper prior to processing

detail of what surface texture would be like if market stall was made from recycled paper pulp as intended

Interior view showing how light filters through the roof and casts patterns on the floor like light filtering through a forest canopy (to reference trees and their place in the production of paper and the recycling process)

dappled light filtering onto the ground through a forest canopy - this is the effect I am going for in the interior of my stall with the detail in the roof acting like the leaves of trees above to create this effect.

interior light effects