This was the first project of the semester, and I must say that I was indeed impressed with the assignment. It dealt with equilibrium and balance through tension and compression.
The beginning stages were taking a board and some rope, and seeing how the board acted in tension and compression. My initial thought was to take on the human figure and compare the board to yoga and different balancing acts of the human figure.
This investigation went so far, and then I started looking at more complex forms such as couples yoga. This was a good investigation because it was two people relying solely on one persons balance. I saw something very important link to both regular yoga and couples yoga and that was that they both had a central core to the balance and that they both transferred the weight down and through the core in able to balance. I looked at points of tension and compression in the bodies to get to these shapes. It was quite interesting how this act was made.
After much discussing with my professor, I decided to veer away from the human figure because it was too restricting, and I could make something a lot more intricate if I were to stray from this.
I decided that trying to balance these figures in such a manner that they balanced on a balance point, stretching to achieve a center of balance. I decided to make three separate figures, which interlocked to achieve balance. The images below is the final model, which stretches the span to achieve a central balance point dispersing the weight to make the bottom, arching structure to balance. I tried to stack them high, but was unable to as it would be top heavy and topple over, so I kept it low and still had a horizontal component to balance the side weight.
In conclusion, this project is turning into a bridge, and as of right now, I am happy with the way this one turned out, but a little stumped as to know where to go from here. Take a look. 
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