Manuel Baez
The Light Keeper is a permanent ceiling installation for the Centre for Aboriginal Culture and Education (CACE) at Carleton University. The ceiling installation is envisioned as an interconnected, woven assembly and support structure made of bands of Baltic birch plywood with coloured wire-mesh highlights. It was generated from the inherent properties of the materials used, such as the pliable properties of the thin bands (one size unit) and their possible shapes, structures and interweaving combinations. The Ceremonial Space ceiling design is based on the four cardinal directions of the Sacred Circle, their corresponding elements, and their associated colours. One sculpted unit will be exhibited with photos of the overall installation.
One detail unit will be displayed and those are the dimensions
indicated.
The ceiling design was generated from the inherent properties of
the materials used with no pre-conceived designs or drawings other
than what emerged out of the haptic exploratory process. After
exploring the pliable properties of the thin plywood bands and
their possible shapes, structures and interweaving combinations,
specific configurations and dimensions extracted from this process
led the overall design. The wire-mesh was folded similar to an
origami Miura pattern and its inherent pliability was shaped
according to design related themes with added colours. The most
extensive shaping of the folded mesh was done in the centre area
that glows brightly when lit.
Details of units making up the overall installation composition.
The yellow circular unit on the left will be displayed and its
dimensions are the ones indicated.
The design was generated from the inherent properties of the
materials used with no pre-conceived designs or drawings other
than what emerged out of the haptic exploratory process. After
exploring the pliable properties of the thin plywood bands and
their possible shapes, structures and interweaving combinations,
specific configurations and dimensions extracted from this process
led the overall design. The wire-mesh was folded similar to an
origami Miura pattern and its inherent pliability was shaped as
indicated.