As we go through our lives doing mundane things, we often disregard the intricacies of everyday objects. In the creation of machinery and systems, people don’t tend to ask about the how, why, and what. My AP investigation aims to shine a spotlight on the incredible, yet often disregarded, systems of ordinary things.

I personified these objects in my mind and imagined how they could move and morph, these changes of which would be different depending on the elements that the mechanical creations have. Factors like materials, textures, weights, colours, reflectiveness and form affect the way we perceive things in the physical world and so I translated my understanding of these properties into the abstract compositions of my art pieces. I was spending significant amounts of time analyzing how these characteristics and components intertwined to create a singular entity. With each piece having me to study these systems and creations, I grew an appreciation for the complexities that I had only shallowly understood.    I would like to encourage others to question the world around them a bit more because every creation has thought and consideration behind each of its design elements.