These are the first designs I have for my 3D modeling project. The thought behind it is that the cube represents the human made, industrial, non-natural world. In a capitalist society, humans are very good at producing mass amounts of goods. But the side effect of this is that the means of production are normally not good for the environment and it produces a lot of waste. This also means that the earths natural resources are being used quickly and not being used efficiently.
Much of what humans do negatively effects the environment. If mother nature could fight back against humans destructiveness, I imagine it would be by covering and slowly destroying what humans have made. So the tree like object is squeezing and covering the cube.
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Continued: The purpose of the project is to show how plants should fight back against the industrial world. I wanted to show the plant as in control of its situation which is why I made the plant grab onto the cube and the base. I wanted the tree to have a slightly dark feeling as if it is angry at the cement block so I made the texture of the tree a dark, slightly creepy bark. I also made the tree limbs grow like vines so that the cement block looks as if it is being strangled by the tree. I also made the block out of cement because trees are able to tear up sidewalks, which I believe gives hope to the plants that they may take over the earth again.
The images below are the 3D models of the project made with Cinema 4D.
I then used the 3D model and turned it into a real life object.
Francis Brogan 