This blog is intended to be a continuously evolving archive and record of my work as part of the Rationalist Traces M.Arch unit at the University of Dundee. Hopefully over time a coherent theme will become evident in the work posted and by the end of the year this blog will serve as an artefact in itself, showing a clear narrative and iteration in my year's work (fingers crossed). -- Gregor Tait --

Tuesday 28 September 2010

Claypotts Castle Plaster Model

the cast


This is the first attempt at modelling one of the spaces from Claypotts Castle. The chosen space is a small room in one of the round towers just off the great hall. I decided to look at this particular space because of the way in which the more or less square room is contained within the round form of the tower.
the pour
Also of interest are the two windows and the door to the stairwell which are fairly evenly spaced around the circumference of the room, allowing light from different directions at different times of the day.
the final model