I have a new assignment for Design 3D. And it intrigues me. This
blog post describes it quite beautifully and gives some lovely examples too. The assignment is to make (yes...MAKE) a curiosity cabinet and fill it with a collection of...curiosities! I have a few ideas but none of them have stuck yet so I'm still searching for inspiration. A curiosity cabinet was something that grew in popularity during the 16th century. It was a cross between a mobile museum and almost a carnival. People had these closets of curious things...some real, some not so real, some simply strange and things the common folk had never seen before. The one pictured above is a more modern, steampunk version by
Jack and Cat Curio. I LOVE it. So, I'm trying to figure out what exactly I want to do. If you know me, you know I love little things. I can't help but collect tiny toys and trinkets. But I'm not sure how they might fit into a curiosity cabinet. It has to have a sort of flow, theme, and story to it. And the shape and form of the cabinet itself should have some sort of relating factor between it and the collection as well. So, I will continue to brainstorm...but I'm excited about this assignment.
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