this week’s research led me to sketch precedents in terra cotta design. I searched well known projects such as those by Sullivan but also some more obscure pieces found in New York. So some sketches are copies of forms I found inspiring and the unlabeled sketches are my current ideas.

I’m thinking of biomimicry in making terra cotta function in unconventional ways. For example this sketch is about the shape of an ear. Which was designed to capture sound but it’s worth wondering if that sort of shape can be used to capture other elements as well.

older ideas from this week involving harem screens and moss on tiles.

older sketches of LMN’s module design ideas as well as other forms I found inspiring.

A study of Sullivan’s use of terra cotta on the Guaranty building in Buffalo.