The Spiritual Curve

 The Spiritual Curve is a metaphor I came up with to represent the curved line found in Baroque architecture and the religious nature of the time period. The title also has meaning to me personally, as I have been on a new journey myself.
 The inspiration came from the architect Jules Mansart, who designed for King Louis XIV. Mansart designed the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versaille, and other Baroque structures. I then found a natural inspiration that in some way represented this time period. I chose a Florida coneshell. I felt this represented the curved line, visual texture, radial balance and rhythm through repetition that I was seeing In My Barouque Time Period.
 I then did realistic drawings of the shell, and small thumbnail sketches of it's parts and elements. From there I abstracted the elements and principles of design and sketched thumbnails of my abstractions.After the 2 dimensional drawings were complete, I then took these to 3 dimensions, by making small informal study models.
 Finally, through the process of hard work and editing, I came up with  a final abstract model.See it here