Process of Design I

Design Information

1. SIze:

In the previous post, I set the possible size according to the year of Yue Fei's great event.

The possible sizes are 328cm* 228cm, 333cm*234cm, 334cm*234cm, 335cm*235cm, 335cm*236.cm

The hight of the memorial is 1103+1142=2245cm

2. Shape:

I will use Yue Fei's weapon as a reference for the monument's shape.

Yue Fei was a general in the Song Dynasty, and I have no pictures of what weapons he used. It's only from some Chinese accounts that the spear was a weapon he used.

According to The Essentials of the Military Arts, this is some spears, one of the commonly used weapons in the Song Dynasty. 

(This is a Chinese book.)

This is spears illustration from that book.

3. Colour & Material:

Those colour are from former cases.

cyan\grey\ black

I decided to use the black one that is black granite. It also reflects the respect and solemnity of the ancestors.

black granite

This kind of stone black with the red: the red expression of Yue Fei's enthusiasm for ideals.

Design Process & Making

1. Sketchbook: the preliminary idea

2. Software: Sketchup, to weigh size and make model

• I think that the memorial is too thin.

• I used Sketchup's zoom function to manually adjust the scale to see which proportions looked good.
• I identified that the height stays the same, but it will look better if they are doubled.

• Then, I tweaked the bottom rectangle to make it look different on the sides than on the front.

• Long spears of the Song Dynasty had serrated blades under the head to increase their aggressiveness. I decided to use the bottom of the memorial to make a flower bed larger than the main part, which makes it always green, quiet and peaceful.

• to colour the model in the Sketchup.

References:
James Mining. (n.d.) homepage of a company. [Online] Available from: http://www.hgspt.com/com/jiemusi/  [Accessed: 09/07/2020]

Zeng. Gongliang & Ding. Du (1043) The Essentials of the Military Arts (Wu Jing Zong Yao). [Online] Available from: https://www.shuge.org/ebook/wu-jing-zong-yao/ [Accessed: 09/07/2020]