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Laura Boggans

BA [Hons] 3D Design Modelmaking + Digital Art

I have completed a 4-year degree in 3D Design, Modelmaking & Digital Art in IADT. Throughout my final year projects I specialized in set design & architectural Modelling. Over the past four years, I have acquired a broad range of skills such as Drawing, Illustration, Stage & Screen, Set Design, Digital Art, AutoCAD, Modelmaking, Model Fabrication, Technical Drawing & Sculpting. I have taken part in many amazing projects such as being exhibited in ‘The Tide is Turning: Waste Prevention exhibition’ in DLR Lexicon Library (May 2019) and previously chosen to exhibit a paperwork sculpture displayed on the main stage of the Dublin Book Festival 2017.

This is my final result after photographing my model and completing the final photoshopped image to best represent the original painting by Edward Hopper, 'Sunlight in a Cafeteria' from 1958.

An outdoor shot of the main back building piece and smaller, tester building from a street view. Both building pieces are not connected to the base and are completely movable & stand alone pieces. I created two buildings to have the opportunity to move my set around and play with different angles.

Café front shot of my own original design. This front of the café is obscured in the original painting so I added my own touch to it, matching it to this era of time. I also added the lamp posts to create a more realistic street view.

Alternative view from inside the cafeteria, where we get a better look at the natural lighting distinctly coming in through the window and the overall café scene itself.

Another alternative view of the obscured café front of my own, original design. I also included a 5c coin here to help with the comparison of size. This view shows off the cafes entrance and large window.

The café view from a different angle looking down on the scene. This image focusses on the details of the café, and street outside leading up to the buildings in the background. It shows the intentionally manipulated paint on the walls and the single chair that was photoshopped into each place.

This is my final photographed image before any photoshopping was added. If I had access to the college facilities and the chance to re-cut a few pieces I would have made the window larger to meet the ceiling, and stretched the windows in the back building to make them taller.

This is the original painting by Edward Hopper, 'Sunlight in a Cafeteria' from 1958 which inspired the creation of my final model. My model represents Edward Hopper’s use of light and shadow as the base for my design, replicating his painting as much as possible.

Architectural Model Inspired by Edward Hopper

I created an Architectural model set replicating a painting by Edward Hopper, 'Sunlight in a Cafeteria' from 1958. My model conveys a set for stage and screen which portrays Edward Hopper’s use of light and shadow as the base for my design. The set depicts a café scene which overlooks a street lined with large American styled Georgian buildings. The main focal points of the painting include the large window overlooking the street, the café tables and the revolving door which I have included in my model.

Internal and External Architectural Features of the GPO Since the Aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising

This thesis seeks to portray a critical, architectural analysis of the space throughout both the exterior facades and interior refurbishments of the GPO and how space is constructed over the years. It aims to explore how historical features embody a space and how these historical memories are created into symbolic spaces of commemoration. This thesis delves deeper into the idea of the GPO
representing a monument of both nationalism and repression, allowing both Irish and English citizens to feel multiple emotions towards this building, this period of time and this historical rebellion.

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