When thinking about set I became fascinated with the idea of jigsaw puzzles. I like the way in which all the pieces are unique and I linked this back to today’s society and how everyone is unique yet we have the stereotypes forced upon us to be the same.
I became intrigued with how to use these jigsaw pieces. One idea was each piece represented different parts of society and discussing how I don’t fit into them. Another was what happens when certain pieces don’t fit and others do. Is there a reason behind pieces not fitting?
For this reason I thought it would be interesting for both performance puposes and script purposes to have three pieces that didn’t fit and six that did. The shape I chose to make out of the pieces that would fit was a tiered system which could also incoporate progression in some form.
In order to create these wooden jigsaw pieces that were 13 x 13 inches in size. I used MDF wood and drew out the patters before they were cut. I sanded them down and then left them blank so I could play around with them before doing anything else with them.
USING THE PIECES
I spent some time laying the pieces down in my room. I began to explore different ways I could build things out of them or use them for travel. A method I found interesting was using them as stepping stones to pass from one place to another.
Another method was to only be allowed to stand on the pieces and I had to build the jigsaw without stepping off. The concept was interesting because I would never be able to complete it as there were three pieces that didn’t fit and the jigsaw was not flat sided on the edges meaning it continued. This experimentation I found to be useful during my creative process.
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