The essence of fluidity and form are clearly evident in the given precedents of the design. The wave of this design reflects Rococo style through its relations of its wave like structure, to that of Rococo's aquatic themes. Rococo's style of bending unnatural materials to a natural motion has also been portrayed by how the 0.5mm sheet plastic curved unnaturally, through sheer force into a slot, but giving an overall graceful curve like appearance that seems naked to the eye.
Fluidity can not be produced the same way by a machine than that of a hand can create motion in material. The way in which the design has been weaved gives the sense of long hard labour, giving the curve and form a creative edge. The arts and craft movement of the design reform period to believed in the ideal of hand craft, from which John Ruskin's thoughts were that through the use of hand man craftsmanship, the form/motion of the curve/object will be much more appreciated or recognized than that of a mass produced item by machine (Ruskin 1853). Therefore the craftsmanship of weaving wire through thick materials, adds both strength/durability and a feature to the design.
The romantic rococo curves are shown through the precedent image of the the pavilion, from which this wave like structure has been formed through straight lines that build up and over and back around again to give a crashing wave like motion from where this design upholds most of its qualities.
"The breaking wave and muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the bodys total strength in a bold balance. shall my soul so severe a curve, journeying on it's way to form"(Dag Hammerskjold). The structure of the precedents and the design portray this quite vividly. As when looking from one end of the wire and follow it along, you feel a sense of power and strength building upwards, then as it gets to its peak comes crashing back around giving a change in strength and motion as it curves around just like a wave.
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