Intention
I wanted to take the Serenade of Water and create a physical representation of it. It's a very simple, calming song and one of my favorites from the Legend of Zelda video games.
Outcome
Approach
I wanted to do something with the waveform of the song and I figured that I should replace some of the sound waves with water waves. The waveform alone felt too stiff to accurately represent the song so I added ribbons. I chose blue for the ribbons to represent to ocean again. In the process of weaving the ribbon through, I accidentally began to bend the wire into a more circular shape. I kept it because the music itself is quite repetitive so having the waveform be circular would represent how cyclic the sound was.
Reflection
I think that I captured the aesthetics of the audio to the best of my ability with wire. I would like to have made the form smoother and more accurate to the songs actual waveform, but with the tools and skill I had I wasn't able to. I'm overall pleased with the final product, as I feel it does evoke the same calm that the song does. That being said, I would rather have the ribbons appear to be less cluttered.
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