For my first Studio project, we were given a type of bird nest as a precedent. First, we simply recreated the nest, paying attention to the ways a bird would build it, and using those ideas as references. Then, we designed an original object based off of the nest.
Research on our type of nest. Mine was the common Magpie nest. Also photos of our in-progress final model with different exposures and effects in photoshop.
The re-creation of our original nest.
The first iteration of our new design.
Final designed object.