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Read pages 262 -270 in Launching the Imagination. 

PROJECT 3  

3D FORM: Wearables/Space/interactions

MATERIALS/TOOLS: Cardboard, utility knife, hot glue gun, paper tape, ruler, and scissors.

PROCEDURE:  The primary objective of this project is to design and construct a wearable sculpture. Your wearable should cover at least 75% of your body and be as light as possible. When worn your piece should not only have a profound prescience but it should attempt to transform the space that it occupies.  Build at least TWO models in poster board or paper to help determine construction, scale and wear-ability.  The models should represent two separate ideas. One model will be chosen for translation into cardboard.

CONSIDERATIONS:  The project addresses the relationship of form and function, the physical potential and limits of materials, the interaction of form, space and the effects of scale in relationship to the body.  The translation of models to a larger scale may produce unexpected technical problems and/or visual shortcomings.  Try to convey the physicality of a form that is life-size.  The integration of physical concerns with visual concerns is critical.  Don’t consider this project jewelry or a costume. Think of it more as wearable sculpture. Think of the piece as a transceiver, both transmitting and receiving a message when worn. In any case, DO NOT WASTE CARDBOARD.  Just because it is big doesn’t mean it is good.

IMPORTANT: Students should try to work inside the 3D classroom if possible.  If working in the hallway, pedestrian passage must be respected at all times.  Cleanup and organization of tools and materials are critical since the hallway is a main thoroughfare in the Fine Arts building.  These projects will be graded by the following class period.  Students are expected to recycle or remove them no later than the class.  All projects should be documented during class but you should take at least two photos in an alternative setting.  

Plan accordingly.  Be neat with construction will help play an important role in determining your grade.

STEP ONE:  Find your materials and tools.  Make models and plan accordingly.

STEP TWO:  Process your material.  What kind of texture can you create with cardboard? How far will it bend? Is it stronger in one direction and not the other?

STEP THREE: Find a model or a mirror.  Test fit your parts before you finalize

STEP FOUR: Execute.

STEP FIVE: Record findings/research on your blog. Find research material IE: artists, doodles etc.  Research! Research! Research!