1th October 2018

JFFA/ wear it

I had always considered myself to be bad at making crafts or any 3D objects, but after today's class I feel like I have seen my ability and potential related to this area for the first time.

In the morning the class were brainstorming the given words 'support', 'suspend' and 'surround' for our project, and apart from my own connections to the words I got to hear about other peoples', which was very interesting and inspiring, helping me think outside the box and come up with new ideas. Then we worked individually on our sketchbooks to develop our ideas on the three words. I drew some random images that came up to my mind as I looked at the words, and it was not until I saw my classmates drawing their design than I had realized that I had being doing the wrong thing. However, looking back now, those random drawings weren't completely useless as they did lead me to my final work-- a necklace that looks like two hands and arms hugging you from behind.

While brainstorming with 'surround' on my sketchbook, the words that came to my mind were 'embrace',' touch','hug, and 'love', so I came up with the idea of making a wire necklace that looks like two hands and arms hugging you from behind. I traced my hands on my sketchbook in order to bend the wire into the shape of them. I put the wire on a mannequin while bending it in order to measure the length. Even though my idea was simple, it still took me quite long because the wire was soft so the shape of it changed too easily when touched, so I used tape to firm its shape.

I photographed several people wearing it on different bodies part and in different gestures to experiment. I decided to make my model wear black and photograph her in front of black background to make the silver wire pop up from the image. I turned off the yellow lights in the studio and shot with only natural lights by the window. After several shots I had this idea of photographing my model with a black mannequin because I though it would help convey my concept. I made my model hug the black mannequin and placed the necklace in different ways.

Through the project I have discovered my ability to create something in 3D form and direct a photoshoot to convey my concept, which is something I had been wanting to do but never knew I am actually able to. I also found that I enjoyed the photography aspect more than the process of designing the object.

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