More cardboard and Caro

After the pictures with Ewoud I tried to use bigger sizes and to take pictures from every side. Therefore Caro turned always so that I could take a picture of the front, back and sides. The most interesting part was that it didn´t look like a person anymore, it could also be a stick with some stuff around.

Ewoud and the cardboard

My next step was to wrap the cardboard squares around a real person.
It was one of the funniest parts in this project to take this pictures. Have a look...

Inspiration Gordon Matta-Clark

This is Gordon Matta-Clark, who cuts real houses and buildings and he anspired me to cut my squares, too!





Pretty funny that he looks like my paper work!

Cardboard

Second work with cardboard and shapes. This exercise was more about finding a shape and do some more experiments. At the end I decided to do more with the square.

Paper and sticky tape

After my last work I got stuck with my ideas. It was too accidentally and without a sense. So I started with a basic work. This one was to create shapes out of paper and sticky tape. Then I took pictures with this shapes and the shadow and the most interesting result was that there is the possibility to stand one shape on another with the result that it looks like one shadow.

Shapes







2 squares in different sizes and 1 shadow

Inspiration Pilobolus Dance Theatre

Another inspiration which is related to my outcome. Pretty imazing and it shows that it is always hard to have an idea which hasn´t been there before. I had the idea to performe my outcome behind a sheet.

Experiments with pack foam

This is an experiment I have done after the proposal. The "white thing" is a cone out of pack foam which is sqeezed in circles in different sizes. I have choosen the cone shape because there is the possility to pile. It was a good exercise with some interesting and funny pictures as a result.


"Cleopatra"



An extraordinary dress



A bird

This exercise is related to the proposal and the babies/pile idea. I tried to find a shape which is able to pile and use another material than calico. In my opinion the cone shape is a good beginning, but the pack foam is too sticky and not strong enough.
Therefore I have to search for another material and do some more experiments...

Another video I accidentally found and which is pretty amazing.

Inspiration

Viktor & Rolf - Fall Winter 2010/2011 Full Fashion Show Part 1

This is the fashion show of Viktor & Rolf 10/11
I find it quite interesting how they designed clothes which you can alter. There is for example one jacket which can be altered in a dress.
This is related to my work in the way that they "pile" the clothes which could be a thought about my iceas as well.

"Babuschka"

These are some pictures which have inspired me and made me think about my further work.
The Babuschka contains another Babuschka doll within another, so they are piled in each other.
In relation to my work this may be one form I can explore my work.

Definition:
A matryoshka doll, also known as a Russian nesting doll or a babushka doll, is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside the other. The word "matryoshka" (матрёшка) is derived from the Russian female first name "Matryona" (Матрёна). The word "babuschka" is the Russian word for grandmother.

The original Babuschka











and some abstract version of it which is quite interesting

3rd workshop/light and fog

In the 3rd workshop we experimented with light, fog and different shapes.
We had to draw three different shapes on a black paper which were projected on the white wall with a strong light. While doing the fog you could see the shapes and the three colours.
















Then we had to trace the shapes, which were projected on the wall, on a paper and made them out of paper. This was the 2nd part of the workshop.




After all this work I decided to sew this shapes out of calico and stuff them. In the end I had them in 3D and wrapped them around my model.
It was a kind of exercise to have a look what is happening with shadow.