WEARABLE PAPER PROJECT

The objective of this project was to create a wearable design completely out of white paper. We were to do research on the body and how it moves, and use that to influence our concept. We had a month to complete this project.

I studied body movements and how the body is built in layers over a structure by using a type of pattern. The skin, organs, blood vessels, and everything else that layers on the skin were layers I wanted to explore.

I started getting drawn to water and how the body reacts to water. I found that since water adapts to its environment, it also mimics the way the body moves, but in an exagerrated way. I started testing different types of paper to see how it could move in the similar fluid motion that water moves.

Process

In the end, I decided to make tiles into coasters to be used on a desk as a coaster or paperweight so that my name consistently stays on a client or prospective client’s mind.

sketched ideas for the information, and decided not to limit myself to only architecture, since have dabbled in graphic design, interior design and the arts.

During my process, I tested multiple materials. I tried transparent vellum paper, printer paper and cardstock first. found transferring it to tape was the best option. then put the tape on the tile and sealed it so it wouldn’t peel up.

I was able to create a contact card/object that allowed for the receiver to use at their desk as a functional item, while still looking clean and simple enough for anyone to use. It reflected my love for materials, especially tiles, and the craft was clean and crisp. It gave just enough information, but not too much as to cause clutter on the design itself.

I experimented with different kinds of paper and ways to manipulate it. The art of quilling created a ripple type look in the paper. This allowed for there to be a mass to the project, but still let light and air through.

I decided that since I was pregnant at the time, I wanted it to frame the baby belly. The idea of water alongside with birth gave me the concept needed to continue. I wanted to portray the long and winding road of birth and life through the created movement of the paper.

My final product was a large eye catching wave. It starts off with a complicated beginning, full of ripples and drops of water. Then the waters calm and smooth out before crashing at the end. It was a clear representation of birth and rebirth associated with water and it’s capacity to change and cleanse.