Week 1

In the first week of the course I presented my holiday research in the form of three-dimensional work. For example, the shape of the Tower of Babel was expressed in folds or further transformed according to the costumes of ancient people. In the process, I discovered some of my more obvious problems.

Firstly, the material I brought with me was too homogeneous, only white embroidered cloth. This severely limited my three-dimensional work and deprived me of many opportunities for development. Secondly, I felt that I did not do my best to work on the diorama this time. This is because I don’t think I connected research and three-dimensional work very well. Finally, I need to be more quantitative and my output of stereoscopic development is too small to allow me to expand my costume better in the next work. To sum up these shortcomings, I have a lot of work to do in the future, and I will also be developing other aspects of my skills.For this three-dimensional work I used Flipper, a symmetrical piece of software, which also gave me some ease in the construction of the garment.

In the meantime, I have found that I have improved on some level. I have become more competent in the craft of pleating, as I can carry out complex work in an organised manner. Secondly, I tried for the first time to make feathers out of paper and turned them into one of the important elements in three-dimensional work. This represents a gradual move away from my fixed perceptions to experiment with something different, which is a good thing for me.