BEADING Beading is a technic of attaching beads to one another by stringing them with a needle and thread or sewing them to cloth. It could be used as a decoration on my garment. Pleats A pleat is a type of fold formed by doubling or folding fabric. Pleats have their advantage that is easy to […]
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MOODBOARD For my collage, I used elements from the 1940s poster in Shanghai, combined with the cosmos and futuristic background. GARMENTS I picked 3 garments from beacon’s closet, I decided to use the Qipao as the base, cotton coat as sleevesand fur hat as collar. FINAL SKETCH For the sketch, I also did a collage […]
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Theme: Sense of Self Cotton clouds I closed the window Blocking the whole universe outside The room is too quiet Too quiet that I could hear my blood flowing inside my vessels Too quiet that I could hear my blinks I dive into my bed Buried my face with soft, soft pillows I am soaking […]
Ongoing Bibliography
Community https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/no-pants-subway-ride-2020 Sense of Self How self-esteem benefits international college students Social Media https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/wuhan-turns-social-media-vent-anger-coronavirus-response-200203085324619.html
Modular Space
The modular communal space that we created for this project is inspired by the fishing culture. We made a Muti-used fishing chair for two. The fishing chair is in a rectangular box shape made out of wood. Under the seats, it is a storage space to contain the fishing buckets and gears. The board between […]
The “LOVE” sculpture description
The “LOVE” sculpture is a pop art piece made by Robert Indiana. It was made in 1970, now locating on West 55th, 6th Ave in NYC. The sculpture composed with the letter “L” and “O” on top, letter “V” and “E” on the bottom. The “O” is slightly tilted to the right. The letters are […]
Subculture Wearable Object
The wearable object that I made is based on the Foodie subculture. In my Venn circle, I included “Fashion” and “Foodie” so I wanted to make a wearable piece for people like me who love to eat snakes while laying on the couch. I thought about how to make a piece that could be actually […]
memory and counter-memory
The finished monuments present a political right of that specific time period The starting point of the transformation was the Wars and the political change during the 20 century. A counter monument is a new form of memorial. The artist tends to restore the event rather than making it into a public art. The public […]
My job in the group was building the props. I participated in painting the window background, the curtain, and the clothing. We made the window view and the door painted on canvas, try to mimic the painting as close as possible. For the curtain, we want to make it more 3 dimensional and pops out […]