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Bridge 1_An Object of Adornment

3D Group Paper Model

 

Reflection:

Our group decided to make an adornment for ears, employing the folding and simple origami out of paper. We started with exploring a way of making connections functioning similar with chains of earrings. So we came up with the idea of making loops (as shown in Process 2 image). Furthermore, we realized that the numbers of the loops can decide the length of the earrings. By changing the numbers, we were able to create a set of asymmetrical adornments. the body of the adornments is a fan-shape origami, inspired by the pleating technique of Issey Miyake. I suggest the origami part of the work and I think it came out great with the asymmetric feature that cooperated with the numbers of loops, which I would like to employ to my later work in this bridge.

What Jewelry means to me is memories and inheritance. My parents are working on a business of jade ornaments and what they once told me is that the more people wore the jade, the better it would shine. It’s because people wearing jewelries injected personal values into the jewelry.

 

For this bridge, I want to create a multi-function jewelry that could be durable for use with materials that are not sustainable.

 

Sources (From Left to Right):

http://whimsicalkidscanvas.com/blog/painted-plastic-bottle-caps/

https://www.etsy.com/listing/77953867/eco-fashion-very-long-goth-earrings

https://marketplace.zibbet.com/honeysquilling/save-50-clearance-blue-teardrop-earrings-winter-fashion-unique-handmade-by-paper-quilling-eco-friendly-jewelry-artisan-jewelry

 

Material Collection and Experimentation

The repurposed materials I collected are drink bottle caps with three types and regular threads.

 

I experimented with piercing my materials for creating mediums of connecting between them. By piercing different places around the caps, I could experiment with different ways of threads interacting with the materials, through which I will be able to create diverse patterns with repetition of caps.

 

Recreated Paper Model

I made a paper models for an earring the plastic bottle caps can possibly be made into from layering. 

 

Yiting (Brianna) Zhang is currently enrolling in the BFA program at Parsons, declaring her major as Fashion Design. She was born in Shanghai, China in 1999, the year of which significant changes on financial development and city planning were happening in Shanghai. In this city combined with the antiquated and modern culture, she finished her middle school and first year of the high school education. Then she spent three years in New Jersey, living with her host families and finishing her high school study at Union Catholic High School that was located in Scotch Plains, NJ. Throughout the years living with her host mother who is also an artist, she has been influenced and inspired by her a lot with regard to relationship between nature and humans. Since the first time when she got to deal with the volume and stories fabrics can create and tell, she has decided to dive deeper into playing with fabrics and fashion. She is also looking towards the sustainability in the fashion industry when fashion production has become one of the biggest threats to the environment. Accordingly, she believe that fashion can be reformed in a better direction and it can make certain changes to the world. Over the past years, she have obtained diverse skills and qualities, including strong leadership, playing percussion instruments, Latin dance, and of course, skills regarding to her current major, Fashion design.

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