Visual research_ week two

Continuing my visual research, I have started to develop my ideas, working with different materials in a 3D way.  A book called collapsibles gave me some ideas for different mechanisms and ways to manipulate materials so I have have been experimenting with folding, pleating and curling. Following another group tutorial I have also begun to consider what kind of materials and colours to use in order to reflect my visual research. Below is a maquette for a fabric that could form different shapes.

I used a fine mesh and geometric shapes to achieve the contrast in density and materiality I found In my visual research. The look is rough but I think the idea has potential to keep exploring.

These are a development on the flexible/ folded fabric, I wanted to create something with greater rigidity. I imagine many more of them joined together to create a shell-like structure.

(magnetic curtain_ Florian Krautli)

The above image is work by Swiss designer Florian Krautli, he has created a flexible curtain that can be manipulated using the magnets embedded within it. I love the way it is interactive and can be adapted to meet the users needs. I would like to incorporate this idea into my own work, potentially using a similar technique with knit.



I started out working with quite a variety of colours taken from my inspirations but now need to define a colour palette to use for the rest of the project. I have picked out some of my favourite colour ways and done some yarn wrappings to generate ideas. I like the contrast between bright colours and muted tones but need to work a bit more to create a dynamic selection of colours and materials. Overall I feel I have progressed this week but need to bring my ideas together to create a clearer concept and move forward into the sampling stage.