Stephanie & Martha Proposal

There will be several fabrics attached to ropes above performers that could race as the music frequency or speed changes. In terms of the kinds of roles that…

Project Proposal: Ambient Coral Reef – Jean & Sarika

Originally based off of coral reefs and underwater ecosystems, our project will involve covering the floor of Kresge Theater with hundreds of shibori dyed features that will ambiently…

Pleating Instrument–Catherine&Nate

We started with a piece of ‘pleated lines’ and a ‘pleated fan’ to work with. After trying out different combinations, we sewed the two pieces together and added…

Pleating Instrument: Martha & Jules

Hand puppet video to experiment with how the fabric can move in order to later apply it to an automated motion. We decided to set up the fabric…

Assignment 5 – Stephanie and Zeja

When it was time to implement our code on the capstan, we ran into several technical difficulties with the laptop we were using, as well as the capstan…

Assignment 4 – Jean & Zeja

In this assignment, we are trying to explore the color and texture combination of the shibori dyed material we made in class. We chose to make the fabric…

Pleated Instrument – Judy

I started this assignment by looking up different pleating techniques and designs. There was one design that caught my eye and fueled my inspiration for this assignment. In…

Anna and Matt – Pleated Instrument

Matt and I were both attracted to the herring bone pattern and how its pleats allowed for fluid, springy movements across multiple axis. It was very easy to…

Pleated Instrument – Tim & Sarika

When we first began experimenting, we found ourselves initially trying to create an interesting shape with our pleated sample, which ended up as a cone/shell shape for the…

Assignment 4 – Sarika

At the beginning of my brainstorming, I was initially inspired by my blue marbled shibori piece that looked like a little sea creature which I could just imagine…