We are planning to make capes that are similar to a peacock’s tail. We will each be making one, and they’ll reveal an interesting pattern that could stand alone, but when they’re put side by side they reveal something else.
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This is just an idea of how our cape/tail might work. We came up with this idea after ideating on our own and then coming together to try to think of something we both liked. I (Adam) was thinking of things that made us “superhuman,” which I was thinking of as things that extended our natural abilities, and I came up with three ways that kinetic wearables could fall into that category: by transforming an action’s scale, position, or nature.
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Nelly was thinking about a common theme of transformation and reveal that has come up throughout the course, and she had come up with the idea of a cape with a design on it, whose movement was attached to the arms. I connected that with my idea of transforming the scale and nature of a movement, and we talked about other animals that use patterns to change how they look, like peacocks, which led to our current idea: a sort of circular cape that can flip up above the head to reveal a pattern, when you wave your arms in the right way.
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4/23/2020 Nelly’s Update
This is a recorded photoshoot of two sisters wearing garments inspired by a peacock and it revealing action and recyclable fashion. Here are some of the photos from the shoot. The final product would be a short film.
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Next steps are to create stop motion and a live-action tv presentation. Properly figure out how to move the dolls.
Step for development:
- Create a frame
- Design cape
- Develop a mechanism for raising the cape and attachment to the body
- Bring all elements together
- Create a choreography
- Film
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