My initial explorations were inspired by the concept of twisted string actuators. I attempted to implement a similar concept although I focused more on the twisting than the…

I had a very busy weekend (60 hour music marathon at WRCT) so I had a gentle start. First, I scouted a spot. I decided on the second…

After a couple days of not touching my parasite, it mysteriously stopped inflating as well. I sealed up the ports again and checked for holes but still couldn’t…

My final parasite resembles a worm intended to curl and expand the scale-like pleat fabric on its back utilizing two motors for input and output The culmination of…

Statement of Intent This parasite is intended to be a sound parasite living in the quiet sections of a library. It would live in the empty slots of…

I put together all the limbs onto a more sturdy headpiece and added strands/patches of silk and this was the result: When I tried to wear it on…

Architecture is built by extracting the nutrients at the earths expense. Considering that a parasite is an organism that lives by deriving nutrients at the other’s expense, architecture…

Concept For the final version of my parasite, I had to completely change my concept. For the past week and half I was focusing on using fabric that’s…

My overall idea was to display a virus encapsulating its host from all directions. I drew inspiration from the flowers that close up during a certain time of…

I started working with fabric forms yesterday around the lamp, and was pleasantly surprised at how the fabric, plastic, and lamp interacted to create and restrict movement. The…