Landscape Proposal | Bridget, Tracy, Elisa, Jamie

We want to create oversized jewelry as a landscape

Moodboard/Image research
Sketch by Tracy

Sketch/Schematic by Jamie

DESCRIPTION

For our final landscape proposal we envision a large scale necklace which hangs from the ceiling. We wished to create an inflatable that felt inviting, interactive, and playful. We imagine that depending on how the jewlry is hanging from the ceiling, people would be able to traverse the space that is defined by the jewels, additionally, there would be a beautiful ground condition where the jewelery piles on the ground. The hope is that this design in execution would allow for play, touch, and occupation. 

The jewelry would have to be long enough to have an effective draping technique that can define the spatial experience of those who near it. Additionally, by creating an inflatable chain, we have the ability to create charms that are attachable and can add a sense of depth to the design, as well as shape the visual form.

MATERIALS

  • Various dye 
  • 75 yards of white fabric (for dying)
  • Velcoros 

CONNECTIVITY 

Due to the nature of the contraction flow, each person will craft and design jewelry pieces/charms individually and then assemble them at the end, For the necklaces to read like a piece of wearable giant jewelry, the chain portion/connectivity is very crucial. We are concerned about the chain’s dimensional compared to the gem/charm will be difficult to inflation ie: air is not able to travel through the thin tube to the large mass and inflate the gem/charms. Thus we would need to schedule more time toward the end of the fabrication stages to be ready to run into problems and readjust. 

ORIENTATION/POSITION

We would like to hang our inflatable from the ceiling so we would need to figure out the position of the fan and its direction at the site.

Initial rendering — to be finalized

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