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| Intersection | ||
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| Author(s): | Therese Oterholm |  |
| Instructor: | Papadopoulos, Despina | |
| Class: | Personal Expression & Wearable | |
| URL: | http://itp.nyu.edu/~to448/pewt/final.htm | |
| Documents: | Intersection(JPEG) | |
| Keywords: | lace, expression, history, memory | |
| A wearable - an allegory of history, culture, family, identity and belonging. A fully developed work of lace is layered and textured, but always interconnected. Such are also the experiences of my life. | ||
| The wearable is a representation of memories, connections, identity, roots…my story. The final piece is a bracelet designed to fit the lower arm, from the elbow to the wrist, utilizing needlepoint lace techniques and conductive thread. Using a material that has conductive properties and implying a purpose of technology, the piece itself seeks only to relate a personal story. The wearable lingers in the intersection of traditional lace techniques and new expressions, ephemeral in presentation, rigid in structure, entirely created by threads. A system of roots or central nervous system provides the base of the design, a structure that will support all subsequent connections. | ||