Personal Expression and Wearable Technologies | Final Project | Fall 2005
therese@nyu.edu
  Statement

Intent |
a wearable – an allegory of history, culture, family, identity, belonging.
Aim |
to protect the wearer, providing the grounding of identity in an object through design and material, creation and use.
Object |
a bracelet, extending the length of the lower arm, created with the techniques of traditional needlepoint lace, Point de Venise or Point d'Alençon
 “The study of lace is complex and delicate. Few sciences present less of absolute truth.”
L. Deshairs, 1906 for Art et Decoration

 

Inspiration
Subway art |
place of transience, movement and diversity, attempting to create an expression universally accessible. View all.
Resources
Museum |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
On Lace |
Definition - Lace
Structures of Lace
Lace Book List
In A Minute Ago
Baroque Costumes
Tutorials |
Beginners Tutorial
  Ten Steps
  Point Lace Patterns
  Heritage Shop
  Fair Lady
  Final Output
Design |
A fully developed work of lace is layered and textured, but always interconnected. Such are also the experiences of my life.

A central vein, system of roots or central nervous system provides the base of the design, a structure that will support all subsequent links and interactions.

The bracelet is a representation of memories, connections, my story.