As the result of analyzing a couture dress designed by Issey Miyake I was intrigued by his method of creating pleats in the fabric such that it had "memory" to avoid needing to be pressed over time. This sculpture that relies on friction and repeated modules to hold itself together is an interpretation of an artifact with a sense of memory. It is constructed with a series of modules; four bamboo skewers that are joined by fuel wire at one end. This module is connected to others through either direct intersection or a perpendicular single skewer. The looseness of the joints allow the object as a whole to have a flexibility and motion as it is picked up, but is able to remember and return to its original design once it comes to stand again. The twisted tissue paper becomes a rope that adds slight tension to keep the modules in friction with one another, while visually implying the pleating seen in the original artifact. Created using: Bamboo Skewers, Fuel Wire, Tissue Paper, 3D drawings done in Rhinoceros 3D
