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(b)
(c)STOP!!
After talking to Aaron, Luke, and Marshall today post class time I want to fix the assignment for Friday. Do not operate on the surface of your shirt...yet. Some of you may refer to point (a) while a few others may jump into this next assignments challenge (b). If you are still not sure how to operate on your shirt and are bouncing back and forth between two ideas, read point (a).
a :: I want to talk to each of you about your idea before going forward. I want more projections of ideas for Friday and not actual operations. You will present two concepts one printed on an 8.5 by 11 sheet and the other will be a paper folding model as explained below in point (c). The Illustrator diagram should be similar to the first image on this post. It does not have to be this complex, but use your existing shirt analysis drawings to compose these drawings of how you intend to operate on the surface of your shirt. USE ILLUSTRATOR. Try to project your operative concept onto the computer and ultimately onto your print outs. Use a hierarchy of lines to communicate your ideas. Identify primary, secondary, and tertiary lines for boundary lines, operative lines such as cuts and folds, and construction lines. Experiment and have fun with this drawing set. Think about your concepts while you draw. This is less of a commitment than actually operating on your shirt. Refer to picture (a). If both of your ideas do not involve actually cutting the shirt, move to point (b).
b :: For those of you I talked to today about your concepts and how to step forward, by all means experiment and operate on your shirt for Friday. Remember to record and notate your operative process with sequential photographs. Refer to picture (b). You should print the manipulation photos on an 11x17 sheet.
c :: For those reading point (a) another way to experiment with your ideas is to print several copies of your current shirt analysis and experiment with the processes you may be considering for your shirt operations with the paper itself. Here you can cut, fold, pleat, unfold, rotate, cinch, pierce, and score freely. Try two. Refer to picture (c).
So you may choose to do assignment a and c, b, or just simply c. If you choose to do (a) you must try (c) in this case you would have one drawing and one paper manipulation. Your ideas should be clear and thought out investigations.
Reprint your initial shirt analysis as well.
Pin these up on your wall by 8h30 on Friday.
Please email me with your concerns.
The next post will explain this operative assignment in detail.
