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9th - 15th February 2022

3. Preparation for PPD session


project planning

After talking with my mentor yesterday about my progress I have updated my project calendar here:

I've also set myself some tasks to complete to prepare for my PPD session and my visit to Eurecat

1. Design the 3 other pieces which will integrate all the pressure points from my work focus
2. Work on some computational design around these seperate pieces
3. Work on making the bioceramic/bead samples which is essential the project

computational lace design

I will use Grasshopper to generate a parametric lace/knit design. Isabella Schuh's magnetic field research relates well to the visuals of lace for my idea to incorporate pressure points: in grasshopper, this deals with merge fields.

I saw this documentary Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know earlier in the summer. It explores how global space stations collectively program satellites to photograph a black hole and get more information about it. This article talks about astronomers finding more cosmic voids in the universe where our laws of physics do not apply: this basically challenges the majority of what we know to be true.

tutorial i

i find the outcome of the tutorial really pleasing and i'm exciting to manipulate this more for my lace/knit design.







this would be really nice to animate

tutorial ii

This is another tutorial I followed to gain some more understanding on the process




tutorial iii




experimentation

PICTURES AND STEPS OF BACK DESIGN AND COMPONENTS

expanding on acupuncture

In my first toile, I show the location of some pressure points I want to focus on: with a lot of detail in the back. These are reflected in the numbered nomenclature.



The sample is starting point and the circle points on the back are much bigger than I anticipate the for the final design.

To design effectively around these points I need to clarify their positions and if the outer points are reflected on the other side of the spine. I sent an email to Jo to find out and she confirmed this.

reading

I found this book Acupuncture Points by Deborah Bleecker a useful guide on some primary points too.







I plan to design around these focused points on the legs and hands to go with the body piece.


Last update: 2022-05-16