1. State of the art, project management and documentation

Research & Ideation

A few months ago, I ordered myself a science kit made for kids to learn about polarized light. This kit demonstrates how, when placing specific materials between 2 polarized filters and letting the light pass through, colors are revealed in a way that is magical. I enjoyed playing around with different materials, seeing how they react when you move them, or slice them.

Left image is from MEL SCIENCE, Right images are my own

References & Inspiration

Since creating these explorations, I have been inspired by artists who play with light and color, such as canadian visual artist Soderberg Mills. I also found the work of Kotaro Watanabe, who uses "polarized" umbrellas and creates a pretty stunning image and story about bringing people together under the rain.

Starting from top left and going clockwise: The Holvi light by artist Soderberg Mills, Umbrellas as rainbows by Kotaro Watanabe, Rainbow rooms by Kimsooja

This is giving me some ideas for exploring polarized light through garments or wearable art. I think I will try to explore this throughout my fabricademy journey whenever possible.

Tools

• I used Miro to create moodboards.
• I used Pinterest to find inspiration images.
• I used Vimeo to upload my own video and create a URL i could embed in my website.
• I used Adobe's free image resizer to resize my photos.