Process¶

Ideation & sketches¶

I started by making a body map for myself, tracing traces, emotions and memories that find their places onto my body.

Mapping on my body serves as a tool to identifiel emotional residues a build a self-archive.

Mapping¶

I decided to focus on 3 areas to design a wearable that translates emotional memories into material and form. Emotional memory can be defined as the ability to recall past events to which strong emotional response is tied to

Area: hands and feet
Emotional memory: grief, loss in childhood, family

Between the age 3 and 5, children start to be interested by and aware of death, even though they cannot yet comprehend its persistance. When grevieng, they might end up asking a lot of and repetitive questions to try to understand what has happened and where there person has gone. They can also experience anxiety, speech regression and feelings of hopelessness and helplessness towards the grieving adults aorund them.

Area: hair
Emotional memory: femininity, distance, heritage

Hair is a carrier of ancestry and memory. I look at the hair of my mother, of my grandmother and I see mine. It's a symbol of power, sensitivity and it acts as a bridge between me and my ancestry. As I move further away from home, I feel like my hair is something that keeps me connected.

Area: reproductive system
Emotional memory: control, neglect, refusal, ambivalence

Menstruation, in this mapping, deals with body autonomy, regulation and care. As I went through a period in which I was not taking care of my body and experiencing amenorrhea, now I find myself overworrying about my cycle and using as my wish to not be a mother is realy strong.

How can a wearbale be an embodied archive?

Design & Fabrication¶

I'm thinking of using a wireless connection between boards in the bodysuit and the tokens, in order to lower the amount of wires.

Bodysuit¶

Tokens¶

Hands and feet¶

Empty space left by my father hands

Hair¶

I have been collecting my hair for the past 2 months

reproductive system¶

Support & Collaboration¶

Electronics¶

Securing the conneciton between the components
Coding and troubleshooting using Arduino IDE
Identifying proper way to power the boards
Integrating the component into biomaterials

Biomaterials¶

Find the right flexability for wearables
Feasability of conductive biomaterials

Ceramic element for tokens¶

Find a place where I could fire the cermaic (otherwise I will air dry them)

Prototypes¶

prototypes are your first step towards shaping your final piece, product, material et cetera

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Mentoring notes¶

Mentors in all sessions may share with you their comments, notes, advise, projects and technical equipment to check out. This is good place to share those, so that you can find them later on when you need them the most!

Half-fabrication files¶

Test file: 3d modelling test ↩