The first person I talked to about my project was my faculty advisor, Inna Alesina. When I talked to her I was confused about what I should be doing because I was having a hard time trying to visually express my anxiety. I had a lot of ideas how to do it, but I didn’t know […]
Project Reflection
At the beginning of this process I was focused on trying to find a way to present my coping methods. This process started out with me wanting to show how I cope with my anxiety through origami and beadwork. I wanted to create something that used this origami and beadwork and try to show that […]
Making folds
Because cranes are my habitual object to fold, I wanted to try to move away from that. I tried three different techniques; one is more structured while the other two don’t necessarily have a reason for the folds. Number One For this method, I found a geometric template that allowed me to arrange the shapes […]
March 8: Resources, Prototypes, Research
In class, I started out with looking up different origami tutorials to try to move away from the cranes. I was looking at tutorials for different types of flowers and butterflies as well. But after my one on one discussion, I began to look at a suggested artist, Yayoi Kusama. The majority of her […]
Prototyping
Moving away from origami, I wanted to try to expand on how I could express my anxiety through another one of my coping methods. For me when I cope, I just have to be doing something with my hands. Painting is another one of my coping methods. I wanted to try to use this to […]
Revised Project Proposal
Abstract Anxiety is something that I carry with me wherever I go, every day of my life. Focusing on anxiety, I want to explore the different ways to cope with it. I want to explore different non-destructive coping methods. Presentation Reflection I think that in my presentation I could have done a better job at […]
Capstone Conversations
Over the past week, I had several conversations with different people about my plan for my capstone project. I started off these conversations with the overall theme of the capstone class, disrupt, and my feelings towards the theme. I then talked about my abstract and my reasoning behind it. Mom and Dad The conversation I had […]
