origami inspirations

Here is an awesome link I found called the digital t-shirt projecct.
It was done in 2008 by Mashallah Design and Linda Kostowski and above are photographs of the final product and just some of the processes involved in creating it. It exemplifies origami as a form of architecture. It is just so structured and calculated. It's amazing and so intimidating appreciating such pieces.

The link is:
http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/digital-tshirt-project

But you all must check out www.fashioningtech.com in general. It is an amazing website that showcases a small community of fashion craftsmen. Browsing through it has really WOW'ed me.

SCOTT ACUS ANTHONY

http://scottacusanthonyfashionsculptor.blogspot.com

Here is another example of an origami interpretation in a garment. the look is completely different to the first set of images of my post. These garments have a more looser, random and layered approach. It is quite inspiring to think how this could have been conveyed in paper, however I think it was done on the stand. But I guess you have to work on the stand to understand where each fold should go.

my attempt at ORIGAMI

My knowledge in origami is still very basic, and my direction with this craft for my collection is still quite unclear. Nevertheless I decided to play on the mannequin with some surface decoration using variations and random sizes of origami that stemmed from the 'yakko san' and the 'monetary gift money'. They are the two easiest things in the world to make so I felt it was more relevant in my case coming from a failed background of knowing anything about origami. But this is a learning process and I'm enjoying it.

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I am still trying to figure out whether I should use origami as a decorative surface feature or work the concept of folds and angles into my patterns. I would love to incorporate origami in both forms but at the same time I want my collection to be cohesive and really flow. I don't even know how complex I will get with this. I mean, have all these ideas overflowing in my mind but I am limited to the amount of time I have to complete the toiles and the final pieces. At the same time I am not too confident with my skills in pattern making to device such complicated designs.

Playing around on the mannequin has been a good starting point. These are just random experiments of origami in the form of surface decoration. I am quite excited with these experiments as they have allowed my thought process to progress. Now my only worry is how to transfer this onto fabric and how it would be attached to what I can only assume would be a body which acts as the base. My next class will be devoted to incorporating origami in my pattern drafts which I hope I will manage to do. I also plan to trial different types of fusing to create the right stiffness for angles and crisp folds.

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