Final Project

For now, I have finished everything about final project

I used to feel so stressed out about final things, but now I really feel that everything was so interesting to experience and I had so much fun.

For my final, I faced challenges like I did not know how to connect metal sheets, or how to structure soft fabric. But with teacher and my classmates, my friends' help, I made it, I figured out every little difficulties.

I learnt more about fabric

Also, more about science fiction, of course. 

For this final, I researched a lot about science fiction, and I started to be interested in the mystery world.

More importantly, from group work, I learnt a lot from my friends. I am so inspired by their thoughts and the way they were working. Being helped when you lost in your work by friends, was so warm.

Also, from the final project, I learnt how to simplize ideas to be "less is more", I really satisfied by how this garment turned out.

I really glad I tried to combine metal sheets and fabric together, this look is so unique and gives the exactly feeling I want for this science fiction theme.

For my garment, there are two ways to wear it:

With sleeves---to give more aggressive feeling, and be more protected for self.

No sleeves---powerful feeling but also a little elegant, just like the character Trinity in The Matrix

With sleeves look

                                            

Side view

Details

Front view

My Project Sheet

Process of my avatar armor

My concept, materials and techniques:

My avatar armor's inspiration is Neo from Matrix. I want to make a garment like his personality--two different  personality from day and night. So, I choose two different materials- metal sheets and leather. 

Before I made this sleeve, I just thought that roll the leather can get effect like this, but the real world is not that easy.

So, I tried to use something harder to structure it. I put thick wires in the both edges of the leather , and sew them in the fabric. Because of the wire, the sleeves could finally stand up, and have strong structure.

It's like a little challenge for me , but it's great that I figure it out.

 I used metal sheets to make an "armor-feeling" shoulders. It was not that easy, but luckily I learnt some techniques from "space" class. I used workshop machine to cut pieces of metal sheets, and drill holes on them. Last, I used screw to connect them together.

Paper patterns on dress form

 Good Luck For Everyone's Final!