Tatted Up FINALLY finished

Finally!!! I am done with my project that took me about 9 hours to complete. This tall piece of paper is like my baby I was so scared I was going to rip it. There are a few mess up spots in it but I am very happy of how it turned out. I recorded myself completing this project, I hope you like it.


Please leave comments below I'd appreciate it!


xoxoxo Ariel

Paper Dresses by Jum Nakao

I stumbled upon this and thought it was extremely AWESOME.


Jum Nakao uses paper conceptually in his work for its impermanence. Watch as his gorgeous paper dresses walk the runway and are destroyed in front of the crowd. Hours of work thrown away in front of a shocked audience to remind them that there are more important things than what we see at first sight. Besides making you consider permanence and what is truly valuable, this video also makes one consider and appreciate the amazing usefulness of the laser cutter, which cut his work time on this collection to only 700 hours. (making the rounds today on Upon A Fold, Boing Boing, and Neatarama, but worth mentioning here too, nonetheless.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iEuTgRiOKzQ

Mini me

I recorded myself cutting out my project "Tatted Up". This actually took me 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete. The parts that you see me highlight are spaces that I need to fix when creating the actually final project. If this paper is only 6 x 20 inches imagine how long it is going to cut out a 3 x 10 foot piece of paper. This is the miniature version because tomorrow our class will show Rev. Nancy McSpadden all of our projects to get approved. Once approved I can then trace my image on to the 3 x 10 foot piece of paper. I have saved the sketch I made on the computer so it will be easier to sketch when projected through the computer on to the wall. Down below is the video and my online sketches please watch and leave me a comment :)

xoxo Ariel

half scanned, re-edited, & printed

other half scanned, re-edited, & printed

both pages taped together

Tatted Up

"Tatted Up"

The picture above is my final sketch for my project. This paper about is 6 x 20 inches and I will transfer this image on to this special paper (I have no idea what it is called) that is about the same size. Once transferred over I will practice cutting out with an X-acto knife to see how my image looks. When I figure out how I want the smaller image to look I will then transfer this image on to 3 x 10 feet piece of "special paper" and start cutting out my final project. I will post more pictures to show my progress on what I am doing and I will discuss issues I am having with having to just use the X-acto knife. This shall be fun and interesting.