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In groups of four, we were given the task of creating a wearable structure from an allocated material; either wallpaper, kitchen roll, or books. We found it interesting how all the materials featured paper in some form, yet had the potential to create a huge variety of outcomes. Each group interpreted architecture in some form within their outfit, developing their designs around this concept, whilst still bearing in mind wear ability and composition. We had to consider both the possibilities, and the limitations of our materials when creating our garments; each material had challenges unique to it, which we had to explore and overcome through the development of our wearable structure. A theme along all of our wearable structures was the idea of recycling, as the garments used materials such as old books and unwanted wallpaper; using materials which would usually be thrown out made us consider the importance of ECO and up cycling. In groups we first experimented with paper manipulation to understand more about our given materials, by pleating, ruching and layering the papers to discover their successes and weaknesses. We then designed the garments in our groups by collaborating our ideas together, and then jumping in to create the outfits, where we started to design by making, adapting our ideas when learning the limitations of our materials.

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