My work for this term revolved on applying lights to fashion to explore the concept of identity. This idea was sparked by my experiences as an undergraduate student as I discovered what I valued in life, what I want to do with the rest of my life, and how I personally fit into different social…
Author: Nathan Dennler
Nathan Dennler: Polish and Present
Without giving too much away before the presentation, I wanted to document the meaning behind this term’s work, the design choices I have made, and further directions I would like to explore in this space of “Celestial Identities”. The Motivation The motivation behind these pieces was to explore what the concept of identity is. I…
Nathan Dennler: Everything Working
After these past two weeks, the project’s end has definitely been coming into sight. The week following this should be just finishing up some final things and getting some pictures. At the beginning of this period. I finished the final “tailoring” things with the clothes. In terms of the Leo outfit, I cut the dress’s…
Nathan Dennler: Failure, Recalibration, and Iteration
So last week said I’d try to document more about the actual process of making the clothes, but a few pictures in, I realized that it actually just looks like a big ball o’ fabric up until the very end. It’s really one of those things you have to see in person and interact with…
Nathan Dennler: Maquette
A note from future Nathan, cursing my past self: I totally forgot to take pictures during the process, so it’s hard to see it coming together, I will remember to do that next time! This week I worked on the mesh turtleneck and the start of the dress. There were a couple of things that…
Nathan Dennler: Concept Proposal
As a senior ready to graduate, I have been doing a lot of thinking about what I want to do with my life. All this introspection made me question a lot of things about identity in general and what I want my “brand” to be. For this project I wanted to relate themes of identity…
Janet Hansen: Light Artist Presentation
Janet Hansen is the Founder and Chief Fashion Director of Enlighted, Inc. Her business focuses on adding lights to clothes to create novel designs that can change patterns and colors on-the-go. However, Hansen’s path to owning this company was not what one might expect. She originally started off as a Ph.D. in Bioengineering where she…
Introduction and Art Portfolio
Hello Everyone! My name is Nathan, and I am currently a senior in Robotics Engineering and Computer Science. While I was born in Boise, Idaho, my parents moved to Massachusetts when I was three, so I consider myself a hardened New-Englander. Both art and programming have had a big influence on my life, since my…