Designer update > Sage Townsend

The starting point of the project – thinking about ways to capture concepts of 'breathing' and 'space to breath' by looking at things that inflate and deflate.

The start of the craft process was to create a laser cut template to cut a very fine tissue material which I had decided to work with to give a delicate and lightweight feel.

The cutting process was a very exacting and time consuming process with so many repeats needed to create a three dimensional form.

Different gradient shades of red, descendants from the Shelter Pantone colour were used to make the piece more multidimensional. The material was folded in repeats in preparation for gluing to create the concertina. There was a lot of delicate finger work and hours involved in the preparation to build the final construction.