Concept Models

I really love the undulating lines the ribbon creates and started to play with it in different ways. The first way is a stacked method of overlapping loops using one continuous piece that acts as the floors, ceilings and the walls.

This time I started to play with the undulating ribbon so that as a whole it created an organic form, and allowed it to plunge in and out of the ground.

For the last ribbon concept, I have tried to incorporate the texture of a ballerina's too too. I have tried to wrap the material in a way that resembles a dancer moving and dance the ribbon itself around her.

Concept

I have chosen to use dance as my inspiration and found the connection between the dancer and her ribbon something very fluid and beautiful. I have focused on the ribbon and how it moves around the dancer, below are some rough sketches and ribbon study models.

Connection Collage

There are many connections made in dance, whether it takes place between two people or just one person and a ribbon. When two people dance together they rely on eachother to stay in balance and in harmony, and are always aware of the space around them. The connection a dancer has with the space around them can be something very magical. A single dancer with a ribbon can give the illusion of taking up a lot of space and then quickly contract allowing other dancers to occupy his or her space and never colliding. Like buildings when one dancer moves the other moves in a way that compliments and supports his or her partner sometimes creating forms that seem impossible to be standing on their own.