Mary Huang and Jennyfer Kay

Dandelion, designed by Mary Huang in collaboration with Jennyfer Kay is a wearable that captures energy from wind and human movement. Inspired by the theme of climate change, Dandelion which was made with 99% salvaged materials explores the ideas of personal, mobile power generation and kinetics. 

When walking or standing outside on a windy day, the windmills turn. Small individual power generating circuits transfer the rotational energy into usable voltage. In this prototype, the power generated turns on white LEDs, but the energy could be used to power mobile devices or stored for later use. - Mary Huang, Rhyme and Reason Creative.

The windmill circuit consists of a dc motor + joule thief + white LEDs

Ute Decker

minimalist arm sculpture, Ute Decker, sterling silver

curvature arm sculpture, Ute Decker, sterling silver

arm sculpture, Ute Decker, sterling silver

Tracy Featherstone

Wearable Structure: Inner Core, wood, collage, 32”x26”x32”, 2011

Wearable Structures, by Tracy Featherstone, materialize our daily struggle between control and chaos. The balance is precarious and can tip one way or another in an instant.  Building materials traditionally used to construct living environments or other architectural securities are used in a frenetic fashion.  Quickly, and maybe hopelessly trying to impose order on a situation that is moving out of control.  The traditional role of structure or stability becomes mobile when placed on the figure allowing the individual to indulge in the illusion of stability.  The mobile/wearable element of the work further subverts attempts of control and order.  Similar to the way water will carve a new path around an obstruction, participant finds new ways to move about daily routines in ordinary fashion.

Wearable Structure: Side Bump, wood, 3’x2’x16”, 2010

Wearable Structure: Head Organized, wood and fabric, 2’x3’x16”, 2010