Kathryn Lee

Orange Polyhedral Planter

Class of: 2024

Major: Fashion Design BFA

Medium: Wood, plastic, fishing wire, soil, flowers

Faculty: Rebekah Laskin

Prompt: Design and construct a polyhedral form using two durable planar materials. Whether the structure is closed or open, the inside should contain a surprise element of some sort.

For this project, I started with the idea that I really wanted it to have something interactive, then based it on the mini hinge I found. I had lots of fun figuring out how I was going to connect all the panels together, deciding, in the end, to sew them together with fishing wire.

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