SARA EL HASSEN
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COLLAGE
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WOOD
بشخ MADERA
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FURNITURE
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MICHAEL JACKSON CHAIR
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The Michael Jackson’s chair was inspired by the well-known «King Of Pop». The singer represents the famous french expression «Strass et Paillettes». The gold was a colour and element primary in Michael Jackson’s life and furniture. The chair is a direct representation of the artist’s famous We Are The World black and gold jacket.. I made it also kind of personal by adding metal cutted pieces on each feet of the chair, coming from Mauritania. These pieces are used frequently by mauritanian artists and craftman for their furniture’s work.
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ECORCES D’ARBRE
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TREE BARK CUBE
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TREE BARK LETTER 17 Ecorces d’arbre
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THIEF
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STEAL NATURE ADD IT TO TECHNOLOGY
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NATURE PENDRIVES 23 Thief
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LEATHER
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If you were born without w i n g s ,
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do nothing to prevent their growing. -Coco Chanel
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WINGS SKIRT 34 Wings
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The asymmetrical skirt was inspired by bird’s wings. Which is its concept more than its inspiration, whom is represented by the lower side of
the skirt. The usual colorful side of the wings has been remplaced by a silver color.
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HANDBAGS
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A final project is a long and insecure process. It is a process in which we have to pass by different steps. Researching, finding ideas, relevant ones to start to work on and be able to propose something new, useful, and as a student of design, improving. Finally, to have at the end a concept. We need to make researchs starting from nowhere and finally be interested on a subject in which we believe in and we think that it is relevant to work on for months. Researchs are everything at the end because it’s what inspires us, gives us interesting ideas and concepts. It is a start, which is the most difficult part to work on as we don’t really know what is it going to be about.
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I started even so to research about the techniques and the craft art work. I actually founded and learned a lot of relevant things that I was able to use, that could inspire me on my work. First of all, I researched about the different materials that are used in the Mauritanian craft work. I learned that most of the time, the work was done mixing two principals materials (For instance : Wood with Metal, Leather with Wood‌)
Thanks to my researches I found a technique that consist on making carpets using wooden sticks (super thin ones) and braided with leather : The second one that really interested me is how the traditional pillows are made. Leather is used, and getting painted with bright colors like red, green, yellow or purple‌ The colors makes of the leather a really interesting material to use as it’s not a regular one, but a skin original.
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My final project will be based on this techinique of the tradiional Mauritanian carpet : waving leather with wooden sticks.
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Women have plenty of roles in which they can serve with distinction: some of us even run countries.
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But generally we are better at wielding the handbag than the bayonet. -Margaret Thatcher
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ONE YEAR GLOBAL DESIGN