Gift #17 is sewing. According to Froebel's pedagogy, sewing in the context of the occupations is a form of drawing that allows a more physical tactile experience for the students. As the early gifts began with solid geometric forms that progressively became more etherial, the later occupations work in reverse: evolving from flat planes once again into dimension and weight. Sewing is one of these first steps off of the flat plane into the 3rd dimension. The use of sewing as my medium has allowed me to create a veil through which the image can be observed. I have superimposed a visualization of a mathematical solution onto this photograph of a woman and flower in an attempt to highlight the symmetry inherent in the natural forms.
- Erica
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