FSem Presentations!

For the past few weeks I've been working on a presentation for my First Year Seminar, "Capturing Creativity." Each FSem is designed to focus on critical discussion and writing (specifically, writing research papers). My FSem, Capturing Creativity, focuses on the creative process. We've read about different creative geniuses through history and how their processes differ and relate.

Part of the class is that we must choose a person and research that person's creative process. We must write a research paper around this person and prepare a presentation for the class. I chose Robert Lang, one of the most famous origami artists alive today. For the project, I was actually able to interview Dr. Lang via email, which was very exciting.

For the presentation I recreated several of Lang's origami models, including his most famous piece, the Black Forest Cuckoo Clock. I folded the Clock from one sheet of paper 3 feet wide by 30 feet long. There are no cuts made to the paper and no glue is used to keep it together. I've worked on the clock off and on for a month and a half in the lounge of Whitcomb Hall.

I took some pictures during the whole process, and here they are: