Thesis for the degree of Master of Arts

The purpose of the research project "Thesis for the degree of Master of Arts: Analysis of Professional Practice of Being an Indigenous Cultural Awareness Trainer" has been to gain a deeper awareness of the practice of Cultural Awareness Training and to develop resources that will support other practitioners in the field.

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This research project investigates the influence of decoration and decorating on a fashion design practice, exploring the transformative effects of both in relation to surface and structure. Decoration is considered an after-effect, an element that can be differentiated from the object it adheres to, sometimes making it superfluous to the object’s function. In this project I consider decoration as having its own function – the ability, through its link to the ‘exterior’ world, to transform the shape, appearance and materials of forms by modifying their façade.

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This research project will investigate how combining systems of tessellation1 , modularity2 and seriality3 can be utilised with a specific method of paper staining to explore visual pathways within an artwork. A serial system4 of modular tessellation will be implemented, whereby different “sets” of oil-and-pigment soaked paper modules will be constructed and formed into various configurations.

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