When I designed for Frida, I have consulted a fashion designer from Mexico. The hairstyle of the puppet has reproduce the traditional Mexican hairstyle “Trenza de bola”. And for its clothes, I have chose Frida Kahlo` s favorite Mexican traditional dress “Traje de Tehuana”, but the style is closer to the Design as a fashion icon in current fashion area. With the new look of Frida, I want to show her distinct personality, her special interest and unique taste of fashion.
When I designed for Marie, I have reproduce her blond hair, grey eyes, light skin and her typical serious expression. The puppet has two sets of clothes: a dark blue old working dress, which she often wears outside other clothes when she works, and a white shirt with black skirt, which have simple style with a little lace as decoration. The outer plain working dress and the inner simple style shirts and skirts represent different images of Marie in work and life: strict scientist, knowledgeable professor and graceful woman with independent thoughts and unique ideas about aesthetic.
Frida` s father is a photographer from Germany. When he was 18, he came to Mexico alone. After many years in Mexico, he opened his own photography studio in Mexiko-Stad. His career as a photographer and his passion of watercolors has deeply affected Frida's interest in painting and art. Kahlo's design comes from Frida's family photos and Frida's painting for his father. He is serious and reticent. In the portraits, he always wears a dark, old-fashioned suit with meticulous hair.
Because of the health problems of Frida, her doctors had always played an important role in her life. Hand-Puppet doctor was designed based on a portrait of Frida` s doctor, which was draw by Frida. Interestingly, her doctor has the same eyebrow like hers. The the form and color of curtain has imitated Frida` s former residence—“the blue hause”.
1. The inner structure of blocks are from Brass and stainless steel. The brass structures were connected to each other with sturdy lines, and hanged inside the blocks. And the steel structures were welded on a piece of steel and stay still.
2. When the length, the diameter and the material are the same, the bent metalline has a lower frequency than the straight metalline. Among straight metalline , folded metalline, and curved metalline, has the straight Form höhere frequency than the folded metalline than the curved metalline.
3. It also affects the frequency of sound, how many times was a metalline folded or curved. The more times was a metalline bended, the lower sound it makes. But the angle and direction of the bend have no effect on the tone.
4. When the length, the diameter, the material, and the shape of metalline are the same, the welded line makes less overtones than the suspended line, which sounds lower, clearer, and stabler. And the sound of the suspended line is more flexible and attractive.
5. When the length, the diameter, the material, and times of bending are the same, the length of the metalline is proportional to the pitch of the tone, that it makes. In addition, the material and diameter of the metalline also affect the pitch.
