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Fall 2021
This thesis investigates a particular surviving medieval garment, the pourpoint of Charles de Blois, from the perspectives of its maker(s) and wearer(s) by making a reconstruction and having a participant wear it. This rare and unique garment is held at the Musée des Tissus in Lyon France, and,...
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Fall 2024
During the Victorian Era, it was common for women to use hair from loved ones to create intricate pieces of jewelry and art, particularly for mourning mementos. This thesis endeavoured to answer the research question: “What can an object analysis of a nineteenth-century mourning hair jewelry...
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StrC–Rich Prospect Taxonomy on Structural Colour: A Tool for Research to Connect Scientific Knowledge on Nature and Biomimetic Design Innovation
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This research project investigated the nature of colour from a biocentered and biomimetic perspective. Biomimicry or biomimetics (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is an emerging multidisciplinary field and a new methodology that offers successful and time-tested models of...
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The Power of Dress Up: Investigating Children's Perceptions of the Use of Reproduction Period Garments in a Costume-Based Museum Education Program
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This master’s thesis aimed to address the following research question: “How do program participants at the elementary school level perceive wearing reproduction period garments in museum programs and in what ways can the information obtained from this study be used by museum educators to improve...
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Fall 2024
This thesis investigated the white linen shirt and shift in Eastern Woodlands North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. The research question was: “Through a material culture analysis of an 18th century shirt and shift, what can we extrapolate about how these objects may have affected the...