Shell-ter-wear, designed by Christine Foerster in 2005, is a continually evolving medium based on modules made of fabric lined with alternating snaps, light weight collapsible tent poles and hand-crafted connector units. Although derived from simple forms, Shell-ter-wear can create infinite possibilities, ranging from a personal garment to a small pod to a large communal shelter.  

Shell-ter-wear: Leaving the Cocoon probes the liminal space between what we are and what we long to become. The cocoon signifies a latent state of metamorphosis: it embodies all the elements that can produce another form, another kind of self.

Shell-ter-wear: Tribes and Tents explores the relationship between the individual and the collective through the intermediary layers that separate and connect garment to shelter. In particular, how do individual choices and actions shape the possibilities of what we may achieve cooperatively? I am interested in using the transitional space between garment and shelter to create scenarios for interpersonal connectedness.