Preview
Creation Date
Winter 2017
Description
Undergraduate student. Year of graduation: 2020. Major: Apparel. Class: Design. Faculty: Judy Maloney. Photographed by Mariah Bennett, MDes Interior Architecture, 2018.
Materials + Techniques
Plexi, slate, cord, carabiner, paper
Student Narrative
This book aims to visualize the experience of climbing Mt. Everest during the first major tragedy that occurred on an expedition. In May of 1996, eight people died during an extreme snowstorm that quickly swept over the South Col at 7900 meters.
Keywords
artists' books, Mt. Everest, disasters