These forms in fabric were inspired by a mixture of female forms and these forms in nature. Taking photographs of beautiful tree branches was the trigger that motivate me to imitate the forms.
The process was a growing experience:
Going Bigger: I started the experimentation with kitchen bowls with a round form that make easy to manipulate the fabric into the desire form, once I decide to go bigger I need to find something big enough to be able to laid the fabric. The solution was Rubbermaid containers in different sizes, for the last one I had to joined 2 lids of the containers to be able to achieve the size I wanted.
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| Small Rubbermaid Container Covered with Aluminum foil |
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| Layering of Fabric in Aluminum foil |
- Types of Material & Amount: When I mixed different types of fabrics I realize that each type of fabric had a different reaction to the adhesive or the amount of adhesive needed to work. Also, since I was working bigger for the first time I miss calculate the amount of fabric and mod podge needed and I had to make multiple trips to the store to be able to complete the process.
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| First Layering |
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| Final Layering |
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| Pulling layering from the Aluminum foil |
- The Process of Layering: When I finish the first layering I realize I just mixed a bunch of scrap fabric and that my piece did not make sense, in that moment I decide to redo the last layer of fabric with the pattern all over the container. Also, I decided that the other forms had to match in a certain way so I choose the white and the green as the predominant colors of the other forms since they were present in the pattern.
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| Details in the Forms |
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