I start to explore fabric with a different vision in mind but as soon as I start to experiment and handle the material it did not react the way I was expecting. The fabric bowls I was planning to make transform to female forms on fabric inspired by a photo shoot I did finding female forms in nature. Some materials did no work the way I imagine so I was forced to find different uses and solutions to have something resolve in this process!
I follow the steps in my worksheet:
Step #1: Making of the fabric bowls
a. used two different fabrics
1. tee fabric
2. scrap fabric
b. used two different shapes of bowl
c. used two different adhesives
1. Fabric Mache = Failure
2. Mod Podge = Success
Step #2: Dye Fabric
a. I enjoy the process of dyeing and it work the way I expected
b. I braid the fibers to hang the pieces from = fail (material too weak to support the weight)
c. Used dye fabric as part of the female forms
Step #3: Knitting tee yarn
a. The process of cutting the tee and transform it into yarn was a little more complicated than what I research, you need to cut it the right way so the thread follow the direction and can be made into a ball of yarn
b. The crochet difficulty depended in the quality of the tee: Pure cotton fibers were easy to manipulate than fibers mixed with polyester or lycra.
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| Tee "bowl": harder to glue but easier to manipulate |
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| Retazo "bowl": easier to glue but harder to manipulate |
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| Dye Fabric: I love the process of adding color to the textile but the braiding did not work for my initial idea of hanging the pieces |
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| Recycle Tee turn into yarn |
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| Yarn crochet |
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| Crochet Flower |
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| Final Result |
My personal goal for the next two weeks is to work bigger with this process on mind!
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