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Surface Design Final

What comes to mind…

Themes:

Photos Foxes Winter Snow Animals

Source Taken From: https://www.1zoom.me/en/wallpaper/468468/z967.8/

This is mine :D

The black fox looks like some evil fairytale. : FairytaleasFuck

Source from: https://www.reddit.com/r/FairytaleasFuck/comments/f9dbu3/the_black_fox_looks_like_some_evil_fairytale/

Kitsune | Mythology & Cultures Amino

(Source taken from: https://aminoapps.com/c/mythology/page/blog/kitsune/evjQ_vbi3ud833BnMbpQPqrev5KgR5eo1M)

Just thinking considering this entire semester I spent a lot of time drawing foxes for this class, I might as well end off with a fox. I was looking at maybe doing a ‘fox pelt’ clothing, or accessory. However, I am worried about producing a literal fox for the final, or creating a general furred outfit.

Set up:

I can consider either a hunters set up, if I am going for a more brutal “I killed a fox” narrative, or I can do a set up from a fox’s point of view. The latter will be a bit more fantastical, like a daily life of a fox and what is on their vanity, the stuff they own, and them reusing their shed fur to make their own things.

Mood board:

Photos Foxes Winter Snow Animals

red fox has brown eyes and a piercing gaze

red fox, face, eyes, grass, animal, wildlife, animals In The Wild, HD wallpaper

Glass eyes fox eyes golden eyes cat eyes animal eyes image 0

The black fox looks like some evil fairytale. : FairytaleasFuck

Arctic fox - Wikipedia

Fennec fox | Smithsonian's National Zoo

Delta the Fox — beautiful-wildlife: Paws Up! by © Alicja...

Their Names Are Sahara And Morocco | Pet fox, Cute animals, Cute baby animals

Ideas from my Pinterest board:

DIY Purse From A Stuffed Animal >> Over The Apple Tree Felted scarf stole brown grey raw wool curly by galafilc, $167.00 Thimister AW 2011 by viltefelt, via Flickr

Nuno Felted Scarf by @Marina Zlochin Zlochin ShkolnikVilten sjaal - felt collar - Werkelijk prachtig! would make a fantastic addition to a #mothernature costumeOKA blog about eco printed nuno felted reversible garments and accessories, mah jongg jewelry, Studio 907, nuno felting workshops, Beth Marx, So Cal

What Techniques am I considering:

  • Knitting/Crocheting
  • Felting
  • Thermochromic printing
  • Applique
  • Resin
  • Others

 

What was presented For Final:

Reflection:

In the end I decided to do a bag, half crocheted, half felted/weft.

I combed out the crochet knitting, but the yarn did not pull as long as I had hoped, hence the knit was still visible. I hope to be able to edit this and make it more cohesive material wise next time.

The knit took too much time, but I felt that it is easier to crochet a head than to sew it as I could not visualise the fox head pattern in terms of cutting cloth.

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Material Cookbook || Chapter 2: Plastic Fusion and Thread Fabric

Material List for Plastic Fusion:

  • Plastic bags or plastics of any kind
  • An Iron
  • Wax Paper

Instructions for Plastic Fusion:

Step 1: Cut and arrange the plastic bags in the pattern that you want.

Step 2: Sandwich the plastics between wax paper and iron them to fuse. (The starting setting was the one with the highest heat)

Reflection:

Thin plastics burns very easily, the kind from the markets or trash bag material. Layer them sufficiently or turn down the heat from the iron.

The designs on the plastics transferred to the wax paper. It could be because the heat was too high, but certain designs melted faster then the plastics and fused to the wax paper instead. On a side note, some of the plastics fused to the wax paper instead of with the other plastics. (It could be the type of wax paper used, but that is a hunch? )

Transparent plastics are sticky. The take more heat to melt (or at least my transparent package did) but it refuses to fuse. Instead it feels slightly resistant to touch hence I describe it as sticky. It does create very beautiful ‘frosted glass’ texture though.

Sometimes the heat is not enough and it results in the plastics not fusing, hence a cute little hole for your finger to stick through, a very intentional design flaw XD.

Material List for Thread Fabric:

  • Threads
  • A sewing Machine
  • Water Soluble Stabiliser
  • Fabric and trimmings to add into the ‘fabric’.
  • UV resistant acrylic spray

Instructions for Plastic Fusion:

Step 1: cut two identical pieces of water soluble stabiliser

Step 2: Sandwich threads, fabric trimmings or anything you want in between the two pieces of water soluble stabiliser.

Step 3: Pin them in place and start sewing.

Step 4: Wash the water soluble material away.

Step 5: Place the wet material over a surface shape that you want them to hold and leave to dry. (Optional)

Step 6: Spray a coat of UV resistant acrylic spray over it to stiffen the material and allow it to keep its shape. (Optional)

 

Reflection:

Upper and lower threads can be of different colours to create more interesting visual contrasts.

Make sure that the threads overlap, because that is the only thing holding the ‘fabric’ together when the water soluble stabiliser is washed away.

Sewing can be done with any patterns, lets have fun and explore together.

Be careful when washing the threads only fabric, as they feel a bit fragile, especially if you threads are a bit sparse like our trial. Do not squeeze them into a ball (I thought they were going to stick all together oAo).