The themes of my major project are structure, such as in buildings and scaffolding and caging, but also Origami within fabric manipulation. My concern is that this is quite a predictable theme, Origami has been done by fashion students and over done. I want my final outcome to be as far away from the usual Origami outcome as it can be, strive for something new and buck trend.
For these reasons I have been initially looking at satins and taffetas this is a very obvious choice though and one that would be very predictable. I have therefore been looking into changing a fabrics properties by adding chemicals such as starch or even interfacing, and it has become very apparent that muslin can be manipulated quite easily. Muslin is 100% cotton and therefore also holds the potential to dye well. This could add another dimension to my design process, print. I like the idea of adding print and would love to work within print design in the future, so would be very beneficial to go through the process of print design for my major project.
I have ordered 4m of muslin in white to research what can be produced with this fabric, how it hems, how it can be folded and draped and how it can be dyed and starched.
If i do end up using this fabric I believe i will need an additional fabric that will work with the muslin but help provide another dimension to my work and also help provide additional structure where needed, ordering the 4m sampling fabric will provide me with a sample to shop with, helping make additional selection easier.
To Do:
Shop for additional fabric
Await delivery and then, dye it, hem it, starch it and drape it. Photos, photos, photos!!!! Samples, samples, samples!!!
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