Material Experimentation

 

Main material: Plastic sheets derived from fusing plastic bags

Reasons and Considerations

• Weight
• Texture
• Stiffness
• Inflatability
• Ability to store air
• Ease of getting it
• Ability to achieve interesting aesthetics
• May look more organic than it is – to project the idea that although plastics are not usually associated with organicity, it can be manipulated to look organic and relatable to the human body).
• For the project’s aesthetic purposes, new plastics are used (I realised aesthetics are not a viable excuse, I could have sourced fully recycled ones but I will elaborate about reducing our consumption of plastics and plans to reuse this artwork later.)

Experimentation outcomes from fusing different types of plastics in many ways:

1st from left, top row: Organza fused with zip lock plastic (falls apart easily)

2nd from left: 2 layers of fused semi-transparent plastic – outcome -> rigid

3rd from left: organza fused on its own

4th from left: semi-transparent plastic fused with organza (falls apart easily)

1st from left, second row: Pleated plastic

 

 

Plastic/Polyester Manipulating | Pleating, Dying, Threading with elastics and with fishing thread