Week 3

3 ~ Fabric of Thread

| Natasya Adistana

Technique

Fabric of Thread. It is sewing threads on water soluble material to get fabric-like result.

Material(s)

  • Variety of thread, yarn, fabric strips
  • Water soluble stabiliser
  • Mould (optional)

Tool(s)

  • Sewing pins
  • Sewing machine

Process

  1. Arrange the thread and yarn on the water soluble stabiliser
  2. Place another sheet of water soluble stabiliser on top
  3. Pin the layers to keep them in place
  4. Sew in grids and decorate it as wanted
  5. Submerge the stabiliser into water and wash off the starch. Wash completely to make it flexible
  6. (optional) Water the stabiliser and leave some starch on the thread/yarn piece. Place it over a mould and leave to dry overnight.

—Photos

Class demonstration

My process

My sample

Reflections

It was a fun process where one can really explore, do and mix different design. It has been a really long time I since I used a sewing machine. The only cons of the process and what hinders from doing it on my own would be the expensive water soluble stabiliser.

3 ~ Plastic Fusing

| Natasya Adistana

Technique

Plastic Fusing. It is combining plastic by heating it up.

Material(s)

  • Different plastics
  • Baking paper

Tool(s)

  • Iron

Process

  1. Place sheets of different plastic bags into the desired design
  2. Sandwich the plastics in between two sheets of baking paper
  3. Iron for a few seconds

—Photos

My sample
My sample
Random experimentation (but turns out not so nice)

Reflections

It was a method that can be used to create colorful things cheaply. I lost my plastic fusing and needed to recreate it. However, as I did not have any baking paper, and tried to do iron it directly and it didn’t turn out as it should be. Now that I thin of it, I should have tried to use other type of paper that might work. It has became rather experimental to me.