Opposing Forces
Enjoy your trip to the moon - where boundaries disappear
Extraterrestrial vs. Terrestrial
This project was to select two opposing forces and explore silhouettes and fabrics which support those forces, while merging them into the same design. Here, I explore extraterrestrial ideology and research and combine it with its opposing force - terrestrial design and fabrication.
The Milky (run) way
Mood Board
Alien Abduction: The manipulations
Swatches and experimentation
Moon love
Using 20” x 20” squares of 2 fabrics representing terrestrial - wool, floral print fabric - and extraterrestrial - iridescent silk. Cutting out words in each square - “Love” and “Moon”. Using every piece to create a top.
Saturn’s Surface
Swatch created by cutting slits in wool and pulling silk chiffon through and sewing to create a bubbling look
Liquid Mercury
Sewing silk chiffon between “liquid” like cut outs in silk lurex panne velvet
Space exploration
Drapes, sketches, shape explorations