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

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