I have been scarce
I have been a slave to the machine
here is one of the outfits I wore while slaving
THE SHELL BUSTIER
sewing process
Many Many
patterns
sewing some more
ironing
more ironing (hey the ironing board matches my outfit..hmm)
view of all 3 layers of the bustier:
foundation layer (with boning),
fashion layer (outside),
lining layer(hides all the guts)
Clementine needs
more attention
viola!
Front
details
back
Class critique time!
my other project
"Conceptual design"
includes
sewn up sketches
(no final garments)
Here is a quote (from a book I love with all my heart)
that I transformed
into the cycle of a birds life:
“The Bird is fighting its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wishes to be born must destroy the world. The bird is flying to God. ” from the novella Damian, by Hermann Hesse
full explanation of the project
here
Birth (just breaking primary boundaries)
teenager (known boundaries)
Adulthood
(Almost successful in escaping all boundaries toward freedom)
death (reaching freedom)