Structure and Attachment- Ideas Development

How my ideas developed:

STRUCTURE —> woven —> Saatchi dupe sacks —> distressed seams —> boro and Japanese textiles.

ATTACHMENT —> melted straws —> saatchi huggers sculpture —> harnesses and restriction

I am pleased with the influences of my project and I think I have researched them well. I do think to improve I need to try and think a bit more conceptually and try and research into more obscure ideas so I have some more creative and original influences. 

Design development looking at distressed seams and the joining of fabrics. I was looking at raw on-show seams and Ibrahim Muhama's dupe sacks from the Saatchi.

From the idea of raw seams my tutor Becca recommended I looked into the Japanese boro technique. I found it really interesting and that it related well to what I wanted to look into. I started to look at joining of different fabrics as well as into some of the ideas and history behind it. I particually like the ideas that boro was created out of a necessity and lack of money and resources as well as the ideas that stories were sewn into the fabrics. If I had more time I would explore these themes further so I could incorporate them more strongly in my final designs.

From boro I also had a little look at other Japanese fabric techniques in the book 'Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles'. I particularly liked the folded or distressed looking surfaces which work well with the ideas of boro as well. I also thought this could translate into a loose knitted piece using the honeycomb technique that I could use to create a piece that restricts movement such as around the arms.

(All images: Authors own 15/10/14)