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Final Three Fabric Manipulations

These are all of my fabric manipulations put together. Considering this is my first time working with fabric and trying to make something of it, I felt I did an OK job. I spent most of my time trying to keep the stitches even, especially on the hand-sewn stuff. I feel that my most successful pieces are the ones that also reflect my definition of beauty, such as the bottom right one. I was poking holes into the fabric with tweezers and ended up poking myself many times, causing me to bleed. This reflects the way the fabric looks, as if it is the result of extreme violence and trauma. Other fabric pieces that have the same aesthetic is the bottom left one, which gives off the same sense of destruction and disarray.

Process of my First Three Fabric Manipulations

My first fabric manipulation inspired by:

My second fabric manipulation inspired by:

My third fabric manipulation inspired by:

found this interesting book called "Folding Techniques for Designers: From Sheet to Form" by Paul Jackson.

Planning to use these pleat folds in one of my squares.

A garment that uses fabric manipulation from Comme des Garçons Spring 2013 Ready-to-Wear

The Collection

A book I made to house my 10 artifacts

10 Artifacts of Beauty

Barreleye Fish



Francisco Goya



Mark Rothko



Andy Goldsworthy



Yayoi Kusama



Cindy Sherman



Mike Kelly



Jenny Haniver



Fiji Mermaid



Pearlscale goldfish

Personal Definition of Beauty

Growing up in a culture that values a certain set of qualities as beautiful, I believe that it would be beautiful to subvert these westernized notions of beauty.

"Kill everyone now! Condone first degree murder! Advocate cannibalism! Eat shit! Filth is my politics! Filth is my life!"
- Pink Flamingos