This week we were encouraged by the tutors to start focusing in the area we wanted to go in to, whilst keeping in mind that week’s specialism. So, I tackled architecture/structures with a textiles bent.

Sewing machines are like bikes - easy to get back on once you’ve learnt to use it the first time. I learnt how to couch, which was an infuriating process at first. One of the tutors suggested I use “interfacing” to help prevent the silk from bunching so much, and this helped immensely.

Silk + Interfacing + Couching = flexible material, yet stiff enough to hold it’s shape for modelling purposes.

The structures I came up with were purely conceptual, inspired by the form(s) of a shirt (or shirts) when worn (which was the first exercise).