A mock up of an idea. I remember making stuffed paper doves for christmas with my mom and siblings. I remember loving their fresh white bodies, and that's probably why I am so borderline obsessed with birds.
100% handstitched. I have to change the shape of his body and the length of his tail a bit, and the placement of the embroidered pattern and different embroidery tricks, but this is the idea and I would love to make a flock of them. Plus sitting and sewing can be done on the laziest of days so I love having a project like this to jump on after exhausting days.
I've been sketching and thinking about this other project for awhile now, but it's still very much in the science fair stage.
The Goal: To use the thousands of baskets that end up at thrift stores or discarded as a medium.
The Question: How can we make baskets malleable enough to alter their shape and reconstruct them into other forms?
The experiment process. 1. Soak the baskets in hot water for a few hours and cut them apart.
I've selected a handful of different woven materials and different sizes to see what works best. Based on the results from this first experiment I can hopefully begin collecting basket types that lend themselves better to this process and begin playing with forms.
New Discoveries: Baskets float in an interesting way and look really pretty suspended in water.
Cheers to the creative process!
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