Sewing

Origami Face

2019 Nonwoven fabric, Cotton

fig.18.1 Kim was doing the demo of digital sewing.

fig.18.3 My prototype. fig.18.2 In MICA Art Tech Center, fabric printing lab.

fig.18.4 I was sticking the canvas because my sewing skills was unable to hold it...

In my childhood, my mom always gave me the cold shoulder when I do the handcraft. I was not good at sewing or weaving, because I hardly have chances to do it! This workshop offered me a opportunity to explore how the sewing machine works. More important is, I took a peek at the world of fabric, and I found making costumes just as making the sculpture: based on some basic techniques and building a 3D objects in various way. The difference between inside and outside of the fabric also intrigued me so much.

This time I made a functional product again, like the ceramic project. I saw the pictures of origami bag on Pinterest, the folding process looks easy, but for me, things never goes easy at the first time.

fig.19.1-2 Document of Origami Face.

fig.20 Original sketch

The final piece almost close to my sketch, if you don’t notice the details... I tried several different fabrics and some of them failed to sew on them because they shrink badly.

There are some tricks hiding in this bag. I glued the non-woven fabric on the black cotton using adhesive fabric tapes. I kept making bags for 20 hours in studio without eating anything and stayed up all night in studio for the first time. I was totally obsessed with craft. Facing the problems and finding alternative ways to fix it makes me feel proud of myself. But I do want to higher the techinique skills in the future.

fig.21.1-3 Me and my bag. 031