Cords + Channels + Boning

The approach used for this assignment was to shred cloth and sew it onto a ring, in order to achieve a sort of jellyfish-like shape. The overall goal…

Cording and Boning: Martha

My original idea was to have a conical shape that expands and contracts. After experimenting with the conical shape, I thought that it worked well but would be…

Cording and Boning – Zeja

Originally, I intended to create a half-circle shape similar to a fan, and wanted to create an open-close movement when the weight was drawn up and down the…

Cords & Channels & Boning – Catherine

I first wanted to make a ‘person’ with boning for his head and cords for his arms and legs so that he can nod and have his joints…

Cording & Channels & Boning – Nathan

While conceptualizing the piece, I knew I wanted to use a conical or cylindric shape and achieve a vertical collapsing motion. After constructing and puppeting the piece, I…

Cords & Channels & Boning – Judy

For this assignment, I wanted to have some sort of skeleton within the fabric to show the channel, cord, and boning manipulation while having an exoskeleton that allows…

Cords & Channels & Boning – Matthew

For this assignment I wanted to leverage the concept of channels to create a serpent effect in my fabric. I wanted to use a channel with a series…

Cords & Channels & Boning – Lexi

My original idea was to use arching tubes to form a kite-like structure to explore what would happen if you tested the limits of the tubing by stretching…

Gathering and Shirring – Jean

For this assignment, I tried to use gathering and shirring to make some emoji style faces. In particular, I was trying to explore the possibility for faces to…

Gathering and shirring – Stephanie