Workshop Experiment:
Last week we did an in-class workshop on heating plastic. The two options we used were the heating press machine and the heating iron. Vanelly and I tried out the iron and came to the realization that our Iron didn’t have any numbers to measure the temperature, so we just guessed (a lot). We noticed that the shriveling up means that it’s too hot, and so we attempted to adjust some buttons. Then we noticed it was too cold when there was no difference in the plastic and it didn’t stick together with the other piece of plastic. Also- it is good to note that we ironed it on a table and placed a piece of cloth underneath and used parchment paper in between the plastic so it wouldn’t make direct contact with the iron.
During the week I attended a sewing, vinyl cutter, and embroidery workshop that helped me gain more skills and understanding on how to make a wearable as well and guided my design in the direction I want it to go.
Midterm Wearable:
When traveling through Mongolia for national holiday this year, I climbed and hiked through national parks that were filled with trash. I was flabbergasted to see how trashed these sacred sites of the countryside had been invaded by pure garbage. It was more so sad that there was no care whatsoever and it seemed to just keep accumulating. I could not even focus on the view- which was a great big rock that is famous for being shaped like a turtle. I was fed up and began to pick up the wrappers and bottles that were laying around. I then found a huge bag that appeared to be for rice and I filled it to the top with all of the litter I picked up. A young Chinese couple who was also on vacation from Beijing walked over to me and asked me if I do this everywhere I go. I then realized that it has become more normal to see trash in national nature parks than to actually pick the trash up or clean up after yourself. The conversation was a good way to bring up conservation and to spread the idea of conservation. From this event, I have come up with a wearable made out of trash to pick up trash.
I realized that it would have been amazing to have a bigger trash bag or a place to store the trash that I had collected. So I want to create a pair of pants with two layers, very similarly to the inspo image below, that is for trash collecting. SO next time you are on the street and you see trash but don’t have a way of disposing it, you can stick it in your pants and properly recycle it when you get home!
Vanelly and I will be accomplishing this get up together!
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