WEEK 12

A very quick update this week which I'll update later...

This week I've worked on..

• Making metalwork hardware and branding tags using aluminium etching process

• Making toile for experimental removable metal sleeve straps and gauze sleeves.

(To be upcycled into the red statement bra set - had to compromise from making the whole mint coloured 'statement dress' as a time factor so having just the removable sleeves allows me to still have a toile from which to upcycle the undergarment fabric. )

• Working on theory essay

• Photographing final toiles - then starting in on the upcycling process and cutting apart final toiles to make secondary garments

• Sewing final slip dress front and back panels and then painting them with photosensitive cyanotype and van dyke printing solutions - ready to sun print today hopefully!

• Made a removable strappy thing to add to this slip dress or removable sleeves as a decorative affect

• Printing out templates for sun printing

Aluminium is laid with acrylic paint as a ground, designs scratched into the paint to reveal metal, and then etched in copper sulphate acid. Then cut into shape using a drill and jewellery saw.

Photographing final toiles before upcycling process

To next be cut up and repurposed into secondary toiles - as I've identified the toiling process as the greatest creator of waste during the zero waste design process.