What exactly is Deconstruction - Reconstruction?

Welcome to Deconstruction-Reconstruction! We are a group of art students hailing from various areas of study including fashion, fibers, and metals at Virginia Commonwealth University. We are researching recycling fibers as a response to the large amount of muslin scraps wasted each day in the fashion design department. Throughout our project, we will be collecting muslin scraps from the design studios in recycling bins, keeping track of how much is wasted, in hopes of creating a continuing fabric recycling program. During our research, we will be meeting with designers working with eco-friendly or recycled materials. We will also use the scraps in combination with found and recycled metals to create one of a kind garments and accessories in order to reuse the wasted scraps. These pieces will be featured in a final show in May 2008.

Friday, February 1, 2008

Experiment


Today we met in the metals studio to take a look at everything we had collected at the scrap yard. It was inspiring seeing everything spread out across the table. We decided to begin experimenting with techniques for incorporating the metal pieces we collected into the fabrics by utilizing their rust abilities to color the fabrics. We each took scraps of muslin and metal pieces to work with. We will also experiement with other ways of naturally staining the fabric as well as manipulation techniques. By next meeting we should have an array of samples to look at.
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