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.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Masses of Muslin


As we are nearing the end of the bulk of our research project, and as the semester comes to a close, I have been trying to get an accurate estimate of how much muslin we have collected. It got a little crazy during the semester, and we started collecting the muslin every two weeks as opposed to every week. I have just now gotten to actually weighing the scraps, and I am trying to put two and two together as far as when the scraps are from and all that. Anyway, from what I have calculated thus far, I think we should have around 100 POUNDS OF MUSLIN. I am also working on calculating an estimate for yardage for comparison. 1 yard of fabric is not that heavy though, so I am a little scared to see how many yards this works out to be.
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