Technical Process: In Process Work

Research:

     At the Malton Gallery I observed the work of a former peer at DAAP, Emily Sites. Her work inspired a lot of things for me involving my sculptural work. She explores metal forging and welding along with the sewing of stretched fabric to her work. 

     Ernesto Neto, an artist I previously did a blog on created a piece which seems to have striking similarities to what I am attempting to create.

How To:

     As I have posted in an earlier blog regarding my forging and welding processes I explained how I created my sculpture representing both a the form of a chandelier and jelly fish. 

    In sewing fabric to metal, first choose a fabric which reflects your intentions and begin stretching and sewing. I have begun attaching fabric to my metal sculpture by using a needle and thread. It is a rather difficult process, the fabric must be stretched very tight or it will cause rippling in the fabric. Around the curves of the metal rods, it is very complicated to prevent such rippling. 

     Furthermore, hemming the edges of the fabric is a very interesting process. The fabric was rolled tightly to cause tension throughout the medium. I stitched with cross hatching creating the hem to form a border.