INTERVENING IN THE PROCESS OF SMOCKING.

INSPIRATION:

INITIAL INTERVENTIONS:

incorporate copperwire, or another more sturdy material to create a sculpturing effect

make areas with more concentrated smocking to create hardness and play with the form

dye the fabric before smocking it

dye after smocking

use pattered fabric and then smock it

play with positive and negative space, cut holes in the fabric

create my own threading pattern

choose not to use a specific pattern at all

apply the tension and release idea to another material

Play with shrinking

Apply tension in another way e.g using heat

Research modern versions of smocking r.g using machinery

Dye using acrylic, the fact that it hardens could be interesting

Use mesh fabric

Combine different types of fabric together

Combine fabric with a 'strange' material (foam, plastic bags...)

FIRST ROUND OF EXPERIMENTS:

SECOND ROUND OF EXPERIMENTS:

GOING BIGGER + COLOUR EXPLORATION:

EXPLORING COMBINATIONS FOR POSSIBLE FAMILIES:

FINAL OPTIONS:

GOING EVEN LARGER: