The Carte Blanche Project - The White Dress

Sublimation print on my dress. 


1. Testing the prints at 20, 40 & 60 seconds to find the ideal temperature. Temperature used for the final pieces is 60 seconds - best colour. 

60secs.- 40 secs.- 20 secs.

2. Heat pressing the sublimation print once, twice and a third time.

The more times you use the sumblimation print, the lighter the design becomes. This will allow me to get more contrast in the design by mixing and matching the pieces. 

The Rock Pigeon Update

Once I prepared the frame of my stool, the next step was to upholster it. 

The Materials

Top left: Calico

Bottom left: Rubberized hair/artificial horse hair

Top right: frame

Bottom Right: lintafelt


Method

1.I started by cutting out the shape which was to form the base.(wood/MDF)  
2.I covered the surface area of the base with rubberized hair. (stapling it half way in to secure it from any movement)
3.Then I cut the lintafelt large enough to cover the sides too. (This will make it softer and avoid people getting pricked from the rubberized hair).
4. After I cut the Calico large enough to be stretched over the entire surface and secured at the back of the base. 

5. I stapled a piece of hessian at the bottom to cover the wood. 

6. I cut the cover out and designed it with the Laser cutter. (large enough to wrap itself around the whole base and be pulled neatly to the back)
7. The last step was to apply the fabric. I put the lintafelt under the top layer  and tucked it neatly to give me a nice smooth and soft finish. It was very tricky because the fabric was very stiff. I used a hammer to flatten corners. 

The Rock Pigeon Colour Palette

Inspiration: Pigeons

Why?: The concept is to change peoples perceptions of something negative into a positive one.

For What?: The colour Palette will be used for my upcycled furniture. 

The Rock Pigeon Palette

Tomorrow I am starting an Upholstery class, so, what I had to do was prepare the frame of  a stool I found in a skip. I have upcycled the frame by sanding it down and repainted it with 5 distinctive colours (3 shades of grey, pink and green) taken from the Rock Pigeon. 

Step 1. Sourcing the material

Step 2: The inspiration for the Colour Palette - 

The Rock pigeon

Step 3: Preparing the frame

- Sand blasting and Sanding down the Frame.

- Applying a primer 

- Applying the colour

The Carte Blanche Project Update

Taking the dress apart.

The jewels are slowly being taken out of their case.

The dress in pieces

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New Letter Dice

Laser cut + Hand painted

Letter Dice