Before sewing the spoons on, we decided to see what would happen if they were heated.
After cleaning them in a special substance, the oxy torch came out and the heating process began.
After cleaning them in a special substance, the oxy torch came out and the heating process began.
The colours were amazing ........ I couldn't wait to get home to start pinning onto the bodice to see how it looked.
Of course, I wasn't disappointed, however, I did notice, after I had sewn them onto the bodice, that some of them had lost some of their colour. More spoons had to be found! I managed to get a box of spoons at the Caloundra Dump shop for a great price. I now had a decent supply.
After a bit of trial and error, I realised that it was the natural oils in my skin that were effecting the colours on the spoons. I purchased some cotton gloves to use when handling the spoons ... problem solved! Now to replace some of the spoons that I had already sewn onto the bodice.
After a bit of trial and error, I realised that it was the natural oils in my skin that were effecting the colours on the spoons. I purchased some cotton gloves to use when handling the spoons ... problem solved! Now to replace some of the spoons that I had already sewn onto the bodice.
Once the bodice was covered in spoons, I took it off the dressmaking dolly only to find that it needed some kind of support around the top of the bodice to give it support and allow the rest of it to hang freely. After a bit of thought (keeping in mind the materials had to be recycled) I used some wire coat hangers, shaping and cutting the wire and sewing it on the inside of the bodice. Success!
Step one of my Wearable Art project complete.
Now I had to work out what I was going to use on the rest of my piece and how I was going to use it. This turned out to be a big challenge......
My first thought was to use fishing net for the skirt, but, for some reason it wasn't sitting right in my mind. What to do!
After what seemed like an endless night of tossing and turning, which involved countless minutes (or was it hours) of looking out my balcony door ...... I found myself looking AT my balcony door .......
Step one of my Wearable Art project complete.
Now I had to work out what I was going to use on the rest of my piece and how I was going to use it. This turned out to be a big challenge......
My first thought was to use fishing net for the skirt, but, for some reason it wasn't sitting right in my mind. What to do!
After what seemed like an endless night of tossing and turning, which involved countless minutes (or was it hours) of looking out my balcony door ...... I found myself looking AT my balcony door .......
Inspiration was once again ignited in my brain!
The next day I went for a trip to the Buderim Dump shop and found this lovely, beaten screen door. After purchasing for next to nothing (I did have to talk them down, considering I picked the most bent, beaten and least likely to be used as a door again item) I took it back to the factory and pulled it apart.
The next day I went for a trip to the Buderim Dump shop and found this lovely, beaten screen door. After purchasing for next to nothing (I did have to talk them down, considering I picked the most bent, beaten and least likely to be used as a door again item) I took it back to the factory and pulled it apart.
After looking at it for a while, I decided to cut large fishtail sized shapes out of it with a couple of side panels with pointed ends to create a large fishtail style skirt ... FAIL! ... walking in it was going to be a major challenge,, so I scrapped that idea and spent the rest of the afternoon looking at the possible shapes and what I could do with them. I was struggling, so I decided to walk away from it and wait to see if anything came to mind ....... I wasn't under any pressure yet.
I decided, while I was still having a mental block on the bottom part of this piece, the next step was to strip some electrical wire I had and use it for the straps on my bodice. Another part of the piece I needed to sort out. After I had bent the wire in random 'swirls', I sewed it to the bodice and tried it on......
I decided, while I was still having a mental block on the bottom part of this piece, the next step was to strip some electrical wire I had and use it for the straps on my bodice. Another part of the piece I needed to sort out. After I had bent the wire in random 'swirls', I sewed it to the bodice and tried it on......
Looking good, just need to widen the straps a bit more, but starting to take shape. Time to go back to trying to work out how the bottom of this piece was going to turn out ....... it sure was becoming a bit of a challenge!