Since I was a child I would see my mom and grandma sewing and doing marvelous patchwork projects. Sewing has been passed on from generation to generation in the women in my family, not only as a tradition but as a way to survive: by making blankets from fabric scraps to knitting new clothes and mending the old ones. Crafting brought together the women in my family, they taught me how to sew and cultivated a love for fabric, needles, and thread in me. Seeing them in their daily life also taught me how unfair the world is to women, leading me to become a feminist. They molded me into the designer and the woman I am today.
In this collapsible shelter, I am honoring them and everything they have taught over the years. Showcasing how when the world is too overwhelming I can surround myself with their warmth and strength, hence the use of felt in two different colors: purple and green, the feminist colors of justice and hope, joined by pink hand stitches on the edges. And hold by a brass structure, that adjusts to the body and gives structure and mobility to the whole piece.
The making process was a combination of patchwork, an art and a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design and started a way to use leftover pieces of cloth to create clothing and quilts; and an origami architecture technique to create parabolic collapsible structures with simple geometrical patterns. Finalized by a brass structure molded to fit the shoulders.
Projekt: To Carry
Sommersemester 23
The Threaded Shelter
Messing, Filz, Faden.
Showcasing how when the world is too overwhelming I can surround myself with their warmth and strength [...].
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von Maria Alejandra Restrepo
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