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Textile as Scaffold

Some time ago I saw photos of wood glued on fabric and I liked it a lot, so for this practice I was very clear about what I wanted to do.

I started by making a simple pattern for a top, and I chose elastic fabric with enough fall so that the wood is well stuck and does not harden the fabric too much.

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I made a simple design in Rhinoceros, I made several pieces imitating a voronoi pattern.

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I used 0.6 mm wood and laser cut.

Settings:

  • Speed: 90
  • Power: 50
  • Frequency: 1000

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I had several types of glues and I decided to do tests to choose the most suitable, the best result was the PATTEX.

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I started the process by first preparing a 17x10cm piece.

Stop motion:

I started with the process in the garment, I had to do it in parts because the Pattex dried very soon and the wood began to curve.

I tried to heat it with the iron to soften the glue and it was very good, then I left it pressing it until the next day.

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Crystallization

As the fabric of my design is white, I thought that with sugar or salt the crystals would not be very visible, so I decided to try brown sugar.

  • 2 cup of water
  • 4 cups of sugar

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  • Thread

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  • Dish
  • Container for mixing.

1.Boil water and remove from heat.

2.Pour the sugar and stir.

3.Insert the thread and soak it well, this makes the thread stick the sugar more easily.

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4.On a dish, add sugar and introduce the soaked string.

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5.Wait for the sugar in the thread to dry.

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6.Wait for the liquid mixture to cool.

7.Re-insert the thread and leave covered.

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8.Wait 2 or 3 days depending on the size of crystallization you want.

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After 2 days it looks like this:

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I do not leave it more time because this is the result I want.

Finally I sew it on the top.

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Files:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bEPe6qfhbDeE6SL6hM19ly0vkFQlRgS7/view?usp=sharing