Beauty of Fabric Manipulation

My definition of beauty is about "unpredictable" and "possibility"

I think from this experience of making fabric manipulation, I found beauty is really about those two words.

Because all my fabric manipulation pieces were ended in the result which I didn't expect, and I LOVE how the results turned out.

I love to create in more unkown way, not the way like "It has to be end like this." It is not about figuring out Math problems, it is about surprise.

This two pieces below is more about test and try. 

For the first one I tried to fold fabric together to give more 3D effect. Because I really like structured items.

All-Sides Gathering

  

For This one below, I tried to cut holes to let fabric can go through into the other piece of fabric. I think this is an interesting way to connect fabric pieces together.

This one I was inspired by "Slashed Tucks"

Also, I was inspired by my beauty item, the "sunrise" one. I wanted to show the layers and layers, steps by steps of "sunrise".

I like this technique, because it can add pretty texture on a simple fabric.

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This sample I was inspired by the beauty of "Rose"

After I searched "Pattern Shirring" online, I felt I could make a bigger "Pattern Shirring" and gather them together. It may gave a really interesting result.

It ended very well, I was imaging this pattern could on a beautiful big dress, it must be very romantic.

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At the bottom of this pattern, I cut a hole on one piece of fabric

I wanted other two pieces can be connected by using this hole.

Go through it and stay in the hole because of the tightness of the hole.

For this piece, I was inspired my beauty item "ice cube"

I was wondering if I could sew some ice cube on a 3D fabric.

I sew two layers of fabric all together but one side, then put tissue paper through that side, at the end, I sew all sides together.

But when I tried to sew "ice cubes" on the puffy fabric, my sew machine stuck a lot. And when I tried to sew the bottom edge together, my machine didn't work. So, I finished at handed-sewing. I like how the fabric stretched against each other.

I think it would be great to be a fabric of structured skirt, or collar.

This piece is also inspired by "Rose"

I tried to make a "rose feeling" pattern instead of to make a real rose shape.

I wanted to give more possibilities of this piece, and "possibility" is also my definition of beauty.