As a self-directed Friday project we were asked to make a set of
10 notifiers/cards, items, objects that could be placed in our studio spaces to notify the tutors of our whereabouts when we are not present at our desks- I decided to link this project to my subject matters project, and wanted them to run on side by side.
I also wanted my notifiers to be practical so that tutors would know when I have gone to use the mac suites or the library or the sewing/batik room for example.
Method
Firstly, I dyed white cotton fabric using a range of different hues- both in ink and powder dyes; once the the fabric had dried I drew 6 headscarf head characters, (which represent me) and outlined these in
black gutta outliner. The next stage was to then cut the headscarf characters out, but I made sure to leave enough fabric on the back so that I could stitch the two pieces together and make them look slightly 3D by stuffing it with excess fabric. The final stage was to draw the little icons and images in the space where the face is- this acts as a symbol and signal as to my whereabouts.
To diversify the project a bit more, I decided to make the remaining 4 notifiers in the shape of tags (rectangular-ish luggage tags), I covered these in different silk papers and then illustrated them with the same headscarf character but in a slightly smaller size and added silver, alphabet stickers to form the typography.
The Finished Piece
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