Wearable Utility with Leather
I chose to start with a dark green leather that I found in a scrap bin at Global Leathers. I was not sure exactly what I »
Prototyping Wearable Utility (part 4)
I wanted to get started working with leather as soon as possible, so I started by finalizing some parts of the form. I was mostly happy »
Prototyping Wearable Utility (part 3)
Over the past two weeks I have been building several smaller parts of the utility harness. I imagine the entire piece being a modular system that »
Prototyping Wearable Utility (part 2)
Posture Harness While looking for inspiration for my project, a friend mentioned that she had a posture correcting harness. I was really interested in trying it »
BK Shoe Space & Textile Arts Center
Brooklyn Shoe Space This week I took a Leather Techniques class at the Brooklyn Shoe Space. We learned some basics of working with leather including sewing, »
Coded Couture & Workwear
This week I visited the Coded Couture exhibit at Pratt with a classmate Jingwen. Both of us have been working with Soft Circuitry for the past »
Prototyping Wearable Utility
Form I started out by creating the form using scrap fabric. In order to figure out placement for some of the tools, I traced them with »