proto-typing

did you know that there is so much more work to these garments/art pieces than meets the eye?

did you know that the best part of being a "designer" is the PROCESS OF CREATION? 

did you know that every aspect of development has endles possibilities, that when you are on a roll -too many ideas come to mind at once- and it's difficult to focus, keep a straight face and concentrate on FINISHING something- I just want to play all day!

here are some pictures of my "drapes" for 2 of my thesis collection "garments"

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NERD Ticket give away

Proudly Presents...



So we have two double tickets to give away to one of the best bands in the USA, all brought to you by Hansa Pilsner. N.E.R.D will be performing live this Saturday 12th February 2011 at the Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg.

In the spirit of brand loyalty, honesty and fun, the competition will run as follows.

• You will be requested to buy a seal 6 pack of Hansa Pilnser (Brand loyalty)
• Come to Thesis Concept Store and drink four of the 6 beers in a relaxed mood. (Honesty)
• The 1st and 2nd person to finish their beers will receive the tickets. (Fun)

This will be posted on the blog.

Alternatively, you can do the same and do a video, post it on youtube under the name, "Thesis I want tickets" of you doing something crazy with Hansa Pilsner.

Competition and opens Friday 18h00 and closes at night 22h00. Thesis Concept will be open at that time, just for you.

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bubble-ING away!

happy saturday.feliz sabado. buon sabato....

 (beh, ormai è domenica!!!)

today I woke up at the crack of dawn for a meeting and brunch at greydog

- YUMmmy (french toast w fruit, eggs over easy+ homefries)-

 and then

headed to New Jersey to the Silk-City warehouse/outlet sale, which takes place every first saturday of the month... ONLY that they were not there (perhaps due to sucky weather, but they could've at least put a sign up on the door)...

dissapointed, we came back to NYC, and to FIT's knitting lab- where I decided to test my thicker yarns on the 3gg brother machine...

 I EMBARKED ON A BUBBLE-Y adventure. The results were really cool...

below: some pics of the swatches I've developed so far.

I've been playing with "bubble" size, placement, shape, technique and YARN CONTENT.

my conclusions for the day:

1. will need to use some wool to help the cotton keep its shape
2. there are not many fine gauge sustainable  yarns
3. might need to knit each bubble individually - to individually dye them, to indivdually place them on a form, to FORM- a conglomerate of magic moss-y bubbles!
4. this is going to be a lot of work and a "couture-ish" adventure, but I'm really enjoying it and willing to give it a go go!

bubble swatches togetha'

the 1st bubble ever- I like the idea of making indiv. ones         

this is probably the winner- merino wool +100% cotton

i like the juxtaposition/conglomeration, and irregularity!

              holding needles on "E", knit just one part                                                              this one is w shortrowing-like socks

Lion Brand Recycled Cotton- from Tshirts

 see how they protrude!

 here I added some merino wool- it started to have a better effect! I also combined 2 techniques

  this was the first swatch I made once I figured out the technique- but I was still using the 100%cotton yarn + 6gg brother machine
 the shapes were good, but they didnt stay "poofy".

"thesis" collection: sketches/initial concept boards

saludos cariños!
I promised more images and here they are: I am sharing with you the initial mood/concept boards and 1st sketches for the "thesis" collection I am working on.

I posted some swatch development images before- and will post more soon- but here is the real juicy stuff:

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raw inspiration: mossyness/critical weathering

whalá! still under development/research-- but ideas are flowing. I plan on doing 1 & 3 (left -right)