THINGS ListeningsI really enjoyed both talks, they brought up things that I hadn’t really put much thought into before. In the "99% Invisible - "Knockoffs: Articles of Interest" I found Dapper Dans story fascinating. From selling clothes out of his car to becoming one of the most known underground designers in the nation. In addition, I learned that only a 2D design can be copyright but a 3D design of a garment cannot. The American fashion industry is very, very successful. It makes a lot of money; it reaches worldwide and has been done very well over the last few decades. And yet the core idea, the design, can be copied by anyone, and is copied by anyone. Avery Trufelman from the episode states, “If you come up with a cool sleeve or a really different looking collar, you have no claim to it in the American copyright system. If you come up with something that’s useful or technologically innovative, like maybe it’s a new kind of sweat-wicking fabric, maybe you could get a patent.” This reality is something that I had never really realized or considered before. I guess the idea behind what seems to be a twisted give and take system, is it enables the fashion cycle, the cycle of something coming into fashion and going out. It enables this cycle to move more quickly, to keep up with the “trends.” It seems that trends come in style as soon as they go out of trend. Thinking about what happens to these no longer valuable, out of trend items of our wardrobe, is brought to light in the podcast episode, "Planet Money - "The Afterlife of a T-Shirt" In this episode David Kesenbaum discusses the unexpected afterlife of a T-shirt, when it leaves its owner. The distances it travels, its “afterlife” and its new created from its original style and purpose. I found these ideas to be very interesting and made me reflect on the fabric that I use in my current and past works. Where do they come, do they have a history, are they repurposed or taking on a “first life” journey of their own? Also, what value do they now hold compared to previous uses of that material. All thoughts that were brought to mind by listening to this episode. ProgressThis week after completing my first full quilt, I have been trying out different fabric combinations with quilt tops I made at the end of last semester. Also I've been looking at a fabric panel I recently Litho printed on in printmaking and seeing if can incorporate that into one of the pieces for my show. I have also started basting and now quilting the watermelon panel seen in one of the images below.
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