Grid Art

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I knew for this project I wanted to use fabric, because I did a lot of sewing projects throughout high school and it’s a medium I enjoy. At first I thought I would cut the fabric into squares, but when I realized I wouldn’t be able to bring my sewing machine to work with I switched to cutting the fabric into strips and weaving them together. Weaving is pretty time consuming and also apparently more precise than I remember it being; I ended up having some horizontal strips that weren’t quite long enough. I wasn’t sure what measurements I should have used to calibrate for the fact that the vertical strips would likely have some space between them and move around while I was working. This caused more space than I had measured for to be taken up and all the horizontal strips didn’t quite reach. In a perfect world the measurements would have been correct, but take in to account my limited tools and back pain from my poorly planned working space that was just the middle of my floor, and slightly lopsided doesn’t sound like the worst I could have done. My favorite thing about this grid is the monochromatic leaning color scheme, I like the different patterns of grays, black, and white. I think it could double as a nice wall hanging or something of the sort. 

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  1. VincentOctober 13, 2018 at 11:54 AM

    Awesome design, really cool that you decided to use fabric as your medium. I appreciate you sharing your process and found it super interesting.

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  2. Michaela October 28, 2018 at 10:11 PM

    I still love this so much and really hope you make a pillow out of it!!

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