#prototype sketch

[my-textile-journal]

Prototype sketch

I have decided to make a tote bag as it is a time-efficient endeavour.

I haven't fully decided on the dimensions of the bag as I have yet to complete my final fabric and made certain the amount I can safely use.

Will update when that is done.

[nicantaki]

Preliminary object assessment:

During this session, we also chose which designs to take forward. The tin fabricators from Mariamma Nagar had unsuccessfully fulfilled their mission, supplying us with two buckets and tin box lids, loose. The fabricators did not have time to work on the project despite one of their daughters being in the class. We therefore searched for tin makers elsewhere, whilst continuing to use the tin lids from the settlement to create the gutter cover. However the recycling bins would have to be made from scratch outside of Mariamma Nagar.

[nicantaki]

Assessment of preliminary designs:

We brought the objects made in Mariamma Nagar during the school holidays back in to the classroom so that the children could see how their design drawings were interpreted. This session focussed on the importance of detail in design drawing, and what was right/what went wrong. 

The tree bag drawing was in its totality embroidered onto the bag. The mosquito net was too dense, and had no means of attaching to a wall or door. The tin gutter cover was flimsy. The children thought about how to make their designs better, and their drawings clearer.