This course will involve sourcing, planning, designing, painting, crafting, stitching, embroidering, and embellishing. So, be ready to bring all of your creative talents and inspiration to this course. The beauty of creating Art Jackets is that it combines so many different types of art, craft, design, and other creative disciplines, and no two Art Jackets will be the same! Each one is a unique work of art that you’ll be proud to wear, gift, or sell.
This course has been designed to inspire you to:
- View used garments and other fabric remnants as raw materials for crafting imaginative, upcycled, wearable works of art.
- Understand the environmental, cultural, and societal impact of choosing to upcycle garments and supporting the “slow fashion” movement as an alternative to fueling the “fast fashion” industry.
- Choose a denim jacket from your closet or a from a charity shop that you will transform into an amazing, one-of-a-kind Upcycled Art Jacket.
- Familiarize yourself with a variety of options for sourcing upcyclable garments for use as materials for your Art Jacket project.
- Make yourself aware of the qualities that make a garment a good – or bad – candidate for being upcycled into an Art Jacket.
- Choose a portrait subject that is meaningful to you and that will serve as the centerpiece of your design.
- Create a cohesive theme and design, incorporating fabrics and trims that reflect the significance and symbolism or your portrait subject, whether historical or fictional.
- Become familiar with various techniques for applying acrylic paint to denim, as well as techniques that will ensure that the paint that you have applied will stand the test of time.
- Adorn your chosen jacket with your portrait subject using acrylic paints.
- Learn a variety of acrylic painting techniques for creating beautiful facial features for your portrait subject.
- Embellish the portrait that you have created with trims, reclaimed garment remnants, notions, beads, crystals, and any other types of adornments that you choose.
- Familiarize yourself with methods and materials that will allow you to adhere your embellishments securely.
- Focus not only on the creative design of your Upcycled Art Jacket, but also on quality construction and craftsmanship.
- Design and craft a garment that is artistically exceptional as well as practically wearable.
- Integrate the design that you have created for the back of your jacket to the front and sleeves of your jacket, thereby creating a completely cohesive garment design.
- Care for and store your wearable art piece appropriately, treating your Upcycled Art Jacket as the original art that it is.
- Style your new creation by combining it with outfits that complement, but do not upstage your Upcycled Art Jacket.
Class 01:
- Collect Your Supplies
- Choose Your Jacket
- Carefully Inspect Your Jacket
- Launder, Dry, and Iron Your Jacket
Class 02:
- Plan Your Theme & Design
- Lay Our Your Components and Take a Photo
- Compile Your Source Materials
Class 03:
- Paint Your Background
Class 04:
- Paint Your Subject
Class 05:
- Heat Set Your Painting with a Hot Iron
- Apply Gloss or Matte Medium or Varnish (Optional)
Class 06:
- Glue On Any Trims, Lace, etc. with Fabric Glue
- Add Reinforcing Stitching to Glued Trims
Class 07:
- Glue and / or Stitch On Any Beads, Jewelry, etc.
Class 08:
- Apply Any Letters
- Finish Off the Stitches Inside the Jacket
Class 09:
- Add Your Own Unique Label to Identify Your Work!
- Finishing touches!
BONUS
- Supplies list
- Sourcing Upcyclable Materials
- Styling Your Art Jacket
- Integrating Your Art Jacket Design
Open Facebook Group to students of this course:
Curious Mondo: How to Make Art Jackets
Time table:
9 hours
Level:
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced
Target market:
Fiber Artists
Main objective:
Learn how to make One-of-a-Kind, Lovingly Crafted, Hand Painted, Upcycled Garments
Prerequisite:
None
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