LACEandLINEN

Some experiments I have done with the lace + dissolvable fabric

I would like this fabric to harden quicker and create a stronger finish. I first imagined this PVA hold that is like a plastic over layer. I would like to create this effect somehow.

Using the soluable fabric as the second skin to this lace - Before dissolving.... the texture and fabric type cannot be fully determined at this stage:

1st Dissolving:

After Drying first dissolve:

2nd dissolving:

The lace after everything is dissolved

Gathered lace - tied with a soluable tie:

The tie slowly dissolves and the gathers collapse...

Once the dissolvable tie has broken the lace drapes at the neckline

Molding a heavy linen over the mannequin with the soluble fabric once it is malleable:

After the fabric has re-set and created a hard-ish rounded shape

Creating a overgarment out of either all dissolvable fabrics or a mixture of dissolve and a fabric I have been working with for previous overgarments (see Burial and Dissolve experiments) this garment tells nothing about what is underneath – nothing of shape, colour or texture – it is the same as the garment you see next to it. And through a process (dissolving in this case) the overgarment collapses (and may become a part of the undergarment in the form of drape) and the undergarment is revealed. The dissolvable fabric works with the undergarment (this would be residue of the overgarment or a layer over the garment that is designed to dissolve onto the undergarment) Creating a mold of the shape that is underneath. This is a garment that is captured at a time and place rather than a timely garment – although artifacts remain after the garment-sculpt is set.

This would be great to film this experience or using photography to evoke the time through a flip book?

It would be nice to still involve the community/continual garment aspect where possible. If the garments are not attached in the undergarment then maybe just in the overgarment.