Deliverables¶
Midterm Presentation¶
GANTT¶
BoM bill of materials¶
This is an initial list of materials. It can be added to.
Materials¶
| Qty | Description | Price | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 pound bag of beef Gelatin powder | $30.00 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C35DQQM9?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 | This bag is approximately 8 cups, or 16 times the standard bio resin recipe I have on my presentation slide |
| 2 | 32 ounces Vegetable Glycerin | $15.00 | hhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDJSJQ1H?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title | |
| 3 | 50 small curtain clips | $8.00 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M01I3QL?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title | |
| 4 | Invisible hanging wire with 40 aluminum crimping sleeves, | $7.00 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TTS287C?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title | |
| 5 | Heat gun for melting plastic bottles | $15.00 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMQXDK9X?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title | |
| 6 | Gold Leaf Sheets 20 Colors Gold Foil Leaf Multi-Color Imitation Gold Leaf Paper | $10.00 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BVXTHS?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 | |
| 7 | 16 Gauge Galvanized Steel Wire, 25-Feet | $10.00 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BPDBFU?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 | |
| 8 | Food coloring for coloring the bio resin | $10.00 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B591N59Y?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 | |
| 9 | 50pcs 1.5mm x 300mm 304 Stainless Steel Rod | $12.00 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CX19H4HW?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 | |
| 10 | 3mm Craft Wire for Sculpting, 52 Ft Aluminum Bendable Thick Meta | $11.00 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WD3XM59?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 | |
| 11 | Used denim jeans to make fish from | $50.00 | A used clothing outlet | |
| 12 | Used lamshades and metal structures to make mobiles from | $50.00 | Used home furnishings outlet | |
| 13 | Embroidery hoops, assorted sizes | $8.00 | https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D2RH7PK3/?encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_plhdr=t&aaxitk=570ce92edc8b52f45d6c26810a0f115d&hsa_cr_id=0&qid=1775709641&sr=1-1-9e67e56a-6f64-441f-a281-df67fc737124&ref=sbx_s_sparkle_sbtcd_asin_0_title&pd_rd_w=oGz0Q&content-id=amzn1.sym.2fb72bc8-96ef-420d-b08f-c04b69f36507%3Aamzn1.sym.2fb72bc8-96ef-420d-b08f-c04b69f36507&pf_rd_p=2fb72bc8-96ef-420d-b08f-c04b69f36507&pf_rd_r=8CBW1678Q5ARRHRMBGEE&pd_rd_wg=kDVAO&pd_rd_r=74cb8efc-aa9d-4d4a-9d7e-be8acb0a13ed&th=1 | 6 assorted sizes |
Useful links¶
Final Slide Presentation¶
Story telling script¶
These story board images are simplified versions of one of my final presentation slides. I made them to try to understand my underlying narrative and the bigger picture of what I am trying to say through my project. These pictures helped me get to and understand what I wanted my final presentation to be. The actual script for my video came out of a class session working with my students, so it was not scripted.
I wrote a script for the video that I did not use. However, it did lend itself to telling the story of my project in my presentation. Here it is:
I love to make things.
I love the freedom of transforming fabric—of seeing one material as something entirely different.
That act of reimagining materials is powerful. Because when we learn to see objects differently, we also learn to imagine the world differently.
I believe everyone can be an artist when they use their imagination to transform what already exists. Our planet itself works this way. Nature doesn’t throw anything away. Everything is part of a regenerative system where materials circulate and become something new. So, what if our creative work followed the same idea?
What if we never threw anything away?
What if everything could be reused, reimagined, and redesigned?
Through art and making, we can explore the circular economy—a system where materials are continually reused rather than discarded. Because right now, our world works very differently. The problem is that we live in a culture of planned obsolescence, where our systems are mostly linear: things are made to be disposable, where end of life means tossed away, especially in fashion and single-use plastics. • Over 300 million tons of plastic are produced globally each year, with a significant portion being single-use. • Approximately 8 million tons of plastic waste enter the oceans annually. Our oceans are filling with trash. • By 2050, it is estimated that there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by weight
At the same time, many young people are educated in systems focused on testing and correct answers—systems that often discourage experimentation, imagination, and risk-taking. But creativity thrives on curiosity, play, and exploration.
That’s where the Global Garden Project comes in.
The project imagines a garden made of kinetic mobiles—a living, changing ecosystem of art.
A place where people can rethink materials, collaborate, experiment, and imagine circular solutions through hands-on making.
In this garden, we rethink many things: A garden becomes a blend of land and sea. Art becomes a constantly shifting composition of mobiles that can be adjusted and rebalanced. The textile waste stream becomes a source of beauty and possibility. And single-use plastic becomes something we transform—so we can see both its value and the scale of the problem it represents. We also explore new biomaterials—plastics made from natural sources that can break down without harming the planet.
My current prototype explores these ideas through fish.
Fish connect the entire planet.
Everyone recognizes them. Their shape is simple but endlessly adaptable and variable for art and design.
Fish live in the oceans that connect us all—and those same oceans are increasingly filled with plastic waste. They remind us that environmental challenges are shared globally.
Participants in the project create fish from reclaimed materials—especially denim and plastic bottles.
Denim, one of the most dynamic and plentiful fabrics on the planet, is a perfect material to explore. It’s beloved around the world, durable, and full of beautiful design details—topstitching, rivets, pockets, textures. It’s a textile that often gets better with age. Learning about denim is a wonderful basis for understanding textile science.
Plastic bottles are the opposite: used briefly, then discarded in enormous quantities. By transforming these materials into art, we begin to rethink their value—and our relationship to them. This project is also deeply personal for me. My background is in costume design, where creativity often begins with limited resources. In theatre, costumes are frequently reused, reworked, and reimagined.
As an educator, I’m always looking for ways to engage students with issues they care about—while giving them the freedom to experiment and create. The most meaningful ideas often emerge when people from different backgrounds come together to make something. Over time, my career has evolved—from theatre design to running a fiber arts lab in an innovation center. Now I hope to evolve again—into a collaborative environmental artist. This prototype is just the beginning.
My vision is a Global Garden Collective: a growing network of people around the world creating pieces of this living garden together. A project that brings people together. Encourages creativity and experimentation. And helps us imagine regenerative ways to care for the natural world we share. Because sometimes the first step toward changing the world… is simply learning to see what we already have in a new way. ## Video Script Option 2 Story: Are We Disposable?
It starts small with a plastic cup tossed away, a polyester dress thrown out, or a bottle left in a ditch. Some of that plastic blows out of bins and landfills, or is washed off streets when it rains. These materials slip through drains, move into streams and rivers, and eventually reach the sea.
From above, the ocean still looks blue, bright and glittering. Under the surface, it can be murky, polluted with tiny plastic pieces and synthetic fibers that fish and other creatures mistake for food. Bit by bit, they end up inside the fish and then onto our plates.
Caught in the Current: Are We Disposable? turns this journey into something that people can see, feel and touch.
In workshops, participants use old denim, plastic scraps, and bio-resin to make fish mobiles and wearable pieces that follow the path of these materials: where they started, how they travelled, and what else they could become instead of waste.
In a series of global workshops, participants create and add their contributions to a growing “global garden ecosystem ” of hanging artwork mobiles and stabiles. The continuous re-balancing of the process of adaptation, discovery, and creation raises a question: if other living beings are treated as disposable, what does that say about us?
The art process and product invites individuals to work as a dynamic collective to imagine more thoughtful ways of living and reimagining our relationship with waste. What if we lived the circular economy and redesigned our world for reuse? With this new approach in mind, our art-making journey together makes participants empowered designers who discover ways to reimagine our waste system into something unexpectedly beautiful.
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_A good exaple of story telling sketches are from ...Florencia Moyano https://class.textile-academy.org/2022/florencia-moyano/finalproject/prefinal03/_ ## **FABRICATION FILES** ??? tip "footnote fabrication files" _Fabrication files_ are a necessary element for evaluation. You can add the _fabrication files_ at the bottom of the page and simply link them as a footnote. This was your work stays organised and files will be all together at the bottom of the page. Footnotes are created using [ ^ 1 ] (without spaces, and referenced as you see at the last chapter of this page) You can reference the fabrication files to multiple places on your page as you see for footnote nr. 2 also present in the Gallery. ## **Code Example** _Use the three backticks to separate code._
// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup() {
// initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
}
// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop() {
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
delay(1000); // wait for a second
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(1000); // wait for a second
}