The catwalk is calling our Fashion Club for the fourth year in a row. As you may recall, this Fashion Club designs an outfit made from recycled materials. Students collaborate on the design and work together to construct the entire ensemble. With the help of our master fashion designer, Tat Buchholz, our model always steals some hearts on the runway.
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| Suffrage Safety Gear, 2015 |
We started this group in 2015 in hopes of having a model walk in the Recycled Runway Fashion Show. That fashion show is an annual fundraiser for The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes. By participating in this fashion show, students get a real-world view of entering an art competition.
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| Age of Reason, 2016 |
This art competition requires a design to be submitted for a juried decision for acceptance into the show. Anyone who wants to pursue a fashion or art career must become familiar with this process and learn steps involved in a successful effort.
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| Glitter Ghost, 2017 |
The work that is produced on our fashion club is similar to what you might see on Project Runway, but with young artists. Tat keeps everyone going with enthusiasm. Students love learning new folding techniques and processes of construction they might not learn in school or until much later in life.
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| The "Palette" |
Our "palette" of materials consists of punched paper packing materials, which were donated by an enthusiastic patron. Scraps from the 3-D printing process will be used as colorful embellishments on the surface of the design.
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| Hot Glue |
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| What would we do without hot glue?!? It seems to be the most versitile adhesive for this group. We love how quickly production goes when the hot glue does it's job correctly and is our hero. It's upsetting when we burn our fingers and see hot glue as the enemy! |
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| Will we Wing it? |
The structures created
in this first session have so much potential. Will they be a
corset? Will they be wings? Only time will tell, but I will keep
you guessing over the next few posts. The final design will be revealed
after the Fashion Show on May 5, 2018. Stay tuned!
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| Fashion Club with Tat |
Our
next class meets during Wintet Break. Two afternoons in one week of
design and embellishment. Oh Joy!
See
you next time,
Erica
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