I haven't really got a lot of time to start making something massive and amazing, so instead I have drawn out a range of designs that I think would be a good way to demonstrate how nests can be transferred into interior designs. A few of me designs include a plain surface, with a statement strip of knotted or tied fabric, down the centre. The texture and colours of this fabric have been inspired by nests. This has got me thinking that I am actually designing a surface pattern that can be used to go over an existing object, to get the feel of what the real thing would look like.
I have experimented with a few ways of weaving in my technical file, but I really like one of the first ways I tried, that involves attaching strips of fabric around a surface by creating a slip knot. This technique is used quite often when making old fashioned rag rugs, and I thought that using this technique would reflect my use of recycling fabric quite well, because they are associated with making use of old clothes and other pieces of cloth that were seen as unable to continue in their normal use. I found out that rag rugs were usually made out of wool or flax, which were two precious materials were the most commonly found in rag rugs. These materials take a long time to be produced so they couldn't be wasted. Every household would use rag rugs to protect their floor, keep it clean and to prevent drafts. A new rag rug would be made every year, and the older ones would be rotated around the house, and the door mat would either be thrown away or used to protect vegetables on the vegetable patch.
This technique also means that one side will be really textured and fluffy, and the other side would be fairly flat, and only slightly uneven, but all of the base material would be covered, so I could use a stiff materials such a wire mesh and mould the surface around an object, to give it a different appearance.
