Hadeel Al Gallaf

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Upcycle Final Report: Fabric

February 11, 2019

Upcycle final report 2019

Material For my upcycling project, I chose to work with old clothes that I had laying around my closet. I’m used to painting of canvases, therefore using fabric as building unit was difficult specially having a limited color palette. I chose to use a Styrofoam board as a base to attach all the fabric on.…

Upcycle Inspiration: Fabric

February 6, 2019

Hadeel Al Gallaf

Upcycle Inspirations 2019

art, collage

After thinking more about my up-cycling project, I decided to let the fabric inspire me into a sketch that makes it serve a purpose. While looking at the clothings I had, I felt the Sherpa jacket lining was begging me to reincarnate it as a polar bear. I then quickly started sketching the bear. I…

Upcycle Progress: Fabric

January 30, 2019

Hadeel Al Gallaf

Upcycle progress 2019

art, clothes, fabric, patchwork, popart, recycle

Brainstorming an idea for this assignment was one of the hardest processes I’ve done in the past few years. I have abandoned my creative parts of my mind for a long time. One of the reasons that made me enroll in this course is to nourish my creativity. I was lost, I didn’t know where…

Aesthetic Exploration: Dress to Kill

January 23, 2019

Hadeel Al Gallaf

Aesthetic Explorations 2019

fashion, khaki, military, vogue

Military inspired fashion Military inspired fashion explores a certain type of aesthetic that highlights firm structures, hard textures, metallic embellishments and earthy tones. They are directly drawn from classic military uniforms that used to be worn during World War I and II. The dusty colors that distinguish military clothing from other pieces began in India.…