Valerie Welch

10 posts

T-Shirt Quilt Final Report

April 27, 2021

Post 11: Final Report 2021 Part 2: How

Part 1: What Aesthetics/Inspirations: For my project, I decided on making a t-shirt quilt out of my sister’s Iowa State University t-shirts. This falls into two aesthetics that I have explored in the past. The first being the aesthetic I used for my Upcycle Project: Old School Athletics. The second is my personal aesthetic: comfy…

T-Shirt Quilt Specifications & Constraints

April 14, 2021

Valerie Welch

Post 9: Top 5 constraints, top 5 specifications

For my T-Shirt Quilt Final Project, I have several specifications and constraints for the final product. I have chosen my top five constrains and specifications below: Top 5 Specifications (no specific order): Comfortable/Meet Comfy Coze Aesthetic A blanket should be comfortable. It should be soft with a good amount of weight that anyone who finds…

T-Shirt Quilt Design Preview

March 28, 2021

Valerie Welch

Post 8: Design Preview Report

Aesthetics and Inspirations: For my project, I decided on making a t-shirt quilt out of my sister’s Iowa State University t-shirts. This falls into two aesthetics that I have explored in the past. The first being the aesthetic I used for my Upcycle Project: Old School Athletics. The second is my personal aesthetic: comfy coze.…

T-Shirt Quilt – Main Project Aesthetics/Alternatives

March 17, 2021

Valerie Welch

Post 7: Main project aesthetics – plans and alternatives

For my project, I decided on making a t-shirt quilt out of my sister’s Iowa State University t-shirts. This falls into two aesthetics that I have explored in the past. The first being the aesthetic I used for my Upcycle Project: Old School Athletics. The second is my personal aesthetic: comfy coze. Since the shirts…

My Personal Aesthetic: Comfy Coze

March 10, 2021

Valerie Welch

Post 6: My Personal Aesthetic 2021

My current personal aesthetic is “comfy coze”. All the thoughts and feelings that the word comfy elicits is the aesthetic I am rocking right now. I personally think my aesthetic changes with life and we’ve been in and out of quarantine/isolation/ it’s about to dump snow all weekend, this is the aesthetic I embody. The…

Main Project Ideas and Inspirations

March 4, 2021

Valerie Welch

Post 5: Main project plans and inspirations

I have not settled on a final project plan but have a few ideas that I’m playing with in my head. None of my ideas have any particular relation other than the fact that I am going to try to upcycle (I know it’s no longer a project requirement, but we should always try to…

Ode to Track and Field

February 21, 2021

Valerie Welch

Post 4: Upcycle Final Report

For my project, I decided to upcycle cardboard boxes that I already owned and the racing bibs I have received over the last three and a half years into a work of art embodying the old school athletics aesthetic. The inspiration behind this came from running my last indoor track meet at the University of…

Upcycle Progress: Ode to Track and Field

February 10, 2021

Valerie Welch

Post 3: Upcycle progress

I have gathered all of the supplies for my project and have created the layout that I want my racing bibs to be in. The two images below show my racing bibs in the layout of the CU logo and the other materials I have to fill in the blanks. One is a newspaper article…

Old School Athletics Aesthetic

February 4, 2021

Valerie Welch

Post 2: Upcycle Aesthetic

The old school athlete aesthetic is epitomized by black and white photos of famed athletes from the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s with “USA” or “GIANTS” written across their chest in the classic varsity font. This was the era of the toughest of athletes. Athletics equipment was nowhere near as advanced as it is today, so…

Academia Aesthetic Exploration

January 26, 2021

Valerie Welch

Post 1: Aesthetics Explorations 2021

I chose to explore the academia aesthetic. This aesthetic embodies a very intelligent look and feel and has mostly historic English architecture. It includes lots of earth tones like brown, black, tan, navy and green. The University of Oxford in England campus was a large contributor to the aesthetic, this was founded in the 2nd…