For my night light project, I am going to make a stuffed snail on a pillow. The pillow will be made to look like a topographic map. When the light is turned on, a pathway is revealed and the underbelly of the snail lights up as well. This is meant to convey the pathway the snail has followed.
The pillow will be made from burlap and different fabric scraps, the snail will be made from muslin.
I still need to deepen the narrative of the project, perhaps by figuring out a more specific motivation for the snail’s pathway through the pillow map.
Fabric choices:
This is the initial prototype I made in class last week:
Carmel, this isn’t a sufficient submission for this assignment. There’s not much to provide feedback on, and it was turned in late. Please step it up.
Please update this post asap (and let me know you’ve done so by email) to include:
-photo of your circuit prototype (from class soldering exercise)
-description of your night light’s story and the target user
-description of the parts and materials you plan to use
-images of your three early brainstorm sketches, I suggest one for each “flowers, or a sun, some type of object that refers to time in a non-literal way”
Did you get some silk? Have you tried dyeing fabric before or would this be your first time? What materials and tools do you need to accomplish this?
Love how your idea evolved! This is such a cool idea, the map adds so much story to the snail. The patch of the paths can add so much style, and maybe even showing the dotted sewing trace with thicker threads could add to it.