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:
