mad hatter waist coat

 Using a waist coat that I made myself I used plastic that I found and stitched them on  so that the edges look neater. For the colarI used see through plastic and for the arm holes and around the edges of the points.

 I also put a zip on the back so t wearer ca decide if they want to have a one point waist coat or a two pointed waist coat.

 

 At the front I free stitched on some swirls and cut into the black platic bag. I got this inspiration from the 1960's hippy style were they used their inspiration from the american indian.

I tried out some hand made decorations and pined them on I think I shoul have stitched them on because I made satisfied with the way they look. But I used the swirls to construct a different outcome that my teacher gave me the idea from.

hat sample

Using two differnt size of pipe cleaners I twisted the pipe cleaners together into a circles.

                             

                                            

 After that I joined the two circles together on all four sides.

Cutting four same length pipe cleaner and joining them to the base of the hat. I then bended the pipe cleaners down into a hat shape.

After reopening it I made it into a witches hat and using yarn to weave through the gaps.

embroidary piece

I put the thin fabric into an embroidary hoop and free emprodaried the swirls onto it.

 Using the swirls that I hand enbrdaried I stagged them on top of each other to make a brouch. First I used blue and pink then I tried it with only blue. 

After that I pined them on a manequine to see how it looks like.

                                             

 

Then I reareanged the swirls a bit nd took a picture again.

 

 

 

 

melted plastic on chicken wire

These are some samples made form the inspiration of Valentina Gonzalez Wohlers using chicken wire and plastic.

On this sample I experimented how I would be able to stick the wadding onto these samples.

 

I tried making a mask but because it was hard to get the shape of the nose into it and also because of the chicken wire the eye weren't the same sizes, so I used some plastic bag cut in strips to make it look spooky.

The bracelets were the easiest to do I didn't had any problems with them.

I am happy with all these samples, so I decided that I would make an outcome using this technique.

Weave outcome

 I got the inspiration from the chashier cat from 'Alice in Wonderland'. but I did not wanted my skirt to look like a costume like the chashier cat so I made more tails then neccessary.

I made the belt like I did the samples and then I made a few holes and weaved the plastic bag stripes through them. Also trying to make some kind of simple design.

 I made the pleated part in the front using three bubble wrap and three black plastic bag strips. Dividing them into three I pleated them together  watching that the black stays at the back.

This is how it looks like from the front of the skirt and how it looks like when tied.

 on the left is how the tail and the platic arond it looks like and on the right is how it looks like from the side of the skirt.

 Shown on the left is the back of the skirt and on the right is how it looks from the top of the back tail. I got the inspiration from

valentina gonzalez wohlers

Ghost of a chair

                                                         The Ghost of a Chair is furniture project based on the
reinterpretation of immateriality.

An apparition from death revealed to the living as a
nebulous image, manifesting itself but not actually
existing: only its memory and its disembodied spirit
captured and frozen in time—that its been the vision of
The Ghost of a Chair.

A faint sheet, immaterial and partly transparent,
drapes gently over the Louis XV chair, falling over its
soft curves and stylish armrest, reaching the floor with
beautiful pleats, full of static movement.
Ghosts have almost always been implausible. The
drapery of ghosts can be as spiritual as the ghosts
themselves. The most prominent feature of The Ghost
of a Chair is precisely their gross materiality.
The chair appears to us conspicuously clothed.

More info’s of the ghost of a chair

These fabulous Ghost Chairs are a limited edition of 99 pieces of each style, are made upon request, and can be customised in any colour.

The Ghost of a Chair is a sculptural free-form furniture piece, handmade out of a single transparent polyester sheet. Each chair is unique due to its unconventional manufacturing process, using a combination of high-end technology and craft, in a labour of love. Volatile and unpredictable, each Ghost chair is a One-off.

The Ghost of a Chair embodies signature aesthetics with its originality and functionality in a statement furniture piece. Its transparency enables the chair to exist in any environment. The material itself is a light conductor and can easily function as an outdoor fixture; its versatility goes as far as your imagination can take you.

The Ghost of a Chair is presented as a Lady version -without armrest-  and Gentleman style  – arm chair. Both with a weight allowance up to 150 kls.

About Valentina Gonzalez Wohlers

Valentina Gonzalez Wohlers (Mexico City, 1977)
Product and interior designer based in London.
Before entering Central Saint Martins to complete
an MAin Contemporary Furniture (London 2005-2007)
she graduated in Industrial Design with honours from the
Iberoamerican University in 2000, Mexico City.
Her work has been featured in a wide range of
international publications and media (Once Upon a
Chair, by Die Gestalten Verlag, 2009; Architectural
Digest, Wallpaper*, Vogue Living, cover of Marie Claire
Deco, among others) and selected for design
exhibitions around Europe, where Gosserez Art Gallery
in Paris and Lʼeclettico in Milan also represent her
work. She is a regular guest lecturer and speaker in
several design colleges throughout the UK. Currently
a professional furniture and interiors designer and consultant,
Valentina has been developing private
commissions and conceptual furniture for the residential and
commercial industry in Europe and Mexico
since 2007.

My oppinion of her work:

Her work the ghost of a chair inspired me to choose the ghostly theme. Not only the ghost of chair but also he other work are not just wired and crazy furniture but totally amazing which is some thing that I like about her work.

some websites about Valentina's work: 


http://www.valentinagw.com

http://www.verydesignersblock.com/2012/08/22/valentina-gonzalez-wohlers-at-designersblock-2012/