The ice/aquatic people are beings that developed telepathy and psychokinesis throughout their evolution, in order to adapt to their non-land environment. They are highly diplomatic, kind, and social. They have the least amount of wars fought amongst themselves and understand each other at a deep level. Not all beings from this planet can elicit telepathy and psychokinesis at the same intensity. Some cannot conjure up the ability to do one or the other, or both. The highest seat of their government is the most mastered at these abilities. The strength they bring to The Matriarchy is their diplomacy and trade due to their way of reading minds and intentions of other beings. Here is my process for the design of the ice/aquatic planet:
I had started by approaching this design by draping it. The design is a giant asymmetrical cone shape that does not fit to the body, so coming form JUST learning to how to drape, I had no idea what I was doing. So I had made a cage system that was the desired cone shape, length and width. It was a very weird process.
After struggling to understand how to drape it, I had taken my muslin drapes, connected them all, and transplanted the patterns onto paper. Here is shown all of the uneven box pleats found in the art piece.
Laying out the patter was quite difficult and required the entirety of my dining room table that can seat over 12 people. I was working with satin and organza, so the fabric was also super wiggly and hard to lay flat while cutting. I had also cut a medium weight bukram and double sided fused the bukram to the satin and organza. The silk and organza was sewn together and the bukram underneath to support the cone.
Despite the torment of sewing these fabrics together, the combination of the two and how it is all gently ruffled up in this picture makes it a beautiful specimen.
I had then, for the “neck” or the “collar” of the cone, copied the same pattern, made a separate copy, but only 8 inches long instead.
I had followed the same process as the rest of the piece. Fused the bukram to the 2 layers of fabric, pressed on the lines, and sewn, holding down the pleats, only at the neck seam.
This is the result.
The picture on the left is the unfinished bottom half, and the picture on the right is the final product. It looks like a neat sculpture piece. This design took me a total of 40 hours spread over the course of 2 weeks. Most of the time was spent wrapping my head around how to do this, getting the math right, researching methods, and sewing a large plane of fabric.
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