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Cassandre Midouin The Narrative Blouse Cassandre Midouin/Soft Circuit 2008

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Cassandre Midouin

The Narrative Blouse

Cassandre Midouin/Soft Circuit 2008

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“ Narrative or a story is a construct in a format written,spoken,images,songs,poems,theater,or dance that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events.” http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative

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The Narrative Blouse is a custom made interactive blouse with hand painted images which depict historical or folklore events which specifically promote Cultural empowerment, assist in debunking stereotypes , creates pathways for appreciation for diversity and create a space for dialogue and interaction between the wearer and the viewer

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Works which inspired this project

Tom Feelings

Embroidery Leah Buckley

Caribbean Folklore Art

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TechniquesThese are the Following Techniques which I focused on:

•Machine Sewing - construction of the blouse•Hand Embroidery satin stitch•Hand Beading•Hand Stitching blind stitch •Hand Painting- mixing a fair amount of water into acrylic paint•Soldering Surface Mount LED’s - Kate Hartman’s method putting the crimping bead on 22 gauged striped wire and placing it in helping hand .

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Materials • Red Silk• Black Silk•Cotton embroidery thread•Metallic embroidery thread•Surface mount LED’s•Crimp beads•Glass beads•Acrylic paint •Conductive Thread Conductive Fabric

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Circuit Diagram

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Challenges •Soldering Surface Mount LED’s•Embroidering on silk fabric•Getting the switch to work properly •Time•Not Enough Surface Mounts•De Bugging

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Success

Getting the surface mounts to light

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The Narrative Blouse

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Next StepComplete the garmentPut in 555 timerTry to research sound devices which can be incorporated into the garment

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ThankYou!!!!

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