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/ The studio year begins with the task of 'blending' a handbag and soft toy to create a garment.

/ I'm interested in using the filling of the soft toy with the main pieces of plastic bag outer (highlighted in red).

/ Looking into the properties of the two fabrics - hard plastic / soft filling, my interpretation of 'blending' is to interchange the properties of hard and soft within the fabrics. Could the plastic become soft and the filling become hard?

/ By scoring the surface into strips, the plastic sheet is malleable - the properties of being a soft fabric.

/ Cardboard prototypes. The filling when compacted becomes hard and acts as structure, holding the strips into place.

/ Final outcomes. Using the plastic, then calico. I like how the calico falls before it is filled. The filling definitely gives the silhouette more volume.