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Teddy Vessels [also known as our former best friends]
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master of Fine Arts (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]

Teddy bears have become a universal symbol of our childhood, but we tend to forget them when we grow up. The toy industry is a growing empire where manufacturers constantly compete for consumers' attention. This results in growing waste from the toy industry and a need to find solutions to how to deal with it. This research explores repurposing possibilities of discarded stuffed animals based on their colour, form, texture, and print to create sculptural textile objects through deconstruction, patchwork, and sculpting techniques. This research was conducted by performing a series of design experiments exploring discarded stuffed animals through deconstruction and time-limited sketching. This allowed various sculptural objects to be constructed mainly by crazy pathworking and casting with different plaster materials or teddy bear filling. The outcome is a collection of 7 textile objects with a suggestive function, but the material it is constructed in challenges it. They extend from recognisable vase forms to forms that almost are unrecognisable. These objects place themselves in the field of not only textile design but also functional art. This research contributes to the field of textile design by suggesting a new usage for an atypical material, discarded stuffed animals. Furthermore, the collection Teddy Vessels [also known as our former best friends] proves that discarded stuffed animals still have a place in our lives even though we have forgotten them. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022.
Keywords [en]
Stuffed animals, deconstruction, sculptural form, recycle, textile design, patchwork.
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Design
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-28082OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-28082DiVA, id: diva2:1674128
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Textildesign
Available from: 2022-06-23 Created: 2022-06-21 Last updated: 2022-06-23Bibliographically approved

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