Samta- Mid Review (board+comments)

response:
Jessica Franks: (felting expert)

I was keen on using fiber optics in my project,but I was unsure how to do that, so she suggested that I make felted balls and incorporate the fiber optics in that.
She also, suggested that I make the felted wall paper more 3-D
One way of doing that, might be by using more of the raw felt to create different shapes
I was also keen on learning how to mould felt, but since she worked on a very small scale, she was unsure, and she very kindly offered to ask her teacher how it could be done.
According to her, the strength and weakness of my project , is that felting is huge.. and that the possibilities are endless. So I should at some point streamline my ideas, and start focusing on an area of the room.
She also thinks that felt is a hugely unexplored field, and was very encouraging that I was using felt as a material to create my products.
She also suggested a place where I could but felt: Yarn Tree, Bedford Ave
She wanted to know how the tiles would stick to the walls.
She also suggested another way of felting, as opposed to using a needle and thread.



William Niemyer:
He wanted the felted tiles to be more interactive, and 3-D, so that it would be incorporated into the structure of the room.
He though that the fact that it was limited to just wallpaper was a little inhibitive, and that I should make it something that they can hold.
He kept poking at the wallpaper, and wanted to be able to explore it more.
He said that I should play around with play dough and make abstract shapes, (goofy ones) to make furniture that you could just lay around on. Maybe the furniture could incorporate some felted textures. (the ones that he like poking at)
The tiles could have some sort of narrative with each other.
They could be more of an environmental thing, used for zoning purposes. Make it a corner/ take it off the wall?

Joel:
You need to show the slowness and imperfections that craft has. Those ideas need to translate to the children.
Where is the Indian aspect of the craft? Do you not want the children to know that this wallpaper was made especially for them, by Indian craftsmen?
How is this toy going to make a memory in the children's minds ?
Does the product mature with the child?
How do the values that are associated with craft translate into the children?
Can the wallpaper belike a flip book of images/ story board?

Patricia Voto:

What are the present educational toys that exist in India right now?
Could this supplement those toys?
Talked about a play mat that her brother used and adored as a child.
Get foat chairs and needle felt into it to generate a concept. Photograph it and get feedback.
Make 1/4 scale models.

Erika Doering:
Let the children make some aspects of the felt them selves, where they can respond to the craft.
Concept of having a felt Black board
She really like my logo, but suggested that I might use a child's hand instead?
Loves the aspect of using a lot of colour.
She thought that each panel could represent a part of the world.
The panels can function as a story board.
Look at the Met archive to explore different cultures.
Concept of making the urban life more cosmopolitan through the images that the children see on their wall
Contact a Kindergarden teacher (leslie) to find out what the limitations of the children is, in terms of what they can craft.