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The Radical Act of Repair: Artful, Visible Mending
It may be a radical idea, but you don’t always need to hide your mending. Your stitching can be admired. Students and faculty members recently participated in “Radical Acts of Repair,” a workshop featuring noted textile artist Celia Pym remotely from London. It explored darning and the art of textile repair. Round patched darning techniques…
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From Graffiti to Cornfields, Sarah Merenda Has Customers’ Walls Covered
Sarah Merenda’s Fine Arts teacher, Prof. Marcy Rosenblat, told Merenda that she really needed to “work big.” Prof. Rosenblat was right, but she had no idea how big. Merenda entered FIT as a graffiti artist and skilled wallpaper hanger. Indeed she had been working large. But the encouragement to continue with large canvases confirmed her…
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Deconstructing Knitwear into New Designs
What’s old can be cut up, re-stitched, and combined with other garments to create complex, fascinating designs – in other words, made new again. Students in Fashion Design Professor Tom Scott’s Intro to Knitwear class (FD357) were assigned to upcycle sweaters donated by C2/Contempo Group, a global sourcing and product development agency. “Every year, we…
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The spider, the pig, and the child in all of us: How FIT students spun a web for Charlotte
For the past month, people walking by FIT on 7th Avenue between 27th and 28th streets have been caught in Charlotte’s Web! Students in Prof. Glenn Sokoli’s Advanced Store Window Design class, transformed the Colin Burch Window in the Pomerantz Art and Design Center, into pages of the children’s classic by E.B. White. It’s complete…
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Two Jewelry Design students win Cultured Pearl Association awards
Two FIT second-year students, Victor Rouesné and Luna Gwak, have won the Cultured Pearl Association of America’s design competition, student division. This was the first year that student work was judged separately. Students had to sketch (by hand or with CAD) their designs, which could feature any color, shape, or variety of fine cultured pearls…