TXT project
TXT project
T-shirt
by Sara Martin Mazorra
Many of my most basic shirts are full of holes, and although I got to like some of them, they are destroying the rest of the fabric over time. In order to fix them I could patch them up or try to sew the holes shut. But why pretend the gap was never there?
Inspired by a building, which usually has a concrete skeleton as main supporting structure, I found that the seams of the shirts are like this structure. They hold the piece together and provide strong anchoring points.
Instead of covering up the holes I just took their width and length and cut it out in a square shape and re-attached it to the nearest seem. The hole not only becomes emphasized (also by the use of white thread) but it also becomes a guideline for a new form within the garment.
Along this train of thought I thought of developing a t-shirt with differently placed seams that could be used to create a new shape whenever there is a hole.
