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Leave bEHIND
Branding, Craft, Process
The "Leave Behind" that last ditch effort to make an impression. I had been thinking about this idea for a couple months, how do you make something useful, something I could do myself, learn a few things along the way and in the end be proud of it. Give something that wasn't just going to end up in the recycling bin. Something that could actually be used.
In this process, I learned how to dye fabric, block print, wax canvas and sew zippers. And the end result turned out pretty sturdy and I think should last quite awhile.
Not being someone that can leave well enough alone, I didn't want just some business card that I bought off some website on the internet. This this thing is going to represent me, provide an impression. I wanted it to be useful, how can business cards be more than just some card with name, info and some clever design? I think maybe because I was in sewing mode that I thought to make my business card a sewing kit.
Figuring out how to combine a sewing kit with a business card had some challenges, How do you apply the needle so it's not dangerous? make sure the button doesn't fall off and make sure the thread doesn't unravel? Normal business card paper stock wasn't heavy enough, because it would bend and the thread would loosen and that was a mess. So I came up with laminating three sheets of paper to make a thicker stock that could was thick enough to support the wrapped thread that went through the button and threaded the needle that was stuck into tape. The results yielded a sewing kit business card.
Leave BehindProcess,craft,branding
The "Leave Behind" that last ditch effort to make an impression. I had been thinking about this idea for a couple months, how do you make something useful, something I could do myself, learn a few things along the way and in the end be proud of it. Give something that wasn't just going to end up in the recycling bin. Something that could actually be used.
In this process, I learned how to dye fabric, block print, wax canvas and sew zippers. And the end result turned out pretty sturdy and I think should last quite awhile.
Figuring out how to combine a sewing kit with a business card had some challenges, How do you apply the needle so it's not dangerous? make sure the button doesn't fall off and make sure the thread doesn't unravel? Normal business card paper stock wasn't heavy enough, because it would bend and the thread would loosen and that was a mess. So I came up with laminating three sheets of paper to make a thicker stock that could was thick enough to support the wrapped thread that went through the button and threaded the needle that was stuck into tape. The results yielded a sewing kit business card.
Not being someone that can leave well enough alone, I didn't want just some business card that I bought off some website on the internet. This this thing is going to represent me, provide an impression. I wanted it to be useful, how can business cards be more than just some card with name, info and some clever design? I think maybe because I was in sewing mode that I thought to make my business card a sewing kit.
"Look for what you notice but no one else sees."
-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Look for what you notice but no one else sees."
-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
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