I knew I wanted to work with fabric and metal, but I was pretty much undecided on what I wanted to do until the day before the project was due. I made a trip to the block on Bond St. And found a square loom for $3 and a bag of fabric loops for $5 and I got really excited about that. I bought it no thinking I would use it for this class (mainly for my own enjoyment) but ended up using it for this anyways. I also found some cool bendable metals to work with and just messed around to see what I would come up with.

Materials

• Fabric Loops
• WireForm
• Embroidery Floss
• Safety Pins

Tools

• Square Craft Loom
• Scissors
• Metal Pliers

I ended up making a desktop waste basket out of what are essentially pot holders and reinforced/lined them with metal wire.

To make each square I'd line up the loops vertically from end to end, then I'd rotate the loom and work in the opposite direction, making an over-under repeated pattern that ultimately formed each square

I used the loom to make 5 squares and then I tied them together with embroidery floss. I tried looming them together without any outside string but it got ugly. Then I just weaved wire between the weaved squares to give it structure.

If I could do this project again, I'd think about it more so I would spend less money. I bought things I didn't even end up using. (I will at some point but whatever)