Date of Graduation
5-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Interior Design
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Interior Design
Advisor/Mentor
Fitzpatrick, Lynn
Committee Member
Webb, Jennifer
Second Committee Member
Carpenter, Angela
Abstract
This creative, artistic capstone investigates textile-to-textile upcycling in regards to sustainability, circularity, and adaptive reuse. By synthesizing an understanding of the current data, knowledge gaps, and research needs, this inquiry will explore the process of material manipulation and making. This understanding of textile-to-textile upcycling methods may inform innovative and sustainable modern processes, offering an artisan alternative to the limited existing techniques. This process requires hands-on experimentation in pursuit of a sustainable, circular solution to textile-to-textile upcycling.
Keywords
Interior Design; Textiles; Sustainability; Circularity
Citation
Rapach, K. (2024). Textile-to-Textile Upcycling; A Design Process to Make Hand-Felted Textiles Using Existing Materials by Utilizing the Wet Felting Production Technique. Interior Design Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/idesuht/10
