My location for this project was The Bean, a coffee shop close to my dorm. When I was observing and writing down my field site notes, I realized how much everyone was in their own world. It was interesting to see how technology and the internet has wedged itself between any human connection deeper than ordering a cup of coffee or small pastry. I created a piece inspired by how the internet and technology divides people into their own world along with bringing everyone together at the same time.

I used the wifi signal as the foundation of my design, as each “world” is decided by the curved lines of the wifi signal. When I though about creating different worlds, I was instantly drawn to something that resembled the underworld, the earth and the sky. These worlds contrasted the most with each other, however, at the same time they are still connected together by nature. 

The base fabric was created with two pieces of muslim that I glued together on the edges wit white glue.I played with texture by using both embroidery thread along with felt. I used the embroidery thread to create detailed images of deep and dark caves in the underworld section along with the trees and leaves in the earth section. I wanted the sky portion of the project to feel light, airy and fantasy like so I used pastel pink, purple, and blue felt to create that feeling. I used buttons to add more variety to the texture. One thing that I struggled with for this project was embroidering the patterns. I didn’t realize how much time it took to embroider without an embroidery pen and many parts of the project took much longer than I expected it to take.