USAGE OF NATURAL DYE BY DO IT YOURSELF PRODUCT DESIGN AND REPURPOSEN
The concept of repurpose which means creating a new or second life for a product by applying some transformations to an existing product has emerged during periods when the population suffered products or materials during the war periods. When the processes of repurpose are considered it appears...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sada Institute of Art and Language Studies
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Ulakbilge: Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ulakbilge.com/makale/pdf/1511963273.pdf |
| Summary: | The concept of repurpose which means creating a new or second life for a
product by applying some transformations to an existing product has emerged during
periods when the population suffered products or materials during the war periods.
When the processes of repurpose are considered it appears that they have similar
characteristics to those of do -it yourself products, especially at application stages.
Do-it-yourself product designs include different area from home decor to textiles,
gardening to children's activities. While do-it- yourself product designs through textile
materials offer ideas in a wide area, natural dyes do-it-yourself kits, which started
about 15 years ago, have become very popular nowadays, and people have started to
incorporate natural dyes into their homes even for hobby purposes. In the direction of
this information, it is the main purpose of this work to include people in the process of
design, production and use, to introduce natural dyes into everyday practices and to
give them ideas with repurpose evaluate not only the products which offered to the
buyer but also existing products in their hands. For this purpose, natural dyes do-ityourself kits have designed for subject of study has natural dye plant, a piece of tulle
for filtration, instruction manual for the dyeing process and information on the
materials to be used in the process and a women's blouse which designed for primary
and secondary usage purposes from a 100% cotton fabric that mordanted with alum. It
is planned that the blouse which can be dyed directly or tie-dye methods according to
the user's request, will be turned into a bag afterwards and used for a new purpose. |
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| ISSN: | 2148-0451 2148-0451 |