Muku Mania: a documentation of the progress of my BFA senior thesis project at PNCA

For my senior thesis at The Pacific Northwest College of Art, I will be exploring the theme of narrative through the creation of a line of products. By placing a quirky and lovable character into context and providing an array of applications, each item will appeal to my target audience through light-hearted and innovative design.


Thursday, February 24, 2011

New Fabric and Embroidery Threads for Muku Mania handmade wares!








I'll talk about the photos in order from top to bottom:
1. This close up shot of my embroidery thread really shows the texture of the wool and cotton threads nicely.
2. This old wooden ammunition case made for a nice prop and display case for my embroidery threads and fabrics.
3. Whiskey kitty's pose in this pic makes me want to reach out and touch this fabric... it's so soft and cuddly!
4. Whiskey kitty helping arrange the flowers in this shot... best little helper ever!
5. the wools and cotton fabrics look so beautiful in this shot and really show off how nice they actually are
6. This shot captures most all of the fabrics in a gradient from light to dark. From left to right: white cotton, light blue faux fur, robins egg blue cashmere, olive wool, butternut yellow wool, ochre wool (it actually looks really olive in these shots), antique gold cashmere, heather gray wool, and black felt.
7. the whole kittin-caboodle :)
8. Birds eye view of everything.
I am so excited to start dying some of the white cotton fabric and the white cotton T-shirts that I have ordered. Soon to be posted! As well as the plush toys, bandanas and scarves that I will be making from these beautiful fabrics!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Muku 3-D Mock ups!



I bought some Sculpy and made a little Muku The Cyclops Owl! I also made one out of a wax and clay mixture that I will be using to create the mold for the chocolate pops! The sculpy one is pretty cute, but the wax one needs some work. Sculpy is a lot easier to sculpt... hence the name :) These will give you an idea of what the installation may look like in the final presentation.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

GHOST GIFT: A grab bag of secret tiny treasures








Through the magical ways of the interwebs, I have made some adorable swag! In each Ghost Gift (grab bag) includes a book mark, a sticker, and a temporary tattoo! Each bag is different, since there are several different stickers, two different bookmarks and two different temp. tats! Each design is based around the imagery of my made up world, Krystallos Island (Where Muku the cyclops owl resides!)
I have been giving these out as gifts for those who I feel I owe a gift to, and I also plan on pitching them to local shops in Portland as well as selling them on my Etsy shop that I will be posting very soon! I'm thinking they will be about $4 each.
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