Whiskering:
·
It is also known as Cat's Whiskers;
·
Crease lines around the crotch;
·
Industrially done with laser, sandblasting,
machine sanding, hand sanding and abrasive rods.
·
Also used for 'knee whiskers' (whiskers on
the sides of knees) and 'honeycombs' (crease marks on the back of the knee).
·
Whiskers are one of the most important
design of a used look garment. The idea of whiskers is taken from the worn
out lines and impression patterns generated by natural wearing on hips and
front thigh area. On old jeans, a number of patterns can be find consequential
to fabric, body shape of user or sitting posture.
Picture: Producing Wiskering Effect
on Denim
Procedure:
·
Various methods are designed to create this
impression on jeans. Mostly rubber balloons are available with different
pattern designs. Garments are mounted on balloons and filled with air to get
impressions of whiskers. Garment is scrubbed over pattern carefully with sand
paper on engraved pattern lines. This operation requires high skilled labor and
who can handle uniformity and sequence in whisker line. Fabric may damage
during rubbing if care is not taken. But this method is more successful in
industries where the production is consistent to articles i.e. similar articles
are produced in large quantities. This method is famous for high quality and cost
effectiveness.
·
Sometimes separate patterns are made and
fixed on balloons to make mustaches. These patterns are made of thin rubber
sheets and electric wires or rubber cords and pasted on balloons for pattern
lines. Thin line patterns are very easy to work in that way but it is not much
successful for broad lines.
·
Engraved patterns on thick board like hard
rubber sheets are widely used for whiskers impression making. This idea is very
simple to draw lines on rubber sheets and engrave them with blade. Garment is
places on sheet and scrapped on specific area to draw this impression on
garment. For its low cost patterns, it is most frequently used in small
industries especially where the production is not consistent to style.
·
In some workshops it is done manually with
the help of sharp edge rolled on fine wood sticks of pasted on plastic
material. Before starting execution, placement and pattern must be marked on
garment, this will help operator to execute the pattern right to match the
aesthetics of garment.
No comments:
Post a Comment