I used my old painting rags just the way they were with absolutely no manipulation. I only cut them into perfect strips, assorted them, reversed my particular ‘colour theory’ and mounted them on a plywood board.
This is the ‘full side view’ of “New Balance”. This “free standing” object will not fall over unless you push it! (Just like the ‘Junkie’ on the street corner wearing those New Balance runners, forever swaying but never falling over!)