art addict / fashion enthusiast
While I was working with plasters, I was also interested to find a material that is transparent and solid. Similar to my experiment with plaster, I wanted to create a translucent form to cover/distort body shape, however, the transparency will allow the disruptive form to reveal the body underneath and visually merge into each other, …
From the previous two projects, I found that I don't really research into precedents in the fashion field as I was always used to and prefer to draw my inspirations from fine artist or other design disciplines. I do aware of what is happening in the industry, follow designer's work and go to fashion exhibtion, …
Plaster is quite a common material for creating maquette or mould making. Thus, I started to think except for its physical quality, why am I choosing this material and how can I manipulate it in my own unique way and make it more relevant to my practice. During my tryouts in plaster I started to …
Jean Arp, Head with Three Annoying Objects, 1930 (cast 1950) After I started to develop my concept of fashion as vessel/container, and the act of people searching for mental comfort and security by covering up body, I go on an exploration with unusual materials that can create solid and sculptural structure to disrupt body shape. …
Moving on from my previous experiments with mod roc, I started with testing plaster to see if that can create more ideal texture that is more refined. And as mod roc create quite a light weight piece and I'm looking for something that is heavier so when you put on your body you can feel …
Akiyama Yo, Geological Age V, 1992 Geological Age V by Akiyama Yo is one of the artefact inspired by in the V&A. I researched further into the artist's stories and his practice in order to find why I felt connected to his works. Akiyama Yo is a ceramic pioneer in the history of Post-war Japanese …
I continued my last experiments by started to collage them onto mannequin. I use mannequin because I need something to pin it on, and after I assemble the whole piece I will start to try it out on human body. I was also considering incorporating translucent material in this project since transparency is something I …
I always have a bad habit that I think a lot before I start to do something. And during my study here I realized this might be a loophole in my practice and might be the reason why I always feel I can come up with a good concept but failed to extend it further …
On this Friday session we were group together to use other people's objects or inspiration artefact to recreate a "museum." It was a really fun experience even we were quite stressed at one point and took it a little bit too serious. But it is quite a nice exercise for us to relook at objects …
During my revisit of V&A, I visited the FOOD: Bigger than the Plate. This is an exhibition reposition our understanding of food consumption and waste , and by presenting different works to let us rethink about the ecology of natural resources and the end use of wasted products. One of the highlight of the exhibition …
CHRISTINA TAI 