art addict / fashion enthusiast
For the V&A trip, we started our day by searching a list of fashion terms in the details of the artefacts in the museum. I found this exercise quite interesting as I always like to look into details of the artwork and I do often link them back to my design or practice. However, I …
I was having quite a trouble wrapping up this project. Since in the beginning I was planning to make a garment, but after discussing with tutors they really encourage me to do more experiments with the subject instead of rushing to the final thing. I do enjoy the process but I was having quite a …
After the stop frame animation workshop, I was very interested in this method and found it will be a very effective way for me to document my process and contextualize my method better than just showing with photos. https://youtu.be/EfcTb719vJs Since I am running out of time and considering I will be taking the still frame …
I continued explore my practice of translation and distortion further with laser cutting. The interesting part of working with laser cutter is the difficulty of controlling the result , you really need to experiment and test what will come up and I think it works perfectly with the idea of distortion and translation. I have …
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In this project, I used heat press as a way to explore the concept of memory distortion. The process of heat press is about translation one thing on a material onto another material. And it gave me a great opportunity to explore translate and distort image onto fabric. Instead of using "usual" ways to just …
On the same time while I was testing out the print, I started to do some draping to see the possible contour of this project. I used the ribbing fabric I want to experiment with the laser cutting machine and also the heat press machine. I did some draping playing with the circular shape that …
I also tested with the idea of distortion with more hands-one technique. I scan the images while moving it at the same time to let the machine capturing the distortion of the form. Even I have the control of the speed and direction of the movement, it is still extremely difficult for me to foresee …
After my initial research and experiment of my concept "Memory and Space." I was extremely fascinated by the fact that our memory is often distorted and fragmented. The distortion of the image is also important as I want them to be less recognisable and then they will be less personal and easier to let the …
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My first experiments on prints somehow reminded me of the work of Gerhard Richter, and led me to investigate further into his practice. Gerhard Richter, Uncle Rudi, 1965 In his work Uncle Rudi, he purposely obscured the clarity of the photograph to show the fuzziness of time, distance and uncertainty. He used dry brush running …
After finishing my first experiments of print, I want to quickly test out it on material. I then decided to play with laser cutting with acrylic. As I just finished the workshop of manipulating material, and I learned in the workshop that acrylic has "memory," it will move back to its original form by heat …
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