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formless
bareera borhan / architecture Progression – BSc Architecture / UCL and spatial Formless Architecture design
Inspired by the flight formations of starlings, I wanted to explore the possibilities of creating a structure where the form is difficult to distinguish or is continuously changing. I began investigating intangibility, by creating a structure out of small unattached components. Using everyday materials in conjunction with advanced machinery in the 3D workshops, I explored effortlessness and fragility without compromising craftsmanship. For my pavilion, I made catenary models by dipping parts of a hair doughnut in plaster and then placing them on top of a spotwelded steel structure. Located at Wanstead Flats in East London, the pavilion aims to increase interest in an otherwise lifeless park.
clairvoyance
samantha Progression – tbc Young Minds – adelstein Psychic Greater Souls / A celebratory piece, based on experience, about jewellery personal children whose predictive gifts coincide with reality. footwear often Children may be seen as naïve but often possess and fashion creatures, frightening clairvoyant abilities. choosing a teddy bear as a accessories By focal point to represent children,
I explore the teddy as a child’s imaginary friend. The piece deconstructs and recomposes the ideas behind a child carrying its teddy bear with it everywhere, until the teddy bear becomes worn down and forgotten, when the real world overtakes the growing child’s imagination. Welded, hammered and melted metal. Burnt and stained wool. Latex.
refugees
cecilia ahlin / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
Progression – BA (Hons) Jewellery Design / Central Saint Martins Closed Borders To me recent political changes have indicated how inhospitable the world has become towards refugees; therefore I chose the topic Closed Borders. Throughout my research I can see that refugee women face more difficulties. For example, sexual violence in their home country, on their way to the UK and when they arrive. These women find themselves in many vulnerable situations. My piece weighs 14 kilos and is almost entirely made of concrete. The weight symbolises the level of difficulty these women are facing. I want people to be educated about their situation so I embedded a silver strip with some key facts. With this piece I hope to encourage people to be willing to take more refugees into their own countries.
colour
maria francisca amante / jewellery footwear Progression – and fashion BA (Hons) Jewellery Design / Central Saint Martins accessories Obsession With Colour
My desire for colour is almost an obsession – it is a vital element for me as an artist. The aim of this project is to explore the obsession with colour and celebrate its existence. It is a performance piece of jewellery in which an explosion of colour happens through the burst of balloons that release coloured powder. More than simply creating an object, what fascinates me is the idea of creating an experience – mental or physical – through jewellery. The best thing my piece has to offer is the experience. It is all about the movement and creating a moment. Where would be the fun if nothing happened?
hedonism
lucy andersondavies / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
Progression – tbc The Picture Of Dorian Gray A garment dedicated to the questionable hedonistic lifestyle the world is fascinated by today, and the reality of it versus the appearance. The element of time which is usually disregarded within a hedonistic lifestyle is an integral part of my work, metaphorically presented as a regression of burnt feathers and leather.
armoured
– BA (Hons) Fashion sophia cecilia Progression Styling and Production / bowden London College of Fashion / Life On Pause theme, Life On Pause, jewellery The considers cryogenics from an point of view. I extracted footwear ethical the moment between death and resurrection focusing on and fashion possible those years that are being unThe final outcome is a torso accessories lived. garment made up of aluminium rings and mesh textile tiles. It is a dysfunctional garment, driven by its relationship between the model and the garment itself. The design and material manipulation has been carefully selected to fit the theme of cryogenics and bodily features. The design is something that the common person would probably question the existence of, but the meaning behind it could change their view.
hoard
– BA (Hons) isabel Progression Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern boxall Design / Leeds College of Art / Excess Survivalist a collection or accumulation jewellery Hoard: of objects usually stored in a chaotic ordered manner. The mass footwear but of over-consumerism in today’s has led us to want and need and fashion society unnecessary items. Oversized bags reflect the hoarding accessories shopper scavenger nature we all have in us. Looking at how people forage and survive reusing waste, scrap materials or items. Hand woven recycled plastic bags, woven and printed old newspapers, crochet and knitted scrap pieces of yarn from my ‘hoard’ and other excess materials I have lying around my home. We should all become more resourceful and reuse our hoarded possessions.
blood lust
simone noel / jewellery footwear Progression – BA (Hons) and fashion Fashion Styling and Production / London College of Fashion accessories Blood Lust
This outcome was inspired by my personal love for blood lust and vanity. The final piece is a comment on beauty and glamour. This theme is found in the elegance of the glove. Through my research, I found that the best way to form my vision was to use a water soluble paper to create a blood and vein-like textile. The textile was sewn over a pattern, that I had designed, with copious amounts of red thread, leaving trails of ‘veins’, dissolved in water, thus leaving my textile. My evening glove is a juxtaposition of something perceived as gory and vile, turned into something perceived as stereotypically glamorous.
dream
heemin choi / jewellery footwear Progression – and fashion BA (Hons) Footwear Design / De Montfort University accessories Lucid Dream
I designed these shoes for myself in order to express my own lucid dream space. In this project, I used curtains as a tool to enter the dream space. Curtains represent the boundary between dreams and reality. In my dream, the space can be built or broken down; therefore, I picked broken mirrors as main material because the fragility and shapes illustrate this concept. Additionally, the heels are made out of wood and they show a sense of space. Even though I’ve used a combination of different materials, they have a sense of unity because they’re all based on the shape of broken mirrors.
perfomance
jake aw cooper / jewellery footwear and fashion Progression – accessories BA (Hons) 3D Effects for
Performance and Fashion / London College of Fashion The Hidden Performer The theme of my project was performance, specifically in music. I created a head piece in which I have tried to capture the energy and movement of performance. I used plastic and wire for this piece, the main process I used was plastic bending. The user for this piece would be a music performer. They would wear the piece on stage to give them more of an energetic look and making their performance inspired by the performers of the past. My piece takes inspiration from all sorts of performance throughout history creating a look combining looks and movement from the past and present.
accessory
– lauren Progression BA (Hons) Fashion Design / tbc de klerk The Power of Water / This project was based on water and power, involving its movement, jewellery itsdestruction and serenity. The final incorporates actual water, footwear outcome used to capture the movement calming nature whilst acrylic and fashion and has been manipulated with heat the impact and volatility accessories toof show water. The acrylic was fluted out using hot air, filled with dyed water and then sealed again using the same method. The tubes are attached to a hand-moulded acrylic belt with an adjustable thumb-nut clasp. This piece is intended as a fashion accessory for runway and would really make an impact due to the unique use of water in the piece.
escapism
Progression – BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear: Product Design and Innovation / London College of Fashion Escape
carina eke / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
My final outcome focuses on escapism. Bold footwear pieces transform the familiar activity of walking, to an entirely unfamiliar experience, leaving the user’s mind unusually focused on the task of walking and distracting them from everyday life. I used Styrofoam to create the soles which I coated with a layer of emulsion, and added natural wood blocks to an existing pair of shoes in order for the new soles to be attached. I shaped these using a bandsaw and hand rasp. The pieces are designed to be worn by someone who wants to experience the unusual and escape the mundane.
echo grace foley / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
Progression – BA (Hons) Jewellery Design / Central Saint Martins Metamorphosis My project represents transformation, as expressed in Ovid’s classical Greek story Metamorphoses, in which Narcissus falls in love with Echo. He is so infatuated with his own reflection, though, that he rejects her; she is transformed into her surroundings, her voice becoming an echo while he metamorphoses into flora. The mirrors in the mask are a representation of Narcissus’ infatuation with his own reflection while in the making of the felt I was trying to mimic Echo’s transformation into sky and forest. For my other piece, I wanted to demonstrate the actual echo. The felt cones portray the repetition of sound created by her echo in nature. Embroidery and beading show the elegance of Echo before the transformation in classical paintings. The photographs suggests the sadness of Echo missing her body and Narcissus missing his beauty.
shadows
shuhan gao – / Progression BA (Hons) Jewellery Design / Central Saint Martins jewellery Onmyoji footwear The theme of my project is Onmyoji, a novel that talks about humans and fashion Japanese and devils in the Heian period. My final design is a series of jewellery for different accessories parts of the body. In this project I tried to
apply a new material called polymorph that I was not familiar with. I found out polymorph becomes quite malleable when it melts in hot water and I had just enough time to shape it before it cooled down. The reason why I made five pieces is to show my design could locate on different parts of body and give more choices for wearing them. My design delivers the idea of upsidedown jewellery which corresponds to the relationship between humans and devils in Onmyoji — devils seem harmless to humans, but they actually hide underground like shadows and are dangerous to humans all the time.
pursuit
iona hindmarch bisset / jewellery footwear Progression – BA (Hons) Jewellery Design / and fashion Central Saint Martins accessories Am I Perfect Yet? My project began by exploring the relationship between the faultless form, the fragile self and the disturbance of transformation in pursuit of physical beauty. Consequently, the myth of perfection is examined through distortion, contortion, and tension between entwined human forms and bands of interlocking handstitched PVC and latex straps connected by metal clasps. The bands are unobtrusive yet create numerous effects on the skin and innumerable patterns of movement. Each wearer moves around, through and about each other, the bands expanding, contracting, contorting, restricting and supporting, leaving impressions on the skin whilst each body naturally searches for beauty within the confines.
killer
saphra amelia hogden / jewellery footwear Progression – tbc and fashion Killer accessories
Intrigued by serial killers and their stories, my focus was drawn to female serial killers and their motivation to kill. I noticed a recurrent theme of preserving what is precious, and was drawn to Vera Renczi’s story. Renczi was cheated on, sparking a determination never to be abandoned again. Consequently she laced her lovers’ dinners with arsenic and kept their bodies in her basement in air tight zinc cases, never to leave again. My piece is formed of PVC vacuums, preserving yellow carnations; chosen because their meaning is disappointment or rejection. The flowers serve as a metaphor, conveying the bodies of Renczi’s 30 victims; laying in unison.
ruined
zoe chutong huang / jewellery footwear Progression – and fashion BA (Hons) Jewellery Design / Central Saint Martins accessories Ruined
My project’s concept is coming from traditional Asian myths and folklores. We call all those ghosts and monsters Yokai (Yaoguai). Yokai is not limited to ‘scary ghosts’ but born out of old, damaged items which having human features. They trick or scare people at night to ask them to treasure their belongings. In this fast-consuming era, people creating waste is more serious than ever before. The final outcome is based on a combination of our waste. It’s located on the wearer’s head and shoulders because I want to create a sense that there is a Yokai eating them.
childlike
shangwei huang / jewellery footwear Progression – (Hons) Jewellery Design / and fashion BA Central Saint Martins accessories Like A Child My final piece is inspired by the German film Metropolis. The film leads me to the feeling of high-pressured reality in industrial society. I used copper rods and clay to make a mask inspired by cages. I used ceramics to make a pair of handcuffs and a dummy. I sprayed the whole piece white – the purest colour – it allows people to explore all possibilities in the open world of creativity. The whole work brings people the feeling of imprisonment. The rubber dummy represents babies. The ceramic dummy represents adults’ imagination. They are yearning for a carefree, non-pressured life and happiness – a childish life. But most of them are unable to change the existing situation. The ceramic sticks hanging behind represent the concrete industrial city bring pressure to the people. The aim of my work is to appeal to people to release their nature.
anxiety keito iida / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
Progression – tbc Emotions Surrounding Me A wearable object that explores aspects of the emotions that students experience during their studies. My piece is autobiographical. It is about anxiety.
gods saf james / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
Progression – BA (Hons) Creative Direction for Fashion / London College of Fashion We Are Gods This project challenges young black people to question their origins and why who they have become strays away from this. The outcome depicts what ancient African rulers would have worn. Each colour represents three African gods known to have terrestrial dominance. The garments are made from door fringing and semiprecious beads such as coral and crystal and uses macramÊ knotting. These garments remind the current generation, regardless of race, of how Africans were once idolised, making them suitable for all to wear. The uniqueness of the piece comes from its sustainability; the power to educate through its historical, cultural richness.
no choice yulia kholdina / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
Progression – BA (Hons) Jewellery Design / Central Saint Martins No Choice Through my project, I want to show how infant baptism can be harmful to people who went through the process. How it gives them a feeling of force and negativity about religion. My final outcome contains two pieces, both of which restrict the movement of certain body parts. The ring is designed to force the position of the three fingers used for orthodox Christians prayers to stay without freedom. However the neck piece is designed to restrict the head with only an upward position to project the act of looking up at God.
microscopic simran kothari / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
Progression – BA (Hons) Jewellery Design / Central Saint Martins Microscopic Extravagance I wanted to show the complexities in the formation of objects that we overlook. My final design is a neck piece inspired by a polarised lit microscopic image of champagne. In this piece, the main materials I have used are craft foam and wire. I used the wire to manipulate the structure of the craft foam. I made each part of the piece by cutting the foam and sewing it with wire. The design of the piece embodies the interwoven spirals of the microscopic image. I believe my piece is contemporary with a side of whimsicality.
ecstasy marite kuus / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
Progression – TXT (Textile) / Gerrit Rietveld Academie Pleasant Ecstasy Garments focusing on the idea of hedonism, which I explored through various research, including the culture of Club Kids in early 90’s New York. The culmination became two garments, designed to promote opening the body for hedonistic experiences. I used yarn and mesh to create the crocheted final outcome. The user of my pieces could either be an extrovert or introvert, offering comfortable clothing for the extrovert to carpe diem or to encourage the introvert to open themselves up and move. The pieces could be worn to a party or just a new experience to give a boost of confidence. However, the piece is delicately constructed to remind the wearer not to take their hedonism too far or it will fall apart.
industry
lu li / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
Progression – BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear: Product Design and Innovation / London College of Fashion The Bloody Industry My inspiration came from the first industrial revolution; machines were invented due to the rapid expansion of the coal mining industry. In my research, I found the coal mining was an industry based on manpower, I focused on the condition of the labourers’ feet, and I found people had to bend their soles to move when bearing the weight of the coal, and long working hours made their spines hurt badly. I hope the wearer of my design can feel this kind of pain. I selected two structures to realise my thought. The first one simulates the shape of a horse’s hoof, the other is a shoe with a sharp object in the heel. Moreover, I chose wood and metal as my main material of the shoes, and used the structures of machines as the important part of my shoes to support my idea.
isolation yuanxing lin / jewellery footwear and fashion accessories
Progression – BA (Hons) Jewellery Design / Central Saint Martins The Loss of Identity This piece covers the whole body in response to my theme: The Loss of Identity, which is my understanding of the insecurity and pain that people without identity would suffer. Identity is one’s protection and the support of society, which is also the base of communication. I intended to show the isolation that people without identity would feel by making something disconnect to the outside. I decided to use a sunken surface to represent an unwillingness to communicate. The whole piece is a huge shield and a shell at the same time.