SYMBIONT :
The combination between Art & Fashion
MA Textiles Fashion & Surface Design MA Protfolio 2011 KENG-MIN LIN
The final stage of Ma report the portfolio are going to display my practical work process by dyieng collection & a ldeology woman’s bag made by watercolour pattern are all made by handmade combine these two material into a new wearing generation It demanded an idea and stage effect talk about the environmental protection and element fusion concept “ It is not a normal clothing anymore” that is a innovation between Art and Fashion
I called it : SYMBIONT
Content Origination
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Research
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Practical work (Activity of process )
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Practical work (Collection of SYMBIONT )
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Postscript
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Origination
Origination
Concerning my initial idea, I used canvas to making dress, this idea came from my final project when I was in University, and my original thinking is fine art element combine with the clothes, it can be a art product and a modern dress as well. Talk about my work, I used triangle, diamond pieces and elementby architecture structure to make the canvas couture; on the surface, I painted by spray gun to create pattern for colourful colour, ware and spiral style to stressed handmade with unique.
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Origination Prototype of combination clothing
The spiral, diamond shape style Material: Canvas
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Origination MA course stage
Development by paper framework, cutting and folding lines slightly and make it showed more like three-dimensional shape also it is make a gradual progress to developed triangle appearance and transform any or many figures It is a prototype of idea from the beginning, and think about combination bwtween paper and normal fabric during the MA period
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Origination Testing stage
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Research
Research Section 1 Environmental protection
A new fashion designer called Medavog, he is a challenger from the Project Runway T.V. program, there have a competition he used newspaper to make an A line dress and mixed splice skill.
Medavog colllection for Project runway
New York Fashion Week 2010 Gary Harvey design a recycle collection, also had a dress made by paper; it is worth mention which he used sizing on the paper or recycle paper than change texture and sows exaggeration, fluffy skirt. In my opinion, this is a great idea for environmental protection, designer considers shortage of raw materials nowadays, and this idea might be inspire me to change.
Gary Harvey recycle cellection 2010 8
Research Section 1-1 Environmental protection
Mintdesigns used newspaper (shredded paper) crested women dress, Mintdisgns created by Hokuto Katsui and Nao Yagi, they are design purpose mention clothing is part of life, for the show work displayed environmental protection as well; about the materials they also used newspaper, that I can certification and indorsement my project and prove for it.
Mintdesigns collection
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wearing a more efficient, more ecological, but also stylish and contemporary.
Issey Miyake chosen to use recycled PET bottles made of the material-rePET which he has been working to fashion design clothes to be
from origami and regeneration, the whole dress is like a three-dimensional folding of the 3D sculpture, this series uses the fabric folding,
Issey Miyake 2010 collection called “132 5�, the collection main is sustainability and environmental protection, about concept of clothing
Research Section 2 The appearance, & Shape development
created my idea by combination of three element fine art, fashion and architecture.
Issey Miyake 2010 Collection 132 5
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Research Section 2-1 The appearance, & Shape development created my idea by combination of three element fine art, fashion and architecture.
Plato's Collection design by Amila Hrustic who studied in the Academy for Fine Arts at the University of Sarajevo. This collection is inspired by five Platonic solids such as tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron, which are created on paper and attached with fabric in different configurations.
Plato's Collection by Amila Hrustic 11
Amila Hrustic said: To produce the crisp, sculptural effect she desired, there had a choice between using paper or plexiglass. Paper won, "There was no dilemma; I chose paper, because I think it is more effective, more clean and ecological."
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Research Section 2-2 The appearance, & Shape development created my idea by combination of three element fine art, fashion and architecture.
Paper constructed dresses made by Designer Sandra Bucklund in 2007 Sandra Bucklund used ink-blot created Origami paper dresses and proofs that fashion can be accepted as art form; that is an evidence of fusion between Art and Fashion.
ink-blot test 2007 13
Research Section 3 Colour & Handmade pattern My work experience in CHILDISH who is one of handmade studio in Taiwan, the products is really common with my program of study, talk about work content is silk printing, using silk screen to prints on the T-shirt’s front, studio design, cutting the pattern by themselves, just demands one pieces of t-shirt has own unique pattern, that is a mention what I want to achieve on my final project; on the other hand the famous artist Andy Warhol, he also had silk printing for his work and print on clothes or mug etc. Therefore, I was got some resources talk about the handmade subject and support my argument.
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Research Section 3-1 Colour & Handmade pattern
Colour-In Dress design by Berber Soepboer and Michiel Schuurman Printed black and white, the dress shift functions like a page from a drawing book, ready to be embellished at will with the included textile markers. The print is really flexible, according to the designers, everyone can interpret it in the way they like best; it results a reaction by changing fashion rapidly and make your dress become unique.
Colour-In Dress by Berber Soepboer and Michiel Schuurman
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Practical work Activity of process
Practical work (Collection of pattern)
The idea is came from puzzle, I use triangle pieces spell a square, this handmade pattern is my first idea to use on the MA final project collection, but perplexed permutation is not easy to fold. than improve better shape from this image.
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Practical work (Collection of pattern) I collect pieces of paper than connect them into a complete appearance; this type of work can be splice to different form, talk about no restriction and creative unpredictable, that is worth mention.
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Practical work (Collection of pattern)
Same style of watercolour collection. I paintrd same tone for triangle pattern, therefore, it shows colourful and Bbight for each single paper. In conclusion, the handmade pattern seems easy, in fact, is it time-consuming and low production, but for my MA course, I want to create a bright new vision of my idea, fine art and fashion’s combination . 19
Practical work (Collection of process )
Paper bag made step Cutting triangle shape for different combinations and build the paper bag structurally.
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Practical work (Collection of process ) The final shape - Ldeology of bagIt is an idea which is transform the bag become more diversity and interest.
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Practical work (Collection of process ) Dyeing process: Demands handmade pattern same effect as watercolour, it is unique and special rendering style. Uesing tie and roll skill to create Unexpected results.
The suit dyeing
The belt washing 22
Practical work (Collection of process )
Dyeing product 23
Practical work (Collection of SYMBIONT) Original Ver
Stared from basic white fabric and nromal clothing shape, present with the original apparel is equivalent to a white paper
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Practical work (Collection of SYMBIONT) Dyeing Ver
According to handmade clothes, the second step is creates own pattern by hand; using dyeing skill to show unpredictable effect, let the pattern become unique and can not be copied
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Practical work (Collection of SYMBIONT) Bag ldeology by Watercolour Ver
Third: Handmade bag by watercolour It is a concept for the future vision, demands environmental protection and multifunction present. Triangle shape is easy to fold and attach to build the structure, it’s similar like 3-D Visual effects.
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Practical work (Collection of SYMBIONT) The combination Ver
The finial vision: Symbiont combine two element transfer into a brand new wearing age. This handmade dress is not an art work, on the another view, an artistic product is not a clothing as wall, because fashion and art can be coexist at the same time, there is no standpoint to decide what is it, i give it a name for “Symbiont� i said
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Postscript
This collection shows a concept for all work by handmade such as fabric pattern, watercolour geometry figure and build 3-D structure by triangle shape, it is really requiring much of time to work and many procedures at drawing, but it unfolded the particular achievements for Irreplaceable and unique; I will continue my research to make it become more actual even though it still a prototype.
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Thanks for Kwest Chen Li- Chuan Chen Emma Chen I-Su Sun Chia-Ying Lin Hung-Yu Hsueh Tess Huang Linny Zhao