SANDRA BAC KLUND
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IN THE LAST FEW YEARS SWEDISH SANDRA BACKLUND ESTABLISHED HERSELF IN THE FASHION SCENE AS A KNITWEAR DESIGNER. HER WORK IS METICULOUSLY CRAFTED THAT EMPLOYS AN EXCITING COMBINATION OF ART, SCULPTURE, CRAFT AND AS SHE STATES HERSELF THERAPY. OFTEN BACKLUND CONSTRUCTS HER PIECES/GARMENTS IN SECTIONS CREATING AN ALMOST SCULPTURAL APPROACH. BACKLUND ENJOYS EXPLORING THE HUMAN FORM THROUGH FASHION. SHE DOESN’T CREATE HER GARMENTS BASED ON PATTERNS, BUT DESIGNS AS SHE KNITS PRODUCING A MORE ORGANIC AND STREAMLINED RESULT. “I LIKE TO MAKE THE PIECES AS I GO, YOU DON’T HAVE TO TAKE THINGS APART. YOU CAN IMPROVISE WITHOUT HAVING TO DECONSTRUCT. SHE BELIEVES THE HANDICRAFT PROCESS AND THE HANDMADE FEELING ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT. BACKLUND EXPERIMENTS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES TO EXPRESS HERSELF THROUGH HEAVY WOOL “COLLAGE” KNITTING.
BACKLUND’S DESIGN AESTHETIC IS SCULPTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND DYNAMIC. STRIVING TO EXAGGERATE AND ACCENTUATE THE FEMALE FORM . BY FUSING FUTURISTIC DESIGN WITH TACTILE AND FAMILIAR MATERIALS BACKLUND HAS MANAGED TO TRANSFORM THE VERY MEANING OF KNITWEAR INTO A PIECE OF SCULPTURE, A PIECE OF MOVING ART.
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I C O N C I O U S LY D R E S S A N D U N D R E S S PA R T S O F T H E BODY TO SEEK DYNA MIC SHAPES. I LIKE THE SOF TNESS TOGETHER WITH SHARP SILHOUET TES
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JOHAN RENCK PHOTOGR APHY
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A COMBINATION OF SC IENCE FIC TION AND
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BACKLUND’S COLLECTIONS ARE OFTEN CHARACTERISED BY A STRONG THREE DIMESNIONALITY THAT ENHANCES THE NATURAL SHAPES OF THE BODY. HER DESIGNS ARE VOLUMINOUS YET CONTROLLED AND ARE EXAGGERATED TO HIGHLIGHT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BODY.
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OL A BERGENGREN PHOTOGR APHY WOODEN PEGS
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LATELY BACKLUND HAS INTRODUCED ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS INTO HER COLLECTION, CREATING GEOMETRICAL AND SCULPTURAL PIECES. THE STARTING POINT IS ALWAYS, AS SHE SAYS, THE MATERIAL AND THE TECHNIQUES. 17
ORIGAMI DRESS
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K ATHRYN HE NRY 20