Nuue, 2011 Jungeun Lee

Through a heating process with pressure, wound fibre transforms itself into a 3-dimensional moulded garment bringing expected and unexpected sculptural silhouettes with flexible texture. The garment can be completed with only unitary fibre and heat. This technique reduces processes of making fabric from fibre, also from fabric to garment such as making/cutting pattern, and sawing. Therefore there is no leftover or wastage of material in this process.

Boneless, 2011 Shota Aoyagi

A small desk lamp made out of a sheet of leather, containing no framework. The whole structure can be created simply, with a single fold and fixing the symmetrical edges by hand, and that makes two different surfaces/textures of leather appear at the same time.

Contemporary Applied Arts: Intelligent Trouble: Loop

In this exhibition six artists made work between them: suggesting, prompting and responding with objects, materials, sounds and words.  'As much as being finished objects the works in this collection are pauses in ongoing conversations, bringing together exchanges that have happened and pointing to ongoing possibilities. The processes of collective production are laid bare, any ‘aesthetic’ runs deeper than the surface – they look, and sound, like what caused them to be.'

Prototypes and Experiments VI: Casts and Moulds

The Aram Gallery presents Casts and Moulds, the next installment in its on-going exhibition series, Prototypes and Experiments. The sixth show focuses on casting and moulding as a means of manufacture. The exhibition displayed prototypes of design details as well as whole cast projects. These trials, tests and experiments are valuable for both the designer and our inquisitive design audience; providing the latter with a unique chance to explore the design process through its varied stages.

Between the Lines

Between the Lines was my final project for my graduation show at Central Saint Martins. It is a print collection for womenswear fashion. Through the project I investigated our notions of print and fabric. Through Between the Lines I questioned whether a print can be embedded into a fabric by using innovative techniques of moulding, silicone and ceramics. Mixing craft and innovation to push the boundaries and raise questions on what a printed textile fabric can be and embody.

Between the Lines is a modern twist on the theme of armour and protection and what lies beneath, creating a juxtaposition between hard and soft, structure and non-structure, pattern formation and distortion. 

Below are some images of my process of making: 

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