THE CONCEALED NAKEDNESS


THE THESIS COLLECTION STARTS FROM A MAGNIFICATION PROCESS OF MYSELF. I WANTED TO KNOW, WHY I BECOME SOMEONE LIKE THIS.
THROUGH RESEARCH, I FIND OUT THAT MY MOTHER IS A STRONG INFLUENCER IN MY LIFE. HER CONSERVATIVE, RIGIDITY, AND STUBBORNNESS , HAS INFLUENCED ME IMPERCEPTIBLY. GROWING UP IN SUCH ENVIRONMENT, BOTH MY SISTER AND I HAVE SCOPOPHOBIA WHICH IS AN ABNORMAL FEAR OF BEING LOOKED AT AND EXPOSING BODY PARTS. WE WANT TO BE COVERED, ESPECIALLY THE NECK AND TORSO PART. SO, I CREATE A SERIES OF BODY SUIT WITH DISTORTED FLOWER MOTIF. MY DESIGN PROCESS GOT INSPIRED BY MY MOTHER’S RIGID PERSONALITY AND FASHION STYLE. BEING PHYSICALLY AWAY FROM THE CONSERVATIVE ENVIRONMENT I AM VERY INTERESTED INTO THE HUMAN BODY AND THE WAY IT RECORDS TIME, EMOTION, BEHAVIOUR, AND PERSONALITIES AND REPRESENTS AN IDENTITY AND TELLS A STORY OF AN HUMAN BEING.
ON TOP OF THAT, I AM ALSO VERY INTERESTED INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BODY AND TEXTILE AND THE PROCESS OF A THREAD TURNS INTO A SURFACE, AND THAN A SPACE TO HABIT IN. I WANT TO EXPLORE HOW TEXTILE CAN BE SOLUBLE YARNS, LUMINOUS YARN, WOOL YARNS, AND COTTON YARNS, TO CREATE PIECES THAT TELL THE BOND BETWEEN MY MOTHER AND I. THE RIGIDITY AND STUBBORNNESS ARE CREATED TO MIMIC THE PERSONALITY OF MY MOTHER AND THE RESTRICTIVE UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING OF MYSELF.
IN THE TEXTILE EXPLORATION PROCESS, I USED DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES TO CHALLENGE THE SOFT NATURE OF REGULAR KNITTED PIECES AND TRANSFORM THEM INTO RIGID AND STUBBORN PRESENTATIONS.









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