These flat strips of paper remind me of the ones hanging on the entrances to shrines and many spaces. The paper created slits, hence, creating ‘ma’. Gohei started off as a rectangular piece of paper before being cut in a certain way to be folded into a zigzag formation. The main construction techniques I explored were gohei and felting, with references to Zen culture and Shinto practices. I wanted the garments to provide modern individuals with the flexibility in donning the clothing.
It explores the in-between spaces, the ‘openings’ between skin and fabric, creating a wider dimension. My collection was inspired by the Japanese art philosophy of ‘ma’, which focuses on the importance of negative space. The garments are produced in a more conscious way with a slow fashion-making process of low-zero waste. Denim and synthetic fabrics are commonly used in the fashion industry especially in fast fashion but I want to bring home the fact that everyone’s connected to this crisis by using these materials. The collection is also made up of two main fabrics: denim and mixed polyester/nylon organza which have the properties of opacity and translucence that fit with the appearance of the bleached corals. To mimic the structure of coral skeletons, I manipulated crochet, macrame, knits and embroidery, adding Swarovski crystals to elevate these textures and give another dimension to the garment. This act of using biomimicry is one of the most powerful and vibrant warnings in nature, which is also considered nature’s most beautiful death. Using white as the dominant colour, I employed advanced textile applications to create solar/UV reactive pigments that depict the signalling of help for change – certain garments can transform from white to intense blue, purple or yellow under natural or UV light. The designs are based on the structure and texture of the corals and its many stages of death. My inspiration came from coral bleaching, an event that occurs due to global warming and the effect of rising ocean temperatures that can destroy the entire global coral reef ecosystem. Thank you.What were your sources of inspiration for your graduate collection?ġ.5☌ is a project that’s meant to draw attention to how close we are to a global disaster – such a seemingly small rise in global temperature can, in fact, trigger significant and lasting changes.
Any insight of how to phrase for my search will be grateful as well. I tried to search online but I do not know much of the terminology to get the right keywords. I know I can use the rotate tool, but on educational purposes, I was wondering if I can change it back or was I using it incorrectly all along? I was able to fix the other tools in snap settings but mirror is the only one left and I use this command the most. I already reset AutoCAD settings to default and restarted my computer. Is there a way to fix this? I do not know how it got changed since it also affected my rotate tool to not rotate at 90° and I had closed the program so I lost the command history to see what caused all of this. It can do any other angles but the other angles use to let it flip above/below the x-axis. Hello, recently last night my mirror tool did not easily snap or flip to what I was trying to do in the red box shown in the picture below: Solved! See the first response below to see the solution.