My work is inspired by three artists whom I have carried out research on for example, Issabelle de Borchgrove, fashion designer and painter, Issey Miyake, fashion designer and Hussian Chalayan, fashion designer, sculptor, film-maker and animator. My work as a fashion designer and artist is similar to all three artists and sits somewhere in between the middle of all three artist work. However, we all work differently for example; the equipment I use is a laser cutting, a domestic sewing machine and fabric glue. The material I use is in my work is paper and fabric. Although my garment is designed as a formal fashion garment it is made from paper and can be seen as a piece of art work because it is intend to be placed in an art gallery or a museum. This garment is also seen as a sculpture because it is unwearable; and will not be worn by anyone; it is also seen as a piece of craft because of the material it is made from. The idea of describing this piece of work can be very difficult because it cannot be interpret as a single article. On one hand it is designed as a fashion garment, on the other hand it is a piece of art and in between it is a sculpture and a piece of craft, hanging in a room where viewers can walk around it and give their opinions of what their interpretations are of this piece of work is.
Here both side view of the garment are shown.
