MDes Fashion & Textiles School of Design
Yihuan Li
Inspired by the artworks of Christo and Jeanne Claude I aim to express the relationship between emotion, body and space. I have tried to capture the thrill-seeking sensations of extreme sports and the thin line between safety and danger. Experimenting with the contrasting characteristics of rigid rope and fabrics that stretch, I have explored how materials resist and submit to tension and slack. This has resulted in a diverse range of adjustable silhouettes of different volumes and proportions which swathe and envelop the contours of the body. I have used manual ice-dying methods to colour the fabric and imitate the melting of ice as a trigger to discuss climate change.
Projects
Tension and Slack
Inspired by the artworks of Christo and Jeanne Claude I aim to express the relationship between emotion, body and space. I have tried to capture the thrill-seeking sensations of extreme sports and the thin line between safety and danger. Experimenting with the contrasting characteristics of rigid rope and fabrics that stretch, I have explored how materials resist and submit to tension and slack. This has resulted in a diverse range of adjustable silhouettes of different volumes and proportions which swathe and envelop the contours of the body. I have used manual ice-dying methods to colour the fabric and imitate the melting of ice as a trigger to discuss climate change.
