Exercise 1.5 Collage and creases

Pare down to the essence, but don’t remove the poetry. (Koren, 2008, p.72)

WABI-SABI :the art of simplicity.

Poetry ,in my opinion, is a form of wabi-sabi .

It’s the art of trying to say and imply many using only few lines.

In modern Greece there is a phrase left from the ancient times: << LAKONIZEIN ESTI FILOSOFEIN>> and it is about the ancient Spartans who were living a simple yet glorious life. The meaning of the saying is that if you live like a Spartan you tend to live like a philosopher!

It’s really hard to achieve simplicity , especially when it comes to apparel designing.

On the other hand simple things are the most popular and have the best sales !

People love them because it’s easy to see the concept behind and the use of them.

So, trying to achieve wabi-sabi is trying to infiltrate, get to the core and make the most of everything .

TASK:

Again something I’ve never done before!

A collage!

It took me several days and time of research to understand what I need to do, as well as I had to short of “squeeze” my brain to put things in order.

Finally , I managed to come out with two decent designs trying to present as many features of two of my garments possible:

I’ve used carton to show the rib stitch detail as well as cotton wool to show the fluffy and hairy effect of one of the fabrics:

 style one:

style two: shawl neck wool cardigan.