WW SS13

INTIMATE SHELLS

exploring the intimacy between things

Rich cotton volumed shells engineered as repeated pairs that are spliced together to fit together as one piece

Garments which exist both singularly and as an interlocking pair Bi-section garment compositions, golden section harmony

Sensation of the wearer considered - hands covered / mouth pieces /

An increased richness, using a plain fabric

Organic forms compiled in geometric arrangements

Allegory,
Growth, growing, regeneration, spring, green man, breath of life

A new exploration into volume and form over surface
Volume Vs surface

Masking tape colour, blue tailors chalk colour, colours from the things used to make them

The waxy puckered rippling surfaces of marble/stone sculptures/dusty masonry yards/half finished carving

Growth on grids – lush growth in hard brass medium

Clothes with wings, silhouettes with wings which gently wrap and encase the body
Stiff wings, gentle soft wings

Bell sleeves which fall neatly behind the front of the t-shirts, sleeves pushed to the back of the tops

BUGLE BEADING -
Shivering organic accumulations of glass on geometric grid structures Fragile, it makes a sound- clinks against itself

KNITTED BEADING -
Round black rubber and glass beads knitted into a tight shearing elastic machine knit to make organic growing accumulations across a clean smooth surface

Rock pools