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Bridge 4: Patterns, Muslin Prototypes and Materials

Bridge 4: Patterns, Muslin Prototypes and Materials

Full-Size Patterns

 

Revisions

Muslin Prototype

BODICE

 

STRAIGHT SKIRT

Materials

Water Soluble Machine Embroidery Stabilizer

Reflection

In this initial stage of the Bridge 4 project, I decided to focus on materiality or texture of my ensemble pieces, as inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. I explored diverse ephemeral materials that could be dissolved by water or air and caught attention by the water soluble stabilizer that could be easily dissolved by water. I made a vision of innovating the fabric textures on my own. After I constructed muslin prototype of the bodice and skirt, I realized a few problems of fitting being too tight since that the measurements I took are closely fitted to my body. I kept the patterns simple so as to focus on the next step of testing textures with trimming yarns and the water soluble stabilizer. 

Bridge 3: https://portfolio.newschool.edu/yitingzhang/2019/03/15/bridge-3-mining-the-past/

LP8: Artist for inspiration and written proposal: https://portfolio.newschool.edu/yitingzhang/2019/03/14/bridge-3-andy-goldsworthy-and-my-proposal/

Yiting (Brianna) Zhang is currently enrolling in the BFA program at Parsons, declaring her major as Fashion Design. She was born in Shanghai, China in 1999, the year of which significant changes on financial development and city planning were happening in Shanghai. In this city combined with the antiquated and modern culture, she finished her middle school and first year of the high school education. Then she spent three years in New Jersey, living with her host families and finishing her high school study at Union Catholic High School that was located in Scotch Plains, NJ. Throughout the years living with her host mother who is also an artist, she has been influenced and inspired by her a lot with regard to relationship between nature and humans. Since the first time when she got to deal with the volume and stories fabrics can create and tell, she has decided to dive deeper into playing with fabrics and fashion. She is also looking towards the sustainability in the fashion industry when fashion production has become one of the biggest threats to the environment. Accordingly, she believe that fashion can be reformed in a better direction and it can make certain changes to the world. Over the past years, she have obtained diverse skills and qualities, including strong leadership, playing percussion instruments, Latin dance, and of course, skills regarding to her current major, Fashion design.

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