PHOENIX
In this project I was inspired by the beauty of nature in its primal state. I wanted to focus on contrasting accents such as solid and liquid, cold and burning hot, dark and light, life in motion versus stillness, and movement as something deadly yet beautiful. In my video I wanted to emphasize these contradictory elements to show the flow of life and its integration with nature, as well as the melancholy of motionlessness. The volcano was the main inspiration for my hoodie, which was the mood board not only for the colors but also for the textures I chose.
The volcano rewards with life through its stillness and punishes with death through its movement
- for me this reflects the embodiment of beauty.
Through the smocking technique, the pleats and wavy lines, I wanted to translate the organic texture of the stone into the garment, and the knitted red rough lines hidden between the pleats and revealed at the top represent burning, flowing lava erupting in the form of the hood over the hoodie.
