Creative Design: Graduate

Connecting Yarns to the Universe

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Abstract

This handcrafted knitted design inspired by landscape sceneries is original and innovative in terms of (a) connecting materials to the universe through the wearable art, (b) experimenting various knitting techniques using yarns with different weights, and (c) promoting circularity in design by using a zero-waste approach. The design is dedicated to portraying the nature’s scenes with the handmade 3D textured fabric through fabric manipulations, challenging to use all of new and used yarns sourced, which facilitate to extend the lifespan of yarns and the wearables. The yarns knitted for this design can be eventually reused for other knitted designs, promoting circularity in design. Every process to create this wearable art was manipulated by hand, representing the interconnectedness of materials (yarns) to the nature and its cycle of sprouting, blooming and falling. This design showcases the connectedness of yarns, the man-made materials, to human-being, the nature, and the universe.

Keywords: zero-waste, knitting, surface design, wearable art

How to Cite:

Kim, B. & Lee, Y., (2022) “Connecting Yarns to the Universe”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 78(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.13344