Creative Design: Professional

Beauty in Two Parts, Part Two: Absence

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Abstract

In our current society we give up so many pieces of ourselves in order to fit in with what is socially acceptable. Sometimes these violent acts of altering our persons leaves behind traumatic scars. In the journey to fit in to be considered beautiful, do we instead lose ourselves to the void? This piece is altered from a moulage of a larger-sized garment that leans into the simplistic lines of the wearer's beauty. The pieces that we have removed of ourselves in order to fit into the ideals of society can be seen on the cutting room floor as we move towards to what we think we want. Inspiration for the suturing techniques utilized draw from medical texts, the dye-medium was color matched to how blood stains the textile. The sleeves draw inspiration from Escher's Relativity, to think about the journey and how we move through the space. 

Keywords: Alteration, Escher, Cutting, Moulage

How to Cite:

Rowley, M. P., (2025) “Beauty in Two Parts, Part Two: Absence”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 81(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.18631