Collision

My journey with the Collision project began by visiting the V&A. There I found myself attracted to the costumes and in particular the way the fabric draped and hung from the mannequins

 

My interest in the fluidity of loose fabric continued when I found a book on Tibet. Here I discovered that their pagodas are lined with sheets of fabric on which the wrote out passages from their faith. From the pictures I began to get interested in the structures they used for their housing and how it was all very organic.
After reading this book i became interested in colliding ethnic, organic structures with more rectilinear industrial forms.

Experimenting with partitioning rooms using structures that convey loose lines reminiscent of the loose veils used in the Tibetan culture.  

For this screen I drew inspiration from the woven wooden staffs which the Tibetan's use to create the walls to their tent stile housing.

After experimenting with cloth and ink for inspiration of loose, organic forms I began thinking about the interior I would be working in (Clore Ballroom) I realised that perhaps such fluid forms might not match the use of the space. This lead me to start adding structure to the free flowing fabric.

Sketches of  how structured fabric would be used as well as the use of free flowing lines on the raised seating areas