Audible Fabric Portfolio
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Tape is an important childhood memory anchor for children born in the millennium. I found that the walkman often appeared in the photos taken by my mother when she was traveling. The walkman had become a fashion accessory at that time. Tape also has a special significance for my childhood, I used a tape player to listen to English in primary school. My aunt who settled in Australia recorded my blessing on tape on my 10th birthday and sent it to me as a birthday present. Later, when I moved to a new home, my mother felt that the tapes took up too much space and wanted to discard them, but I was reluctant to lose them. I stored the tapes under my bed. It is only now known to re-expose them to the air.
"Audible Fabric" gives retro tapes a new soul, tries a variety of process methods to interpret the texture of tapes, and creates fabrics that can be perceived and appreciated through hearing. Referring to folk bamboo weaving techniques, let a single tape give birth to a variety of patterns. Through the interaction between the recording head and the fabric, the sound produced by each different pattern of tape woven fabric is different. Further collect the strange sounds of interaction to TouchDesigner study the impact on the human body and show the emotional color of the fabric. I hope that in the future, people can use all senses to feel fashion design, not only by visual influence.
For me, each material can be regarded as a container or medium. Through different design concepts, craftsmanship, etc., it has the opportunity to create a new fashion fabric. Inspired by the inherent sound characteristics of the tape strip, I hope to create a fabric with sound function, but because the tape itself is too fragile, it needs to be mixed with other materials. I used a variety of techniques such as weaving, embroidery and knitting. After a large number of fabric experiments were carried out on the tape strip and wool, fish bone, mesh, latex and other materials, I sorted out a "genealogy" and concluded that the higher the flatness and density of the tape strip, the clearer the sound of the recording head rubbing against the surface of the fabric. So, I finally chose the weaving process to create. In the process, I found that the color of the tape strip will have a slight color difference, mainly the difference in depth. This discovery provides the possibility of diversity of patterns.
I borrowed the Chinese folk non-heritage bamboo weaving technology, and through various permutations and combinations of different counts in the warp and weft direction, I created fabric samples with various patterns. However, the tape is far less firm than the bamboo strip. In order to ensure the overall flexibility and operability of the fabric, I choose to use the method of hot lining to compound the braid and lining and integrate them into one.
After completing the fabric sample, I interact with the recording head and record the sound read by the head. The sound frequency and rhythm of each pattern are different. With the help of TouchDesigner software, I further study the influence of this strange sound on the human body shape, so as to show the emotional color of the fabric itself.
I hope that in the future, vision will no longer be the dominant factor in fashion, and human beings can perceive the details of fashion through all senses.
My name is Serein Fang. I was born in Shanghai, China. I majored in clothing and apparel design at Jiangnan University. During the university, he won the second prize at the provincial level in the 10th Milan Design Week Chinese University Design Subject Teachers and Students Excellent Works Exhibition in Jiangsu Division; the second prize of the 10th Future Designer · National University Digital Art Design Competition; the 12th International College Students Bronze Award in the Fashion Design Ceremony Special Competition, etc.; 2023 Bosideng Public Welfare Award and Scholarship
. Now I am studying in London, England, and continuing my studies in Material Future in Central Saint Martin. As for fashion design, I think that human beings and fashion are mutually nourishing relations. I hope to give new vitality and future meaning to the seemingly lifeless materials, and change the visual narrative of fashion by redefining the role of fabrics.
