TONUS

“TENSION” IS AN EVER-OCCURING THEME IN DESIGN AND ART AND THE SOURCE INSPIRATION FOR MY FINAL YEAR PROJECT — THE TENSION BETWEEN ELEMENTS, BETWEEN THE COLOURS OF A ROTHKO PAINTING, BODY TENSION AND THE APPEARANCE AND FUNCTIONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSCLES, THEIR FIBRES AND STRUCTURES, HAVE LEAD TO THE CREATION OF TEXTILES I WANTED TO WORK WITH FOR THIS PROJECT. EXTENDING THE USE AND CONCEPT OF TENSION INTO THE CREATION OF MY FABRICS, I COMBINED HIGH-CONTRAST MATERIALS TO CREATE DIFFERENCES IN THE FABRICS BEHAVIOUR AND HANDLING. THROUGH THE USE OF THESE MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES, AND THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL APPROACH AND CUSTOMIZATION OF THE MATERIALS, FASHION TEXTILES WERE DEVELOPED, THAT ARE INFLUENCED, TRANSFORMED AND INDIVIDUALIZED BY THE WEARER AND THEIR MOVEMENT.