Today, Julian gave a lecture about his work and demonstrated how he works with subtraction pattern cutting. It was very inspiring. His design process is very poetic and performative. He engages with the material and space in such a unique way, it really changed my view about garment making.
He does not measure when he cut the fabric. He shared that whoever you are making the garment for, their movement is the measurement. He uses video to record his process and reverses the video so it looks like he was making the garment instead of deconstructing it. He also demystified how a garment is made through his process. If you cut a hole and lift the fabric from the valley fold line, then you have made a garment!! SO simple.
He was also talking about as a designer, you need to know how much of you reside in the work you make, that is your identity as a designer. Also question how do you use your process/tools ? What are the other ways to use those process and tools?
For my next project, I wanted to make a garment that is transformable and functional.
RCA Graduate diploma 2019 