13. Implications and applications

🗓️ 2023_December 12th to 19th

The last week but not the easiest one. 🤯🙃🫨

It’s popcorn time !!! 🍿

I find myself in the same emotional state as the first week. At once lost and brain-bursting (like popcorn), I'm freewheeling and don't know where to start.

📚 Inspirations

When we met before Fabricademy, Pauline asked me if I had an idea or a theme I'd like to tackle for my project. I told her about the hanbok, a traditional korean clothing (from my homeland). This idea stayed with me, somewhat throughout the weeks of Fabricademy (including week 3,week 4).

First sketches and notes

But then the question came up again. I had too many ideas, ha ha, ha ... I had to sort them out and see what was tangible enough to become a Fabricademy project. I talked to Diane and Pauline to get their feedback on my many desires and ideas.

Here some notes in French-English

From that moment on, I was once again lost between my doubts and questions, having no professional background in textiles or fashion. The things I particularly liked about these weeks was being able to experiment and make "manual" creations. Talking to my friends and family, Diane and Pauline, I realized that there's always something that comes back to my Korean origins. Being sensitive to Korean craftsmanship, I also wanted to integrate it into my project.

As a korean born, adopted in France, I feel the need to reconnect the culture I lost (to my roots). Being able to work on Korean craftmanship and particularly the traditional korean clothing and sewing (Hanbok and Bojagi) and mix those with my own culture and fabricademy techniques, is a way for me to reconnect and explore them.

🤔🤯 Why, What, Who, When, Where?

I felt in the spirit of what Teresa van Twuijver said in her recitation: "Everybody knows what it is, but nodody can explain what it is exactly."

Fabricademy 19-20 - Recitations - Storytelling with Teresa van Twuijver from Fabricademy, Textile Academy on Vimeo.

Then what explore? Why? For who? With whom? How and when?

What

Korean culture is above all a blend of tradition and modernity. It's quite similar to the Fabricademy trip!
Many people are familiar with Kpop, K-Drama or K-food, but Korean culture is very much reflected in its craftsmanship and respect for traditions such as embroidery, traditional dress, pottery, paper, folk dances, etc.

A glimpse of my "Korean Inspirations" board on Pinterest:

I would like to retranscribe a story through one or more panels of fabric sewn according to the Korean patchwork pattern: Bojagi.

Bojagi from one of my favourite Korean restaurant in Lyon

Why

To pass on traditional skills and know-how
To share Korean culture with those who don't know
To tell a story, my story or the stories of other Korean adoptees

Inspired by the creations of Designer Marie Lee did last year with her "Pojagi Together" project.

Who

Korean adoptees
Korean native
With a french association like "Les Amoureux de la Corée - InKAS France" or the Ecole coréenne de Lyon which are dedicated to introducing people to Korean culture (language courses, introductory workshops on Korean paper, hanbok sewing, Korean patchwork, cookery workshops, Korean sports, ....).
My French and Korean families
My friends

How and when

This is an initial provisional schedule which will need to be adjusted.

1. Research phase
2. Materials testing phase (colors, fabrics, layout, etc.)
3. Prototyping and assembly test phase
4. Adjustment phase
5. Final design phase
6. Final Project presentation

Slide show

Thanks for reading me!

🎄🎁🥳☃️ I wish you a Merry Christmas and a beautiful end to the year!!