part of SIGN 1988-2018 (WIP)

"OOPS, UPSIDE YOUR HAT" (MEANDER-SHUFFLE)

Marielle Oremus - 1989

MOVEMENT BRINGS LIFE, THE RIVER FLOWING SLOWLY AND QUICKLY, GIVES HOPE, A POSSIBILITY OF EXISTENCE.
THE HUMAN BEING WARM-BLOODED, LIVES AND GIVES ENERGY.
ENERGY IN CLOTHING, FLOWING AND SHAPING, MOVING WITH THE HUMAN BEING.
TURNING LIKE A CAROUSEL, DYNAMIC CENTRE OF MOVEMENT.
CAPRICIOUS, SURPRISING, DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH, NOT TO BE MATCHED.
COLOURFUL EMOTIONS, TRIUMPHANTLY PRESENT.
DIRECTION, LINES PARALLEL AND NEVER EQUAL, LIKE A
FINGERPRINT.




The clothing is a "play" of forms, processed and unprocessed parts in stripe and unity.
All garments are knitted.
It is a processing of "ordinary" knitted tricot fabrics and the use of cut in knitted fabric.
The garment is created by putting together knitted pieces of fabric, processed or not.
The choice of how the pieces are joined together is made from the idea: cut-processing and/or accents (decoration).
This is sought through moulage.
The use of cut and accents can go together.
Processing is the stitching of the knitted pieces with regular stitches. This creates forms that are determined by the direction and the distance of the stitches amongst each other.
The stitches are placed so that the knitted fabric starts to turn and curl.
These processes will determine the shape of the garment or indicate accents.
The stitched parts can be used as structure.
Through the processing, the knitted-in stripe becomes a "pattern".
The twisting is thereby extra accentuated.
The starting point is to work from one silhouette, but this can be influenced by the shaping of the fabric.