Dreamscape Collection: Saltwater and Skin
Senior Thesis 2023
A textile-focused garment collection birthed from fragmented poetry and the watery dreamscapes of my unconscious mind... fleeting dream remnants, resting just under the skin of my eyelids, brought to life by the dew of morning poetry.
This collection proposal is the sensory embodiment of my dreams using poetics to navigate the space between dreamscape and reality. Creating on the body while keeping my dream notes in mind helped to further define the connection that I share with the natural world, both in the dream realm as well as in waking life.
look 1
Anna wears the 'sand and sea moss' wrap top paired with the 'wind across the ocean' skirt. Both pieces knitted on the Stoll machine. Top hand-beaded and embroidered with iridescent beads and knitted droplet elements. Bottom knitted with various monofilament, cotton, and sparkling lurex yarns. Waist jewelry hand-knitted on domestic knitting machines with monofilament yarn and translucent stones.
look 2
Victoria wears the 'dewdrops and ocean's lace' top. Stoll-knit fabric with a hand-beaded and knitted neck adornment. Translucent rock crystals encased in a knitted monofilament tubing draped down the back.
Paired with the "evening tide" Stoll-knit mini skirt stretched over an underskirt sewn from fabric the color of the sand beneath her feet. Hand beaded with iridescent beads and embellished with monofilament pockets filled with translucent pebbles.
look 3
Anna wears the 'selkie' dress as she sheds her water skin. Fully-fashioned fabric and surface embellishments both hand-knitted and beaded on a domestic knitting machine. Droplet embellishments made with monofilament yarns and translucent pebbles.
look 4
Victoria wears the 'veiled in seagrass' knitted draped top and a 'brown ocean's lace' skirt. Fabrics knitted on the Stoll machine with various wool, cotton, elastic, lurex, and monofilament yarns.
Photography by Kaitlyn Hui