“ ALL GOOD THINGS ARE WILD AND FREE. IN WILDNESS IS THE PRESERVATION OF THE WORLD.”
- HENRY DAVID THOREAU, WALDEN
COLLECTION “ IN TENT ” WAS INSPIRED BY MY FIRST CAMPING EXPERIENCE SUMMER 2019, IT WAS LIKE I GOT INTO THE WALDEN. CAPTURE THE SOUL OF NATURE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF NATURE WERE THE GOALS OF THIS COLLECTION.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SPENT A NIGHT IN THE WOODS. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE, IT’S SUCH A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE. BUILDING UP OUR OWN TENT, SETTING UP A FIRE FROM SCRATCH, CLEANING STUFF BY THE WATER…. THERE IS REALLY SOMETHING BETWEEN US HUMAN BEINGS AND NATURE, A SORT OF CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION. I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DEFINE IT, FROM THERE, I STARTED MY THESIS RESEARCH.
FROM THAT CAMPING EXPERIENCE, I THINK THE MOST TYPICAL OBJECT CONNECTS OUR HUMAN BEINGS AND NATURE MUST BE THE TENT. WHEN PLACING AT HOME, IT REMINDS PEOPLE TO GO OUT; WHEN IN THE WOODS, IT ALSO PROTECTS PEOPLE FROM NATURE. THEREFORE, THE COLLECTION IS NAMED ‘IN TENT’, MEANING BOTH STAYING INSIDE THE TENT AND WEARING THE TENT.
COVID 19 MADE ME REALIZED THE POWERFULNESS OF NATURE. WE TALKED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY FOR MANY YEARS, BUT REALLY IT IS STILL A MINORITY GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXECUTING IT. NOW, NATURE OFFERS A BIG WARNING TO US ALL, EVERYONE SHOULD MAKE THEIR OWN ADJUSTMENTS.
THEREFORE, SUSTAINABILITY WAS HIGHLY INVOLVED IN MY COLLECTION DEVELOPING PROCESS. ZERO-WASTE PATTERN MAKING METHOD WAS APPLIED; ALL THE JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIES WERE CAST IN RECYCLED METAL, EVERYTHING WAS MADE FROM NATURAL FIBER……
TILL NOW, THIS COLLECTION IS NOT JUST A GRADUATION COLLECTION FOR ME. IT REALLY CAPTURED MY FEELINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. PERHAPS, SOME OF THE PICTURES AND PIECES FROM THIS COLLECTION COULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO EMBRACE NATURE IN ANY FORM.
