Fashion is a form of artistic expression that requires creativity and innovation, and art plays an important role in fashion design research.
Many modern fashion designers are constantly attempting research for new artistic expressions and developing ...
Fashion is a form of artistic expression that requires creativity and innovation, and art plays an important role in fashion design research.
Many modern fashion designers are constantly attempting research for new artistic expressions and developing various designs through materials, colors, and techniques to show the expandability and possibility of expression. Accordingly, materials and expression techniques are closely combined with each other and become important factors in determining creative design expression, giving them special value in the fashion field. Various materials always exist around us, and they serve as a driving force for realizing unique artistic value by utilizing the properties of materials or applying various expression techniques through unique expression methods of mixing materials. Accordingly, this study understands the properties of rope through the possibilities of utilizing various materials and methods of expression through techniques, and applies creative design expression methods according to the expression characteristics of the coiling technique to the work to expand the expression effect of new fashion design. The contents and methods of this study are as follows. In order to organize the concept of rope through theoretical consideration and collect data on the types and functional characteristics of rope, we reviewed data through sites that produce and sell rope, and based on this, we collected examples of fashion design works using rope and conduct research on expression methods. In addition, for a theoretical consideration of the coiling technique, we look at books and dissertations, analyze the expressive characteristics of examples of works using the coiling technique, and based on this, we analyze examples of fashion design works in which the coiling technique is applied. Based on the theoretical concepts analyzed previously, four pieces of differentiated clothing are produced through fashion design that applies the expressive characteristics of the coiling technique using rope. The specific results obtained based on the theoretical analysis of this study are as follows.
First, the rope, which started out as a simple string made of plant fibers, evolved into a practical form depending on the intended use, incorporating the strength, durability, and flexibility that dominate the performance of the rope based on scientific technology. All types of rope have different uses depending on the fiber, thickness and structure, and fiber ropes are divided into natural fibers and synthetic fibers. The representative structures of rope are classified into 3 strand twist, 8 and 12 strand flat, and double braid.
Second, the current rope is used in various fields of art as an important material of art beyond a simple tool of daily life. As a result of analyzing fashion design using rope, rope in the fashion field is used alone rather than expressed as a mixture of other materials and it was used as a tool for decorative expression and effective expression of the fabric by constructing cotton or using a small portion of the garment area.
Third, as a result of examining the concept and types of coiling techniques, coiling is a type of basketry work where materials are rolled up into a desired shape and fixed with stitches. There are eight-shaped stitch, line stitch, and lace stitch. The coiling technique is a traditional handicraft technique that was part of early human life. Currently, it has brought about a lot of development in the field of textile arts and is being used as a new expressive technique by combining various materials and formative works that exclude practicality and usefulness.
Fourth, by observing examples of works utilizing the coiling technique, it was possible to classify them into five expressive characteristics: density, repetition, transparency, overlap, and atypicality. Based on this, it was found that the application of the coiling technique shown in the fashion field is helpful in expanding creative design by using it as a technique for composing formative forms.
The results of the production of this study are as follows.
First, costumes were produced reflecting the expressive characteristics derived from examples of works that used the coiling technique to express formative forms. It was found that it was possible to construct an immediate form by using rope, the main material, and applying coiling stitch as an expression that could differentiate the expression of each costume.
Second, the rope, the material of the work, has durability and strength, and was able to create a three-dimensional sense of space by emphasizing the structural form. By combining the units of the rope, the expression based on formative principles was expanded and the strength of the rope was increased. The rope made of fibers showed accidental changes in shape due to the artist's intentional use, and the flexibility of the rope made it easy to freely implement the shape.
Third, the coiling stitch technique, a type of basketry, can be applied to a variety of materials as a method of fixing a three-dimensional shape. The needle, a hand stitching tool applied to the rope, was used in a size that could accommodate thick thread, showing that it was possible to produce a large sculpture using a simple tool. The coiling stitch was able to complement the weight of the material and further specify the structural form by adjusting the position, spacing, and length, and the coiling technique was a traditional handcraft method that allowed for the coexistence of tradition and modernity in the work. Accordingly, this study confirmed the possibility of various shape changes by applying the various expressive characteristics of the coiling technique and applying a coiling stitch that can well express the formative form of the rope. Based on this, it helps develop various materials and create new expressions in the future fashion field.