Shapes of Light Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìbòjú Ọ̀ṣọ́ láti ọwọ́ Xiaoxi Zhang

Shapes of Light Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìbòjú Ọ̀ṣọ́ láti ọwọ́ Xiaoxi Zhang jẹ́ aṣẹ́gun olókìkí púpọ̀ ti 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Ìdíje Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ Àṣà àti Ìrìnàjò.

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Shapes of Light Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìbòjú Ọ̀ṣọ́

látọ̀wọ́ Xiaoxi Zhang

Oníbàárà: Johnstons of Elgin

Aṣẹ́gun Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́

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Nípa Shapes of Light Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìbòjú Ọ̀ṣọ́

Ọ̀rọ̀ Ìwé: Shapes of Light jẹ́ ọ̀wọ́ àwọn ìbòjú cashmere tí a hun. Ọ̀wọ́ yìí ní àwọn àpẹẹrẹ mẹ́ta tí a rí ìmísí wọn láti inú ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ ẹ̀dá àti ti ìlú: ìbọ̀wọ̀lú oòrùn lórí omi Òkun, àwọn ìmọ́lẹ̀ ilé ní ìlú ní alẹ́, àti ìmọ́lẹ̀ òṣùpá tí ó rọ̀ ní ìrọ̀lẹ́. Àwọn èrò àwòrán ni a yí padà sí àwòrán jíjẹ́ onígun mẹ́rin àti tí ó rọrùn tí a hun láti bá àwọn àìní híhun mu. Ìbòjú kọ̀ọ̀kan ni a fi àwọ̀ bò ó tí a sì hun ní ilé-iṣẹ́ ní Scotland, a sì gbé ojú rẹ̀ ró pẹ̀lú àwọn ohun èlò ìbílẹ̀ tí a fi ọwọ́ ṣiṣẹ́ (teasels) láti fún ní ìparí tí ó rọ̀. Èròngbà náà ni láti sọ ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ ojoojúmọ́ di iṣẹ́ ọnà tí a lè wọ̀.

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Nípa Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Shapes of Light Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìbòjú Ọ̀ṣọ́ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Shapes of Light Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìbòjú Ọ̀ṣọ́ yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Shapes of Light Iṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìbòjú Ọ̀ṣọ́ nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

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Àwọn ẹ̀tọ́, àwọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ àti àlàyé ìmọ̀ ẹ̀rọ tí olùṣàpẹrẹ pèsè.

Àwọn Ohun Àkànṣe: "Shapes of Light" is Nancy Zhang's special collaboration design series with the Scottish cashmere expert brand Johnstons of Elgins.

For the first time, Nancy expressed her illustration arts with textile technology. The theme of this collaboration "The shape of light" is an extension of her personal illustration project "Light seeker". She made 3 designs to express diverse forms of light: The sunrise on the sea, building lights in the city at night and the soft moonlight in the evening. Light shapes how the environment looks to us, yet the environment we constructed reshapes light in turn at the same time. Does light shape our appearance, or do we construct what light looks like?

It is not only a fashion design collaboration, but also an artistic endeavour.
Ìwọ̀n àti Àpò: Sunrise and Moonlight: Length 190mm x Width 35mm
Building light: Length 180mm x Width 25cm
Àwọn Àkọlé: Light, textile, geometric, cashmere, woven, gradient, artistic, scarf, abstract
Ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ Ìṣelọ́pọ̀: Woven cashmere scarf series. The whole transforming process was like purification of the visual expressions. From dyeing to blending, carding to spinning, warping to weaving, knitting to teaselling and cutting to folding-it all happens in Johnstons of Elgins.

2 Ombres(Sunrise and Moonlight)：
Manufactured in Johsntons of Elgin, the craft design department and dye house worked together to create a unique blend of colours for the Ombre Oversized Classic Scarves. With the advanced jacquard machine, we can weave over 10 colours in one scarf and each colour is dyed in Elgin mill. From fiber to final products, on average of 33 craftspeople contribute to the making of each of our cashmere scarves. The signature ripple finish is achieved by using traditional hand-worked teasels to gently raise the surface or 'nap' of the completed accessory, achieving a beautifully soft handle.

Building light：
Manufactured in Johsntons of Elgin, the craft design department and dye house worked together to create a unique blend of colours for the Ombre Oversized Classic Scarves. On average of 33 craftspeople contribute to the making of each of our cashmere scarves. The mill uses use dobby loom to weave this particular cashmere scarf, and each colour is dyed in Elgin mill. The signature ripple finish is achieved by using traditional hand-worked teasels to gently raise the surface or 'nap' of the completed accessory, achieving a beautifully soft handle.
Ìpèníjà Àpèsè: As an illustrator and visual artist, the biggest challenge of this textile design collaboration was transforming the illustrations into woven textile patterns without losing the original conceptual expressions.

Considering the limitations of woven technology, we had to minimize the genomic shapes for the designs as much as possible. However, it turned out to be quite an enjoyable and meaningful challenge for us both. The whole transforming process was like purification of my visual expressions, which is the charm of the textile design.
Ìwádìí: In my opinion, this design series is not just a commercial collaboration but my attempt to seek a new form of project creation, transforming my personal project into a tangible painting. As the oldest form of humanistic art, textiles have always been very mature in the transformation of technology and contents. Product design is a way for us to touch and use literary and artistic creations in modern society. I call this collaboration series "The Shape of Light” as an extension of the theme of my personal painting project "Light Seekers". And all my research from my personal experiences in nature went into this: during traveling the seaside in the Izu Peninsula, a building lights view in Shanghai and the clear summer moonlight in Berlin. These physic phenomenon were turned into graphical ideas in my mind while I was looking at them. In other words, I would have painted them anyway with or without this design collaboration. It was a pleasure to work with the Johnstons of Elgin team, JOE is a cashmere textile expert in the industry. During the cooperation, I was able to entrust the technical realisation and manufacturing part to professionals. That was the ideal teamwork experience.
Ìmísí: Design 1 Sunrise-The inspiration of this one comes from the natural phenomenon- the sunrise on the sea, visualised the graphics with stripes and gradient colours.

Design 2 Building Light-The inspiration comes from the city night view-warm building lights from people's perspective outside, design with plaid graphic.

Design 3 Moonlight- The inspiration was also from he natural phenomenon-soft moonlight in summer evening without clouds,
design with gradient colours.
Àkókò Iṣẹ́ Àkànṣe: This project designs started in February 2021 in Berlin, Germany and the products finished in September 2021 in Elgin, Scotland. Currently the goods are available in Shanghai, China.
Ìlànà Ìṣiṣẹ́: Scarves are one of the most common accessories to keep us warm during the winter type. Yet these kinds of daily, simple accessories could be "tangible", "wearable" art pieces as well. Based on "Movable Gallery on body" this key idea, the abstract drawings about different shapes of light were created, however, afterwards the graphics were slightly modified regarding to the woven technology requirements.Actually the final result turned out more minimal than before and it also gave people more space for imagining.Special thanks to the reliable collaboration team, it took more than 30 manufacturing steps and 33 craftspeople's involved in total to achieve the final results and everything went smoothly.
Àwọn Ìwé-ẹ̀rí Ohun-Ìmọ̀: Johnstons of Elgin (2021) Jenny Urquhart
Àwọn Ọmọ Ẹgbẹ́: Concept Artist/Creative Director:Xiaoxi Zhang
Craft Designer: Laura Garner
Craft Designer: Aisling Watt
Ìfọwọ́sí Àwòrán: Design&Illustration by Xiaoxi (Nancy) Zhang
Photography by Teasels(Shanghai) Trading Company Limited