Bridget Gurrie

RMIT Bachelor of Fashion (Design)

‘The pieces you left behind’ is a combined collection and textile project that explores personal reflections of experiences with heartbreak, grief and trauma. In particular, how these experiences and emotions can manifest internally and externally in the body. Through my work, I have aimed to produce tangible, wearable art pieces in combination with interactive soft sculpture to visually represent my own experiences as well as the collective responses I have received from loved ones. It is important to me within my practice, to provide an opportunity for viewers, who are also struggling with the heaviness of these human experiences, to reflect and hopefully feel that they are not alone in their emotions.

RMIT Bachelor of Fashion (Design)

‘The pieces you left behind’ is a combined collection and textile project that explores personal reflections of experiences with heartbreak, grief and trauma. In particular, how these experiences and emotions can manifest internally and externally in the body. Through my work, I have aimed to produce tangible, wearable art pieces in combination with interactive soft sculpture to visually represent my own experiences as well as the collective responses I have received from loved ones. It is important to me within my practice, to provide an opportunity for viewers, who are also struggling with the heaviness of these human experiences, to reflect and hopefully feel that they are not alone in their emotions.

Collection title: The pieces you left behind

Image 2: Grace wears the 'should I accept this emptiness in my chest now that you are no longer here?' jumpsuit

Image 3: Brielle wears the 'should I accept this emptiness in my chest now that you are no longer here?' jumpsuit

Image 4: Brielle wears the 'i am not a gentle woman' felted set, holding the 'i'm self-destructive' is not a good enough excuse for being a shit person' tainted heart.
Grace wears the 'you continue to follow me around like you did two years ago' dress, holding the 'the fragile heart'.

Image 5: Grace wears the 'i am not a gentle woman' felted set with the 'i am the one who carries it' bag.

Image 6: Grace wears the 'you continue to follow me around like you did two years ago' dress, with 'the fragile heart'.

Image 7: Grace wears the 'i am not a gentle woman' felted set with the 'i am the one who carries it' bag.
Brielle wears the 'should I accept this emptiness in my chest now that you are no longer here?' jumpsuit

Image 8: Brielle wears the 'i am not a gentle woman' felted set.

Photography: Anabelle Lim @thesleepersphoto
Models: Grace Falzon @th0ttiespice Brielle Ying @brielleying
Stylist: Zosia Slifirski Duckett @zosia.sd
HMUA: Kat Min Hanh @kathyminhanh
Photography Space: Sucker @sucker
Squiggle Fabric Design: Sueann Chen @goofycups

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