LisKis

This project follows the concept of wabi-sabi, a philosophical thought that taught me to find beauty in simplicity, imperfection, and the irreversibility of time. My designs reimagine and repurpose waste through the use of secondhand clothes, to illustrate the passage of time through the worn-down materials due to the processes of use and decay. Drawing on Japanese resilient hand sewing techniques, I reinterpreted broken ceramics through fabric manipulation as a metaphor for self-acceptance, strength, persistence. These stitches recognise and appreciate the slow process of natural living by illustrating the beauty in the unique flaws of handmade creations.