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Designer to watch – Una Burke

14. April 2009 Art & Fashion Judith

Encasing and excluding – this is what comes into my mind when regarding the pieces of London College of Fashion MA graduate Una Burke.
“This collection of emotionally charged fashion artefacts is based on the universal subject of human trauma.(…) Victims of such encounters often create subconscious emotional barriers as a means of protection against the re-occurrence of pain. These barriers have the potential to become a trapping device, resulting in an inability to function in certain situations.

The feelings and emotions associated with this topic have been interpreted into a visual language of physical gestures. With the body then removed from these leather structures, the shape of the contorted human form is retained and a moment or feeling remains apparent. A number of pieces are also reminiscent of medical braces used to heal broken bones and spinal injuries. This signifies the potential for healing within the boundaries of something which inhibits the body.
Carcass-like in form, each artefact is hand crafted from vegetable tanned leather, resulting in a colour indicative of human flesh. The pieces are produced to be viewed as contemplation artefacts observed in the environment of the gallery or they could be used in the context of a fashion accessory. When broken down into sections they can be combined with other garments and worn as structured accessories for the body.

This collection of restrictive and provocative inanimate objects has the capacity to arouse several emotions within the viewer. The interpretation of this work however, will always be subjective depending on the different outlook of each individual as a result of their own past experiences.”

Photos via London College of Fashion

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