Silicone Wood Structure
Experimental Material | 2020 | Wearable Art
shot by Tim Cavadini
A piece of clothing made of silicone, with the surface of bark. When using bark as a basis, the preexisting grooves created by the beetles were the point of interest. The predetermined patterns served as a base-form created by nature.
Initially, the inside of bark was filled with wet silicone and removed, after a few days of drying. This, not only produced an imprint of the recesses, but also preserved pieces of wood in the silicone during the extraction process. Thus, the material gained in surface coloration and structure.
This resulted in the creation of an asymmetrical dress, which is partly flat, bright and simple on the one hand, gathered, 3-dimensional and darker. The individual parts were glued together with silicone after the completion of the design process, so the garment seems to consist of one casting.
