Jasmin anita wottke

I wanted to create a collection that is sustainable and a reminder to slow down the creative process and fashion industry (again). Inspirations were Katsuyu, Art Brut/Outsider Art and artists like Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz and Hildegard von Bingen. Form and Shape resulted from draping and through intensive research of old photographies on which e.g. Hilma af Klint is shown. The symbol of the snail keeps popping up in the collection. It is the symbol for gender lessness, deceleration and mysticism. Most of the materials I used for the collection are fabrics I received during my time as a design assistant in Paris and Antwerp. These were additionally embroidered and screen printed by me. The use of existing fabrics, as well as their intricate processing, allowed my approaches to sustainability and slowing down to be incorporated into my collection in a direct way.