Samantha Yang
MA work
MA work
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Adaptable Plastic, Samantha Yang 2017
acrylic
37 cm x 37 cm
Adaptable Materials
How can the inherent characteristics of a material be transformed or enhanced? Using digital manufacturing methods to create adaptable textiles, I explore the properties of “hard” and “soft” materials.
The project takes inspirations from different absorbing qualities of textiles, and it continues as an ongoing investigation of materials properties. Questioning the perceptions of “rigid” and “flexible” materials, the project explored on the alteration or enhancement of materials qualities through the application of structure. By applying textile thinking onto digital manufacturing methods, along with a highly- analytical and problem- solving approach, I magnified textiles as 3 Dimensional forms.
The project emphasizes on the adaptability of materials; the outcomes facilitate the users with unique sensory interactions. It celebrates the versatility of different matters and blurs the boundaries of “hard” and “soft” materials.
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Design
Programme
MA Textiles, 2017
Specialism
weave
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Contact
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+44 (0)7861 457639
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I am a material designer that create new forms of textiles with a focus on material characteristics and construction techniques. I combine textile design thinking along with a problem solving approach when it comes to material innovation as well as their colours and finishings. My recent practice involves experimentations with 'hard' and 'soft', 'rigid' and 'flexible' materials properties. My works often utilise different making processes such as weaving and digital aid manufacturing to create unique sensory experience with materials.
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Degrees
- BA (Hons) Textile Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, 2015
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Experience
- Commission weaver, Weavers | Nest, London, 2016-2017; Material coordinator, Dashing Tweeds, London, 2014-2015; Design assistant, Dash and Miller, Bristol, 2014; Research assistant, Bonnie Kirkwood, London, 2014
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Exhibitions
- Driverless Futures: Utopia or Distopia, London Transport Museum, London, 2017; Work In Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London, 2016-2017; Standard Incomparable, Isabella Steward Gardner Museum, Boston, 2016; New Designers exhibition, London, 2015; Central Saint Martins Degree Show, London, 2015
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Awards
- 1st Prize, the Woolmark Company Award, Bradford Textile Awards, 2017; The Cloth of Kings Special Award, Bradford Textile Awards, 2017; Colour Award, the Worshipful Company of Dyers, 2016; Pathway Winner, Hitachi "Tunnel Vision" project, 2016