User:0863700

From DigitalCraft_Wiki
Revision as of 10:09, 22 September 2015 by 0863700 (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Minor Digital Craft

FANTASTIC FORGERIES

MY PICK

RV-6206-1a b.jpg RV-6206-1a b 01.jpg

                                                      Peranakan , Jawa , Indonesië
                                                       date:
                                                       ca. 1900
                                                       measurements:
                                                       108 × 70 × 20 cm        170cm  arm wideness
                                                       embroidery, silk


The orange jacket and skirt are put together to become a traditional wedding costume for the Peranakan Chinese.

Orange was a very beloved color for the Peranakan Chinese and the coat is called ‘mang ao’ , dragon coat.

This color orange was called ‘kuning pinang masak’ and referred to the yellow/orange color of the betel-palm.

The coat has different embroidered motives like a dragon, phoenix, peonies, clouds, mountains and waves.



Phoenix.jpg Waves.jpg Clouds.jpeg Dragon.jpg


The dragon and phoenix together stand for marriage luck. The clouds, mountains and waves represent air, land and water and with that the cosmos.



WHY I picked this costume because I am interested in Asian culture and there history and crafts.

This costume fascinated me because I found out that in the time this costume is made there was a emigration stream of Chinese people coming to Indonesia.

Because of this mingle the traditional crafts of both lands merged together. Like Chinese embroidery with Indonesian batik.

Also all the pictures/ illustrations have a meaning and they value this a lot and they tell a sort of story.


This is something I like in a costume or garment, you can tell a story by this and in my own work I use a lot of prints.

I also wanted to link it with my Major Fashion design so I can discover new crafts and continue with my development in the major.


To make a replica of the wedding costume I want to do more research about the different illustations and meanings of these, discover more about the Chinese/Indonesian history and techniques used in this time.

After this desk research I want to start with material experiments to replicate the costume using modern day crafts or digital techniques and give the costume a new look.