Dream of the disappearing- Pre Collectiom

Through this collection, I aim to evolve and transform the fading craft and culture into ones that will continue to sustain into the future and to demonstrate the relevance of these disappearing culture and craft skills with a creative and modern approach, giving fresh meaning to the culture and craft. The hobby of walking birds has been popular in China since the Qing Dynasty. In a charming little corner of Hong Kong, this age-old Chinese hobby is still in action. Today, the hobby of bird walking is mostly confined to the older generations, with very few young people continuing the tradition. It’s not clear how much longer this ancient hobby will survive.    The main reason of 'Walking the birds' culture has been discouraged is because of the government regulations and public hygienic reason. French-Portuguese visual artist, Frederic Bussiere transformed the untold stories from birdcage maker, Master Choi, the ONLY birdcage master in Hong Kong pass the skills of birdcage making to him and he utilised the skills to make it an artwork. With Piu Piu, Frederic would like the viewers to re-experience the idea of having a songbird as their travel companions. It inspired me as I was thinking of learning the process of the craftsmanship part, after sawing his artwork, I realised I'm missing the culture part, the parts where people bring the birds for a walk, the movement, motion and sound. I first create a lenticular effect print, which represents the different motion when the garment moves. There are three prints I design on the final outcome, there is one blend in the dream elements with the disappearing effect of the craftsmanship and the culture. Another print has the soundwaves I record when I was gathering research data, which symbolize capturing the sound and the moment. I also made a code in the print, so when someone is interested in the garment, they then could know more about the story behind it and the original recording will be played as well.