This collection represents my reflection on social behavioral norms in the context of Chinese culture. The work explores the duality of hypocrisy through a body screen form: the front embodies social politeness, while the back reveals the concealed, hypocritical self. This work identifies and captures particular etiquette gestures such as handshake, the Chinese fist-and-palm salute and bowing. This work aims to explore and frame body language and capture these three gestures as wearable body sculpture.
The fabrication techniques combine leather wet-moulding with leather-bamboo weaving. The key challenge lies in seamlessly transitioning the leather—moulded and stitched over the contours of the human body—into an open weave with bamboo tips.
As a third generation in a family business of bamboo craft, this experience has allowed me to merge my family legacy of craft with my interest in luxury leather goods and bring my Eastern cultural background into my artistic practice.
