Qian Huey Pang
A collection of knitted fabrics exploring repetition, informed by the daily routines and patterns of a Malaysian fishing port
About
My project is inspired by a place where many of my childhood memories stem, Sekinchan Fishing Port, Malaysia. I started by looking at the most ‘ordinary’ of things that fishermen use in their daily life. While they may seem mundane to most of us, they are essential to their livelihood. I have focused particularly on the stacking baskets that the fishermen use to separate sea creatures they have caught in the early morning.
The stacking effect and the repetition of the baskets pattern have been a key inspiration. Giving these seeming ‘ordinary’ objects focussed attention through observational photography and drawing have highlighted for me that things are viewed a certain way, ‘ordinary’ for example until we decide they are ‘special’. The repetition within the stacked baskets visually represents the everyday life of the fishermen, the motions and processes that they repeat daily.
My project aims to show, through these simple everyday objects, how we can change our perception by looking at things in a different way. From this I have created two colour collections, a colour palette filled with different tonal greens and another contrasting palette from some further primary photography. I experimented with different yarns, using mono filament as my main material to mimic the negative spaces within the baskets and play with the idea of layering. My final collection is focused on fabrics for structural fashion knitwear.
Grids
The “disordinary”
This collection can be use in a special way. When you don’t want the upper part you can just move away and when you want it together with the lower part, you can just poke it in through the loop holes that I have created.
I am a graduate student from textile and my work is available to buy if interested. Or can also contact me through my email or Instagram for more details.