otago polytech

New Zealand

Taylor Pumphrey

Tangible

Tangible is influenced by the sense of touch and its relationship to our emotions. It explores how touch can create and inform perception. The collection’s designs consider the relationship between fabric and form, with its garments being texturally immersive and visually expressive for the maker, wearer and audience. Ties and wrapping feature in the designs to reference the concept of physical and emotional embracement and they allow the garments to be secure and contained, loose and free, or a combination of the two. Details such as digital print, pin-tucking and gathers move with the garment and the body, taking on a life of their own. Gathers add a soft delicacy yet are structured and linear, showing a pattern that is visually and physically tactile. Every piece emphasises detail, is textile oriented and has carefully considered fabrication.