Urban Stitch is an experimental project, for which I chose a technique based on sewing.
My intention was to make an unusual piece of work using this technique which differs from the previous form of application and from the general use of its traditional motives. Choosing an extraordinary subject I wanted to recontextualize this theme. That’s how I contrast the traditional manual process with the urban geometric style.
I detracted the functional nature of sewing and simplified it to stitches with which I draw the outlines of the objects. From this point of view traditional embroidery can be considered as the antecedent of Urban Stitch because in function it is a decorative artwork. On the other hand there are differences between my work and traditional embroidery, because I put more emphasis on the constructional outline and unlike in the traditional planar imagery my work applies perspective.
I divided the project into three parts, to illustrate the process, which starts with a more detailed picture of reality and ends with a clean three-dimensional typographic experiment.
detailed picture of a lamp post
more geometric abstraction of a panel house
the two words stitched three-dimensionally
exhibitions:
Semmi Sem Semmi - Fuga Budapest Center of Architecture
Budapest, Hungary, 2015 june
Semmi Sem Semmi - Kepes Institute
Eger, Hungary, 2015 may
National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference - Budapest College of Communication and Business
Budapest, Hungary, 2015 april
TRGTS - Arkt - Art Center
Eger, Hungary, 2015 april
awards:
National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference
Art section, Craft category - Jury award (2015)
Art section, Craft category - Jury award (2015)
photos:
Máté Mátrai
Gábor Csongor Szigeti
