# Project Description

Rotted.

Teresa Wang

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Final work

Born in Vancouver, grew up in Oxford, and from Beijing. My work questions the unknown taboo subjects such as death, dreams and nightmares, then turning it into something beautiful.

Next year, I am progressing onto fashion contour at LCF.

Born in Vancouver, grew up in Oxford, and from Beijing. My work questions the unknown taboo subje...

College School of Pre-Degree Studies

Course UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Graduation year 2025

"Rotted." explores an experience with death and the afterlife. I explore the action of decay and rotting by looking at mould and deterioration. I was inspired to do this project by the recent passing of someone close to me, which made me question the cycle of our lives.

My outcome comprises three pieces, which are all crucial to my subject. The neck piece, made using a princess pleater and beading, which is used to mask over the latex skin-like bodice, shows the deterioration growing over our flesh and body. The latex corset is to capture our skin, slowly getting eaten away after our death. For the skirt, I then used a specific dyed textile to show the decay of our clothes after death.

I didn't want to take a dramatic turn with this project, where everything is dark and gory, as I wanted to turn the topic of death into something that isn't so daunting but rather something elegant and beautiful to look at.

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"Rotted." explores an experience with death and the afterlife. I explore the action of decay and rotting by looking at mould and deterioration. I was inspired to do this project by the recent passing of someone close to me, which made me question the cycle of our lives....

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