2011년 4월 28일 목요일

Magnum Opus Diary No.1



At the start of this holiday, I started working on my Magnum Opus. Quite literally, I am expecting this collection to be one of my greatest work so far and as such, I decided to name the collection Magnum Opus. I was planning this collection since the end of 2009, but ahad trouble commuting to it, but now that I feel lot more confident in my skills and my design ability, I think I can do justice to what I've always wanted to do. I was inspired by Christianity, especially it's message of love. I find the life of Jesus Christ so inspiring and beautiful. Using a religious theme is possibly very tricky as well as risky, but with this collection, I am not making any compromisation. I will represen Jesus in all his glory, whether people like it or not is completely beyond me. That being said, I have a difficult job of doing the best that I can to get over the initial hesitation people have with Christianity. I have to work doubly hard to create something beautiful so that people will over look the fact that it is inspired by something many people in the industry hesitate to accept.
I was reading Ezekiel and its description of an angel, or more specifically a cherub inspired me.
It is definitely what many people have in mind when they visualise an angel, but I found the biblical imagery frightening yet beautiful. I understand (from my brief time, a semester, in a Bible college) that visions of the prophet shouldn't always be interpreted literally. Ezekiel saw beings of heavenly realm which cannot be understood or even be perceived in our physical state, and in his desperate effort to write what he saw, he had chosen to describe the beings in such way but I felt there really is no way of understanding the true nature of these beings so I decided to remain truthful to the prophet's description of a cherub. According to Ezekiel Cherub's have four faces, one resembling a human, the others resembling lion, ox and eagle. It has hands of man but feet as a calf. they have four wings, a pair stretches towards heaven to support the throne of God and the other two covers its body.
I decided to use calico and paint the images before turning my paintings into a garment. Calico is one of the cheapest fabric which is used to create mock ups, yet this fabric is used to make canvases. It is then turned into an artwork which defines history and lasts forever. I loved the idea of such a humble fabric being turned into something no other fancy fabric can become and I thought it was a perfect metaphor for Christianity and what it stands for. I've spent about a week painting this much, and I have a lot to go because I am not holding anything back with this collection, but I feel excited for this collection and I think it will be amazing.



-seph-



An image of a cherub according to the description of Ezekiel


2011년 4월 26일 화요일

Joseph Jang Collection

It's here!!!! :D No words to describe them, just enjoy :)





























Photography: SHOTATCLOSERANGE
Designer: Joseph Jang
Stylist: Tessa-Rae Gusman
Hair & Makeup: Raeoni Davies
Assistant: Kial Menadue
Talent: Lauren Elizabeth Aitken @ Scene Model Management

2011년 4월 22일 금요일

Inspirations

Inspirations for my Magnum Opus...









2011년 4월 19일 화요일

Sneak Peek



A sneak peek of the look book shoot I had with most wonderful team and my favouritest model Lauren A from Scene models

Photography: SHOTATCLOSERANGE Photography
Designer: Joseph Jang
Hair & Makeup: Raeoni Davies
Styling: Tessa-Rae Gusman
Talent: Lauren Aitken
Assistant: Kial Menadue

2011년 4월 17일 일요일

modeling

Modeling with clay.

For past few years, I was so focused on fashion that I have forgotten the joy of being able to draw, paint and sculpt. As a part of visual arts subject, we had to model our portrait out of clay. Although I do not see any resemblance between me and my sculpture except for the fact that the sculpture has vague Asian features, this made me realise that I should try to find time to develop other skills that I have.









2011년 4월 15일 금요일

Collins St adventure

Today I went out to the city early to give some of my garments to Daniel (photographer) for the photo shoot tomorrow. Lauren will once again model the garments and Daniel organised very strong team of hair and make up artist and stylist so I am extremely excited about the shoot.

Inspiration for make up and hair for the shoot. I coincidently came across this poster when I was wondering around the Collins St and I immediately fell in love with it. I showed it to the photographer and he liked it too so it will be interesting to see how this inspiration comes to life on Sunday!!

333 Collins St building. I was wondering around Collins St with my raspberry slurpee from Seven Eleven and walked into most beautiful building. I sat there admiring the beautiful interior for an hour but I didn't have my camera so I had to return today to take some photos.

Unfortunately though, the building was closed, maybe because it is Saturday or maybe because I was too early. I am definitely coming back to take some photos because it is so inspiring.

Finally Chanel catalogs have arrived in Melbourne, I rushed to the Chanel boutique in Collins St to get my copy. I've been pestering the sales assistants asking when the catalog is going arrive for about a month and they will be glad to know that I won't annoy them until pre-fall collection arrives in June. Along with Stella and Ines, Chanel brought back hard cover catalog, which was nice to see.



-seph-