Georgina’s graduate collection was inspired by Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist and writer. She would look through her arts pieces, painting and sculptures to help her to develop her own work. Finding out Yayoi suffered from obsessive-compulsive neurosis and hallucinations played a big part in how Georgina was influenced by the artist. She found both her work and her story mesmerising and fascinating.
Following on from this, Georgina discover a sculptor from South Korea called Choi Xoo Ang who is mainly known for his unearthly but highly intricate human figures. Distorted, haunted and definitely not one for the squeamish, Choi’s work reveals his deep concern for the human condition in society. Georgina found his work beautiful and captivating; due to this she gathered numerous texture and fabric ideas.
Finally, Gunther Von Hagens is a scientist from which Georgina also took inspiration from. Gunther is an anatomist who invented the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination.
His work when compared with Choi Xoo Ang’s sculptured allowed Georgina to see the fascinating way in which they complimented each other through their similarities. The combination of art and science influenced Georgina heavily.
From observing creating individuals, Georgina gathered a large amount of colour, texture, fabric and knit inspiration for her collection. All of which is portrayed throughout her work by turning something disturbing into something frivolous, whilst remaining true to her love for mens tailoring.
