Lion Dance Costume
| Design Year: | 2017 |
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| Dimensions: | Wool, MDF, glass, LEDs |
| Materials: | Studio Produced commissioned by Kvadrat |
Lion Dance Costume was commissioned by Kvadrat for their My Canvas exhibition during London Design Festival 2017 at Somerset House. To celebrate the "Canvas" upholstery fabric designed by Giulio Ridolfo the design utilizes layered strips of fabric with frayed edges to display the individual fibers that comprise the fabric surface. The lion dance costume was chosen as the vehicle for the design to show movement and emphasize the lightness of the fibers.
Head
The head is built on a flat sheet of 1/4" thick MDF with rolls of fabric to create the surface of the face and rings of fringed fabric around the rim to create the mane. An arc of fabric covered polystyrene along the top create the upward support of the mane. The eyes are made of the glass lenses and LED rings used on the Caviar Sconce to illuminate red bao ding balls with a yin yang motif that was also used as tufting buttons on the banquets at Mission Chinese Food.
