Soen Competition…Submitted

I wrote in the beginning of the year 2013 that my goal of this year was to practice sketching and submit my design to the design contest in Japan, Soen competition (装苑賞). The deadline was in mid May and I am proud to say that I accomplished my goal. This was my first formal design competition submission, and I learned a lot though the process. I had the theme “transition” in mind – I wanted to express the transition woman goes through from the life change, from becoming a mother, having different roles in life (wife, friend, mother, worker) and returning to workforce after such an dramatic change in personal life. I also wanted to incorporate French Renaissance influence as well as I thought French Renaissance was a big transitional period in History in art, literature and so on. Although I liked my theme, I don’t think I was able to express it well enough, mostly due to the lack of time. I finished all my sketch the day before the due date and express mailed the package to the examiners. I did not mean to do it so last minute, but it kept pushed back because of other VV work and life. This was my first try, so I hope to have something better put-together the next time.

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