Khajornsak Nakpan (Thailand)
KHAJORNSAK NAKPAN
Biography:
An “Innovative fashion designer” who specialises in generating knowledge of creative design, theory of colors, and computer graphics. Combining his diverse abilities and skills renders uniqueness to Khajornsak’s work. He focuses on aesthetics of modern art, especially conceptual art. He also pays attention to research methodology and process. His work, therefore, demonstrates different aesthetic dimensions through the lens of adaptive science. One of Khajornsak’s widely known works is “Innovative Synthesized Melanin from Soil as Textile Substitute to Create Garment for the Future''. The research builds upon a study on abundance and changing qualities of soil. It is part of an experiment to create a textile substitute material by synthesising natural fibre and melanin from good bacteria to cellulose sheets. Following his success in the innovative material, Khajornsak applied the result to other products to demonstrate the effectiveness and potential of the material. The products include accessories, sleeping wear, lingerie, and mixed materials paintings. Apart from creating aesthetic experience, he also tries to disseminate the knowledge through presenting the research in different international academic forums.
In the near future, Khajornsak aims to continue to drive the creation of new materials to improve the innovative design and harmonious living. Relationships between humans, the textile substitute material, and nature, can lead to a ‘balanced reality,’ which enables us to preserve the “ecological cycle of happiness.”
Collection Concept:
From the research “Using Soil as an Innovative Biomaterial”, the artist has initiated a project with an introduction of a material that replaces the ordinary resource used in jewellery. The new material that is hoping to be an alteration must have to be in great quantity and seen as a renewable source. The production itself must enable less complexity and be easy to produce. In this research, soil is studied and synthesized into a new type of jewellery. Soil (Din : Thai word) is a substance that is abundantly available in the world. It originates from rock and mineral chemical degradation. Soil also reflects values to living mechanisms on earth. At the same time, soil matter can be resembled to skin color. As soil can be synthesized to show various shades of color, the skin itself is as much the same in pigmentation (melanin) and coloration of different skin tones just like soil. Skin tone defines race. The most well-known theory of skin type classification and is widely adopted is the theory of Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick theory categorized skin color into 6 different colors; pale, blush pink, yellowish white, yellow, dark skin and black. The reason why people have different skin colors is because of our ability to produce melanin in our body.
The process of creating materials based on the concept of melanin in human skin begins from synthesizing quality bacteria from soil and natural sources. Grams of soil are dissolved in hot water and added grams of sweetener. After that, it is added with bacteria enhancer in culture dishes for another hundred days. The result is cellulose sheets. The sheets are rinsed with water and sun-dried leaving strong material which can be used to produce a Chada Din Neckpiece. In Thailand, the traditional headdress is known by the name ‘Chada’, and features a distinctive tall, pointed shape, which was probably reviewed during the Ayutthaya period. There are many variants of Chada, reflecting the status of the wearer as well as the occasion. It could be implied divinity, it often appears in the iconography of the Buddha and in artistic depictions of divine beings. As a symbol of kingship, the Great Crown of Victory forms part of the Regalia of Thailand.
Body piece, bronze, bio-melanin cellulose
Body piece, bronze, bio-melanin cellulose
Body piece, bronze, bio-melanin cellulose
Body piece, bronze, bio-melanin cellulose