Khajornsak Nakpan (Thailand)
KHAJORNSAK NAKPAN
Biography:
An “Innovative fashion designer” who specializes 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 synthesizing natural fiber 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: ONE MOMENT OF THE SOIL-PETAL
Object type: Body Adornment. Year: 2022. Materials: Bio Melanin Fibre and Bronze. Dimensions: 28 x 28x 20 cm
In the unprecedented time of global disasters, humans are changing their ways of surviving safely. To respond to ecological awareness, aiming to design the form of petal blooming grown-upness is to esteem the zero-waste production process by creating a substitute material that synthesises bio-fibre from good bacteria abundant in soil. It has natural brown pigments similar to melanin, which determines human skin colours and implies a non-lasting physical beauty. Because the bio-fibre is biodegradable, engaging the wearer to memorise its touch eternally in the perception of its existence. This demonstrates a consciousness more than destroying. It also has an aesthetic experience. Once life ends, readily returning to the origin is a sign of remembrance still on the mind endlessly.
Body adornment, bio melanin fiber, bronze
Body adornment, bio melanin fiber, bronze