Josefa Lüscher

FORCED LIGHTNESS
EXPERIMENTS WITH JERSEY

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MATERIAL AS A STARTING POINT, EXPERIMENTING, COLLECTING, MANIPULATING FABRICS, DISTURBING THE CHARACTERISTICS, COMBINING THEM TO ACHIEVE THE UNEXPECTED, ADDING VOLUME, DISCARDING, MANIPULATING THE SILHOUETTES, CREATING ILLUSIONS, MAKING IT UNCOMFORTABLE, FINDING SOLUTIONS, LEARNING A LANGUAGE, ADDING SOMETHING FUN, ACHIEVING LIGHTNESS, SILLINESS, CLAY, METAL, FOAM, KNIT, PLASTIC, CIRCLES, STRETCHED, VOLUMINOUS, OFF-CENTERED, STIFF, DRAPED, STRIPES, CUTOUTS, TEXTURE, COLD COLOURS, DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES – JERSEY IN ALL ITS FACETS.

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INTUITIVE SEWING, A TECHNIQUE OF MY CREATIVE PROCESS

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FOCUS ON A TECHNICAL APPROACH VS. EXPRESSING MY THOUGHTS IN MY WORK

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COMBINING WORK AND THOUGHTS

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HOW TO CREATE IN THIS FUCKED UP WORLD, WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON AND GOING WRONG

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EXPRESSING WHAT YOU DON’T SEE FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND IF I DON’T WANT TO, YOU WILL
NEVER FIND OUT

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I NEED TO STRETCH TO FIT IN

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NOW WHAT?

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BRUTAL DECISIONS

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TO HAVE A HEAVY HEART

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LIFE IS SERIOUS, IS IT?

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KEEP GOING

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DON’T STAND STILL, YOU WILL START TO THINK