The Last Blooming Achkha ruwanakunayuq awaykuna by Qixin Wu

The Last Blooming Achkha ruwanakunayuq awaykuna by Qixin Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Awana Kamay Competition Category.

FierruAwana· 2023

The Last Blooming Achkha ruwanakunayuq awaykuna

by Qixin Wu

Client: EchoWu Design Studio

A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Awana Category

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The Design

About The Last Blooming Achkha ruwanakunayuq awaykuna

Logiqa nisqapi pandachiq imaymanayta hap'inapaq, sasa rikch'akuq willakuyta sanu qallariy-tukukuy rimanakuyman tikranapaq, wañusqa t'ikakuna aswan materialmi kanku kawsaq phallchita rikuchinapaq. Paykunaqa phallchishasqallapuni qhipakanku, qhipa sumaqnintataq rikuchinku. Kuska kutiykuna kawsaq siq'ikunawan rikuyman aswan kallpayuq rimayta qunku. Iskay phuytuyuq awaykuna - hananpi chifón, uraypi utkuqa - wayra hamuptin tikrakuq rikuchiyta kamarin. Chifonpa ch'usaq kaynin Qhipa Phallchita aswan munay pakasqapas ruwarin.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu

The Last Blooming Achkha ruwanakunayuq awaykuna A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. The Last Blooming Achkha ruwanakunayuq awaykuna sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta The Last Blooming Achkha ruwanakunayuq awaykuna yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Some of them decayed naturally, and some of them were processed by HEAT PRESSED. By pushing bloomings to die, the fluid would be squeezed out of the stems and petals, and the melting botanic bodies would represent the rich colors of death beauty.
Besides that, the fresh green and goldenrod colors in the broadleaf depict the decomposition process. The musty mushroom with bloated ripe caps turned black and liquefied, playing a role in the decay through its fungus. the white fluff enhances the musty feeling.
Dimensions & Packaging: High: 27 inches
Width: 45 inches
Tags: Decomposition, Heat Press, Flowers, Leaves, Hand Drawing, Textile, Fabric
Production Technology: From design materials to print-out fabrics, the harmonious repeat and vibrant motifs give the layout more potential expression. The double layers fabrics, the top is chiffon and the back is cotton, create the shift looking when the wind comes. The transparent looking of chiffon contributes to THE LAST BLOOMING more attractive and mysterious.
Design Challenge: The Hardest Part of this design is the material choice. I have tried more than 50 different materials to test how the artwork represents the "Death Beauty". And for the fabrics. I tried cotton canvas, polyester, and silk. Finally, I found out this textured cotton and polyester chiffon can give the transparent looking and soft hand feel.
Research: W C Miles, Leslie. Textile Printing. Manchester: 1982. Print.
Ujiie, Hitoshi. Digital Printing of Textile, Woodhead Publishing in textiles. 2006. Print.
Storey, Joyce. Manual of Textile Printing. 1975. Print.
Inspiration: Inspired by Billy Kidd, who showed a heat-pressed flower with a flat decomposing effect. The relationship between started and finished became the starting point.
Inspired by the taphonomy, there are five general stages used to describe the process of decomposition, fresh, bloat, active, advanced decay, and dry/remains. By breaking up the body and analyzing its components, the decaying yet preserved, pressed flowers and leaves have an aged and textural appearance that can be used for designs. Yes, The picture of Death can be the birth of Beauty.
Project Duration: The project started in Jan 2015 in Philadelphia and finished in May 2021 in New York.
Operation Flow: To grasp something logically subversive, to turn a seemingly complex definition into a simple exploration of the relationship between "started and finished", the dead flowers become my main material to express the vivid blooming. They are still staying to bloom and show the final beauty in the double layers chiffon fabrics. The harmonious repeat and vibrant motifs give the layout more potential expression. The transparent looking contributes attractive and mysterious.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Qixin Wu, 2022.
Trademark(2022) Qixin Wu.
Image Credits: Qixin Wu