The Netherlands, 1990
www.myrthevanhardeveld.nl
Thesis: APPEL - APPLE
If we could be on equal terms
“I am drawn to creating value by revising and transforming materials that we wouldn’t normally consider wearing or adorning ourselves with. If we make a stain, why is the impulse to remove it the first thing that comes to our mind?” This dynamic between perfection and imperfection was the root of my graduation collection. I researched our craving for the impossible, our misguided ideas about what is ultimately unnatural, and interviewed people with severe skin diseases and burn scars. In conclusion: we can never have it all, unless we learn to see the beauty in imperfection.
