Kettunen Milla Emilia
Fashion and Textile Design MA
masterwork
More Frames for the Unfinished Art More Songs for the Abandoned Ideas
My masterwork consists of a series of objects, for which I have created four contemporary weaving frames. Using various shapes and materials, the individual objects chart the life phases of the creative idea from its birth, through aging (process and growth), to its death (failure and resignation), and re-presentation (transformation and potential endings). The series of objects showcases the steps and devices of the creative process, reflecting our fundamental mechanisms of interpretation through which we attempt to process incompleteness using our minds, hands, and emotions. During the creative process, we structure our thoughts and provide a framework for something that is still invisible at that moment. The weaving frames take shape as unfinished, transitional sketches, reflecting the various stages of the creative idea's journey. Each weaving frame possesses a kind of freedom that allows them to be suspended at any moment of the creative process, remaining unfinished.
thesis
(Un)finishedness / (in)completeness
reflections on the (un)finished objects
My thesis charts the path of the creative idea, from its birth, through aging (process and growth), to its death (failure and resignation), and re-presentation (transformation and potential endings). I believe that the balance and magic inherent in unfinishedness create a more sensitive, more approachable form of design and art, allowing for a myriad of future feelings and interpretations to emerge. I am also interested in the designer’s/artist’s viewpoint on their own aging and work processes, observed through the lens of shifting priorities and skills acquired over time. After all, the continuous nature of aging makes it unfinished in itself. My goal is to identify and present projects that interpret and depict the passage of time and unfinishedness in art, architecture, and design in their own different ways, in both a cultural and personal context. My thesis features five in-depth interviews that I conducted with design professionals of different ages, genders, and cultural backgrounds.
