Tokyo designer Ryunosuke Okazaki has created a collection of sculptural garments that reference the surrealist art method of automatism.
His eponymous Automatism collection showcases a series of eight garments that curve, fold and zigzag to create three-dimensional shapes and silhouettes.
Top: Automatism by Ryunosuke Okazaki. Above: the collection was informed by surrealism
Okazaki looked to automatist experiments by André Breton, the founder of the surrealist movement, when creating the abstract pieces.
Surrealist automatism is a method of creating art in which the artist suppresses conscious control over the process. It is named for a physiological term that describes bodily movements that aren't consciously controlled, such as breathing or sleepwalking. Patterns were created with an overlock stitch
"This collection is inspired by André Breton's Automatism, and surrealist paintings that are not bound by reason, common sense, or logical structure," Okazaki told Dezeen.
"This is an experiment that aims for new modelling beyond my imagination, by modelling from acts that are also not bound by reason, common sense, or logical structure."
Forms are outlined by stitching
Each look in the collection varies in shape and form but all are unified in their material use and construction technique.
Okazaki created the pieces by using double-layered mesh and organdy in a variety of different colours.
The designer explained that the abstract shapes and patterns we...