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With the evolution of time, people have paid more attention on expectations and aesthetics of clothing. Clothing is not only the clothes worn by people, but it also encompasses accessories and jewelries. Clothing is also a manifestation of the development of an ethnic culture. It can present people’s looks and styles. It can also enhance an individual’s cultural quality and aesthetic standard. As a result, the development of clothing up until now has met more than the basic needs of providing warmth and covering. Therefore, this study tries to apply natural organic form and hands-on batik techniques on fashion design and creative works. Through the actual case of organic form transformation and hands-on batik techniques, it is hoped that fashion design could be granted with more perspectives and possibilities.
Through literature review, the study first explored the status of development of batik techniques, organic form, and fashion design. Next, based on the experts and scholars’ experience and knowledge of the related fields, through group discussion, brainstorming, and KJ Method, preliminary acquisition and categorization of design elements of fashion batik clothing were conducted. Secondly, through structural questionnaire survey, evaluation and selection of design elements were carried out to establish design elements of fashion batik clothing. Furthermore, through Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), the weight and order of each design element were calculated. In addition, consistency test was conducted to ensure the consensus of all design elements, which could be used as a reference for fashion batik clothing design. In addition, throughout the creative process of this study, systematic production process was intended to specifically carry out the development and implementation of creative design. At the same time, using natural organic form as a reference, themes of creative works were based on elements of natural organic form, including flowers, leaves, rocks, shells, people, and zentangle. Moreover, based on the foundation of rich cultural heritage, hands-on batik techniques were used on natural cotton and linen fabric materials. They were applied on scarves, handkerchiefs, bags, canvas bags, and design of spring and summer female clothing. Through this, it is hoped that actual and specific batik clothing design and work presentation could be achieved.
Results of the study show that: (1) Through the application of group brainstorming and KJ Method, six aspects and 35 design elements were compiled. The aspects are namely batik design expression, color application, material application, popular concept, clothing model, and professional perception. (2) Through Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), the first ten design elements are successively “innovation’s originality”, a weighted value of 0.148; “soothing color combination”, a weighted value of 0.121; “design concept”, a weighted value of 0.106; “natural permeability”, a weighted value of 0.098; “sophistication and sturdiness of sewing”, a weighted value of 0.073; .“graphic style”, a weighted value of 0.061; “fine texture”, a weighted value of 0.058; “fashion aesthetic”, a weighted value of 0.045; “artistic quality”, a weighted value of 0.037; “handling of aesthetic details”, a weighted value of 0.036. (3) Through the imagery conversion of natural organic form, six main categories and 16models of paper image conception design were performed. Furthermore, these 17 models of conception design were evaluated. At the end, six main categories and 12 models were selected to perform actual batik clothing creations.
With the above results, the study used elements of natural organic form and zentangle as its theme. Batik techniques were used as the principal component, through which culturally unique creative fashion batik clothing design was developed. At the same time, the value and significance of creative fashion batik clothing were enhanced. In this way, this could be provided as a basis and reference for fashion batik clothing designers as they create in order to understand the potential elements in need that constitute creative fashion batik clothing. At the same time, the weighted value analysis of design elements could also be used as an academic reference for the development of fashion design features.
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