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Medium, Paradox, Era - Piece 1 & 2 & 6 This project explores the contradiction between material, time, and cultural belief through contemporary fashion artefacts, centred on structural exploration and craft as its medium. It grew from my response to tensions within my hometown’s Daur community, where cultural contradiction meets contemporary consumerism. By gathering materials with different characteristics through cold connections, the work allows tension to be felt. The project understands making as a way of thinking and material as a form of language. Through crafting, materials are treated as elements that influence decision-making. Making becomes a process of working in dialogue with material. Rather than resolving contradiction, the project keeps conflict within structure and craft. I created a series of fashion artefacts using antler, wood, horn, silver, copper, and Hi-Macs, combining handcraft with self-developed connection systems to bring materials into a single object, reflecting an ongoing paradox of our time. Course: @mafashionartefact Designer: @key.chuqi Photographer: @chenlinopt Make up & Stylist: @qiuqiu2647 Models: @dahlia666_ @key20th_ On view 17-24 February, London College of Fashion. #fashionartefact #Icf #craft #material

Medium, Paradox, Era - Piece 5 This project explores the contradiction between material, time, and cultural belief through contemporary fashion artefacts, centred on structural exploration and craft as its medium. It grew from my response to tensions within my hometown‘s Daur community, where cultural contradiction meets contemporary consumerism. By gathering materials with different characteristics through cold connections, the work allows tension to be felt. The project understands making as a way of thinking and material as a form of language. Through crafting, materials are treated as elements that influence decision-making. Making becomes a process of working in dialogue with material. Rather than resolving contradiction, the project keeps conflict within structure and craft. I created a series of fashion artefacts using antler, wood, horn, silver, copper, and Hi-Macs, combining handcraft with self-developed connection systems to bring materials into a single object, reflecting an ongoing paradox of our time. Course: @mafashionartefact Designer: @key.chuqi Photographer: @chenlinopt Make up & Stylist: @qiuqiu2647 Models: @dahlia666_ @key20th_ On view 17-24 February, London College of Fashion. #fashionartefact #Icf #craft #material

Medium, Paradox, Era - Piece 3 “Where material holds an era; Where culture meets artefact; Where contradictions are carried in form.” On view 17–24 February, London College of Fashion Works will be shared gradually. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Course: @mafashionartefact Designer: @key.chuqi Photographer: @chenlinopt Model: @key20th_ #fashionartefact #lcf #craft #material

MA Fashion Artefact — Graduation 2026 🎓 Last Tuesday marked a significant moment for our MA Fashion Artefact cohort. From the formal ceremony, where we replaced the handshake for a warm hug, the celebrations that followed, the day held a wide spectrum of emotions. Graduation offers a pause to acknowledge the depth of work, experimentation, and critical thinking that has taken place over the course of the programme. It also marks a transition — from the intensity of making and enquiry within the course, to the next stage of each graduate’s individual journey. It was a pleasure to witness these moments shared between peers, families, and tutors — from quiet reflection to celebration and emotion. We are incredibly proud of all that you have achieved and look forward to seeing how your practices continue to develop beyond MA Fashion Artefact. Congratulations to the Class of 2026. @lcflondon_ #MAFashionArtefact #LCFMA26 #Graduation2026 #LondonCollegeOfFashion #UAL

An unforgettable evening at the 2026 Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards. Deeply honoured that my work received three Gold Awards 🏆🫶🏼 Thank you to everyone who has supported and encouraged me throughout this journey. Moments like this make the long hours in the workshop feel especially meaningful. @gcdcawards @hornerscompany @mafashionartefact #gcdc #artefact

Final Day Tomorrow – Don’t Miss It! Last chance to see! Tomorrow is the closing day of our MA Fashion Artefact postgraduate exhibition — and if you haven’t visited yet, this is your last chance to experience an extraordinary showcase of experimental making, material innovation, and bold fashion thinking. From sculptural wearables to boundary-pushing artefacts, our students present powerful, future-focused practices that rethink how fashion is made, worn, and valued. 📍 LCF MA26 | School of Design and Technology Postgraduate Exhibition 🗓️ 17–24 February 2026 (Final day tomorrow!) ⏰ 10am–5pm 📌 London College of Fashion, UAL 105 Carpenter’s Road, Stratford, E20 2AR 🎟️ Free | Open to all Photos by our Course Leader Naomi Filmer @naomi_filmer #LCFMA26 #MAFashionArtefact #PostgraduateExhibition #MaterialThinking

Medium, Paradox, Era - Piece 4 This project explores the contradiction between material, time, and cultural belief through contemporary fashion artefacts, centred on structural exploration and craft as its medium. It grew from my response to tensions within my hometown‘s Daur community, where cultural contradiction meets contemporary consumerism. By gathering materials with different characteristics through cold connections, the work allows tension to be felt. The project understands making as a way of thinking and material as a form of language. Through crafting, materials are treated as elements that influence decision-making. Making becomes a process of working in dialogue with material. Rather than resolving contradiction, the project keeps conflict within structure and craft. I created a series of fashion artefacts using antler, wood, horn, silver, copper, and Hi-Macs, combining handcraft with self-developed connection systems to bring materials into a single object, reflecting an ongoing paradox of our time. Course: @mafashionartefact Designer: @key.chuqi Photographer: @chenlinopt Model: @key20th_ On view 17-24 February, London College of Fashion. #fashionartefact #Icf #craft #material

Sample 4. Photographed by @chenlinopt

Blinkers - Photographer: @chenlinopt Assistants: @laryrauh @adamdmayer Craft: @key.chuqi Model: @_petri.ch0r_ MUA: @tuurtleeeahh_ Stylist: @zeynepkerpisci Special thanks: @laryrauh @stella_temporal

Videos of my works and myself at the shooting site…

Working process. P3 by @chenlinopt 🫶🏼🫶🏼

We don‘t only live in today, but we live in the past too.