Wiebke Lendewig - Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle

I've found something to pour into the cracks of my brittle heart – Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle

Personal impressions of nature and the conscious perception of the surroundings provided the starting point for this work, which describes the pleasure of being in nature and translates it into a collection.
As objects that lie directly on the skin and influence the body’s relationship to the outside world, the work utilises fashion as a medium that creates relationships. The aim is to combine a rational understanding of the world with the knowledge that arises from feeling one’s own surroundings and to create an awareness of the materials that are so intimately close to us. Personal perceptions of natural scenes blend together with observations of bodies in functional clothing. The otherwise strong aesthetic contrast between functional clothing and nature is reduced without preserving the functionalities. Instead, the focus is on the integration of the wearer into the environment. Quotations from functional clothing, its details and cut are combined with material references to historical hiking clothing through the use of woollen fabrics, and enhanced with silk and cotton. The handling of the fabrics in the collection is characterised by the same awareness and fulfilment that I experience in nature. With the exception of yarn, hardware and a sorted out polyamide rope, the collection uses natural fibres and viscose lining. Wool fleece, horsehair and cotton canvas are used to reinforce the interior. Through material processing such as dry felting and draping organic shapes, the collection draws on the structures and depths of the environment and embeds the body in its atmospheres.

Loden fabrics partly sponsored by Steiner
lavalan wool insulation sponsored by Baur Vliesstoffe
EtaProof cotton sponsored by Stotz Fabrics

Wiebke Lendewig studied fashion design at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle and completed her bachelor’s degree in December 2024.
In her work, she looks for connections to the environment, the material and the body and the potential of the sensual experience of fashion. Important to her are the personal relationships to form and material that arise in the process through hand processing, which turn the finished garments into objects of appreciation.