花田/ Flower Land

广告和社交媒体正在创造人们获得“完美”和“自然”皮肤的愿望，并将不完美的皮肤归为病态和异常。由此以来，具有明显皮肤状况的人很容易受到来自他人或来自自己的容貌羞辱，即便人们是非故意的。

仍然有很多人，尤其是女性，因为身体的“缺陷”而自卑。通过这个项目，我想通过插画来探索不完美皮肤的美感。我希望这些插画也能帮助有同样担忧的人拥抱他们可爱的不完美，对抗容貌焦虑。这些设计描绘了拥有明显皮肤状况的“痛苦”体验，戏仿了社会对于该群体的刻板印象，并拥抱了我皮肤的独特性。

在创作中，我选择了纺织（簇绒）作为媒介，因为簇绒/针刺表面的外观和触感与凹凸不平的皮肤非常相似。作品的最终形式将是地毯，邀请观众在插图上拥抱或放松。

Advertisements and social media are creating people's desire of getting "perfect", and "natural" skin and transcoding imperfect skin as being morbid and anomalous. As a result, people with visible skin conditions are always subjected to everyday shame, by others and/or themselves.

As a person born with Keratosis pilaris, I'm extremely subjected to getting scars. The scars and bumps are like marks made on scratchboards: they are my life-long companions. During the summer, I was always wearing long sleeves and pants to avoid getting others uncomfortable. I was not allowed to join the swimming class since the teacher said I'll pollute the pool. It was after I turn 18 that I found my skin is not ugly at all, and every scar documents my experience. They are just wildflowers growing on my body.

There are still a lot of people, especially females, who are having low self-esteem due to the "flaws" in their bodies. Through this project, I want to explore the possible aesthetic of the imperfect skin through illustrations. I hope the illustrations can also help people who have the same concerns embrace their lovely imperfections and fight against appearance anxiety. The designs depict the "painful" experience of having a visible skin condition, parody the stereotypical statements, and embrace the uniqueness of my skin.

I chose textile as a medium since the tufted/punch-needled surface looks and feels quite similar to the bumpy skin. The final format of the works will be rugs that invite viewers to hug or relax on the illustrations.