Alisia Medina is a fashion designer and artist currently attending the Art Institute of Chicago. Alisia’s work focuses on her identity and experiences. The collection STARSEED is about a seed that falls onto earth from another planet. The seed serves as a metaphor for immigrations and the seed falling from a planet connects to the term “illegal alien.” The collection consists of 10 Latinx Goddesses that showcases the experience of first generation immigrants, each inspired by the Latina woman in my life. Exploring how I can decolonize art, the female body, and depict the shared experience of first generation immigrants embracing their culture while also breaking through generational trauma.
STARSEED Collection- Final Collection, 2022, Watercolor Fashion Illustrations., by Alisia Medina
Latinx Goddesses inspired by woman in life, each with a power to help heal intergenerational trauma
STARSEED, 2022,Embroidered & beaded canvas, batting, and weaving., photo by Alisia Medina
STARSEED Collection- Moodboard, 2022, Collage of Meteor a digital painting by BrandonSticker & Por las tardes le gusta bordar (Midafternoon at her Embroidery), pencil drawing by Los Angeles artist-author J. Michael Walker,. by Alisia Medina
STARSEED Collection- Collection Build Up, 2022, Pencil and watercolor sketches., by Alisia Medina
Taking elements from the women in life to create Latina Goddesses. The final silhouette has hypnotic powers.
STARSEED Collection- Draping Process, 2022, Draping w muslim, batting, and canvas., by Alisia Medina
Started off by draping a base that follows the body, building up the form to create the new body
STARSEED Collection- First Critic, 2022, Dyed muslin, canvas, and batting., by Alisia Medina
Rough draft of final garment in yellow muslin, exploring how I'm going to finish the seams and where I'm going to add embroidery.
STARSEED Collection- Fabric Process, 2022, Dyed canvas, embroidered & beaded canvas, and weaving made up of scraps of fabric., by Alisia Medina
STARSEED
“ It rained.
It poured.
And in the rumble and tumble in a star planet 10,000 light years away a farmer was planting her future child into the ground at the wrong- dare I say perfect time. By some misfortune this seed, the size of a pebble and shaped like a star, flew out of her hand swirling and twirling, gaining momentum and growing as it flew further and further away from the star planet- as if it was it’s destiny to leave home before it was born.
The scientist deemed it a meteor, as it landed in the middle of nowhere on Earth on that same stormy day and they had no desire to investigate. It sank into the ground and with the power of the rain and the time traveling it sprouted at an exponential rate, giving birth to STARSEED.”