{"id":34918,"date":"2026-05-12T09:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=34918"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:00:38","slug":"stella-michiko-2","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/verkefni\/stella-michiko-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stella Michiko"},"content":{"rendered":"<section style=\"--overlay-opacity: 0%; --overlay-bg: #000000;\" class=\"hero-section h1-lg\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Stella Michiko<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"bg-visual\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Stella-Michiko-Sigrun-Delli-Zuani-1800x900.png\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"meta-info-section\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"meta-info animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"intro-section\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container animation\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\">Birds of a feather, Jeanne forever<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this project, I look at how fragility and strength can align and look to the saint Joan of Arc as inspiration Her transformation from hero to holy woman involves dualism in which vulnerability and resilience are intertwined in one and the same story.<br \/>\nJohanna's legacy appears in symbols that extend beyond the narrative and into material form The bird became a leading symbol for power and weakness Feathers of Icelandic spirits and raptors, are hand-picked and arranged in a form-strong siluet Thus the fragile becomes a structural transformation The garments are in constant transformation, with the softness carrying power and strength manifested through fragility.<\/p>\n<p>(T.O.N.<\/p>\n<p>In this project, I explore how fragility and strength coexist by looking to Saint Jeanne d'Arc. Her transformation from war hero to saint embodies a duality where vulnerability and resilience coexist within the same narrative.<br \/>\nJeanne's legacy unfolds through symbols that extend beyond narrative into material form. The bird appeared as a guiding motif, both delicate and precocial. Icelandic duck and ptarmigan fathers, salvaged, hand-plucked one by one, are estimated into evolving silhouettes. Through accumulation, the fragile secrets structural. 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