It developed from the text I saw on the Japanese prints in the museum, which I later found out were often the artists signatures. Prints where the text was put in red rectangles particularly stood out for me, the bold colour against the muted backgrounds.
I took forward the idea of the red rectangles by designing a jumpsuit which would be made from two long rectangles, which would hang over the shoulders and be attached in the centre front and centre back to create a single garment.
My idea was to make the garment from two separate dyed, silk rectangles, and then to embroider Japanese characters made from black beads, down the garment. The text on the above design, is a mixture of characters taken from various pieces I saw in the museum, if I take the project further - as in make the garment, I will spend longer planning something for the garment to say, which links the outcome to the initial inspiration.
(Fabric sample).