When creating visual art I make sculptural art pieces and wearable objects which are high end, aiming for timeless quality. My mission is to educate with beauty. My vision is to make amazing artwork with surprising materials.
Working as an artist I am focused on a high quality end result.
Why Wearable Art?
The aim of prducing wearable art is to reach a wider audience.
By making wearable art I hope to draw attention to the pollution of the seas by exhibiting pollution on the body.
This is an interesting look at how what we wear has changed over the last 200 years and how Australians have built identity.
Eight Australian designers make the finals at this year’s World of WearableArt competition in Wellington, New Zealand.
Source: Australian designers dazzle at ‘Lady Gaga on steroids’ fashion show
Good example of how reworked garments can be commercial.
Source: Kin-Tsugi Goods Upcycles Vintage Garments Into Wearable Art
Again – Oh, to be in New York! To see an exhibition of high quality work would inspire me to create with more detail and form.
The quality of the ephemera is also something that interests me – the ‘providence’ of a gown affects its aura. Where has it been? What has it seen?
Love the photos, beautiful silhouettes. This time ‘press this’ seems to have worked!
Jacqueline de Ribes in Christian Dior, 1959Photograph by Roloff Beny, Roloff Beny Estate Jacqueline de Ribes in Yves Saint Laurent, 1962Photograph by Richard Avedon, © The Richard Avedon Foundation Jacqueline de Ribes, Jacqueline Jacqueline Jacqueline Jacqueline
Gowns made for every day wear and formal occasions, photographs and ephemera.
https://art.base.co/event/7291-jacqueline-de-ribesthe-art-of-style
Oh, to be in New York!!!
This is a good article with some solid suggestions about how the fashion industry could develop. It seems obvious to me that factories should have a team dedicated to cutting back on waste! Kriti Tula has been operating her company ‘Doodlage’ since 2012, so has a couple of years experience and can give intelligent suggestions.
India is a country of contrasts and contradictions, there are millions of people who work full time in plantations or factories who live in substandard accommodation, without hope of ever buying a home. This is unimaginable in Australia.
I too love patchwork.
Source: India’s Doodlage Upcycles Textile Waste Into Quirky, One-of-a-Kind Garments
Loving this article by John McDonald – he makes lots of points about body decorations very clearly. He talks about the ‘lopsided’ fashion industry where items are made for cents ad sold for thousands. He talks about ‘innovations’ that can add to production. Which is unclear to me – printing is not new, although certainly revolutionary. Fashion makers have used printing/stamping for a long time. Maybe the biggest difference between ‘art’ and ‘fashion’ is the production.
He talks about the irony of the destruction of nature wrought by the fashion industry. Nature enlisted in the social theatre of fashion. Meaning communicated with materials and symbols. Expression of tribe.
McDonald must often have to argue that clothing can belong in a capital A Art Institution because he finishes with the observation that a Hallmark of Fashion: Most dazzling dresses are the least worn. Exposed for one night, then entombed in a closet. The natural habitat for luxurious objects is the art museum.
Source: Flora & Fauna | John McDonald
I am very interested in this, but am having a hard time finding out much more information! Apparently entries close in September… but I can’t find any forms.
http://redhotarts.com.au/events/entries-open-for-the-central-ten-wearable-art-awards
Central Craft is an organisation which supports and promotes artists and craft practitioners working in Alice Springs and surrounding areas of Central Australia. We run workshops and studios, the June Marriott Gallery, and a retail outlet.
This looks like a market that is harking back to the original meanings for wearable art – hand made, original, craft garments. The opportunity is to participate in a market – I need to work on my merchandising!
Source: South West ArtsAtlas » “WAM – I Love What You’re Wearing!” Wearable Art Market
