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Wearable art explores the realm where fashion and art meet. In this unique
space, the wearer is allowed to intimately interact with art, breathing
life, form and movement into it. The creative possibilities in this area
are endless as it is bound only by what is personally beautiful and expressive.
Through art-to-wear the wearer can find a means of individual expression
unavailable in our mainstream world of mass production.
In my artwear, I combine elegance and sophistication with twists of the unexpected, manifested in innovative garment shapes, fabric manipulations, and unusual interpretations of my sources of inspiration. No matter what other source I might draw inspiration from, such as insects or architecture, the three dimensionality of the female figure is a consistent source of inspiration. I seek to both compliment and accentuate the female figure while exploring new clothing shapes, even sculptural shapes, that can be worn on the body. These innovative silhouettes produce a striking presence from a distance, but in order to ensure that my art has the same depth and richness up-close, I create custom surfaces through fabric manipulations such as heat setting, pleating, net creation using dissolvable fabric, painting, dyeing, and distressing.
Please use the links below to visit my photo gallery to see my past work, or contact me to discuss commissioning a wearable art piece for yourself.