Archive for the 'Hand-Dyed Silks' Category
dupioni shantung silk jacket by Tim Harding
The artist/design team of Tim and Kathleen Harding are represented in several museums, including the Smithsonian Design Collection at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, as well as celebrity collections including those of Diana Ross, Carly Simon, Wynona Judd and the late Jim Henson. They are featured in the definitive book ART TO WEAR by Julie Schafler Dale.
Tim Harding employs a painterly technique developed by the Impressionists to create incredibly rich colorations, burnished metallic neutrals, iridescent jewel-tones, and deep saturated hues. Multi-layered, densely quilted and hand cut, Harding’s art to wear is carefully crafted using a yarn dyed and hand loomed dupioni shantung silk from India.
Handmade in America.
Shown at Gallery Five.
hand-painted ripple silk Parisian shirt by Sally Ryan
Gallery Five features Sally Ryan’s original textiles and innovative wearable art silk creations.
Sally Ryan’s wearable art embodies what many other textile artists aspire to: sophisticated, highly wearable designs; a resist-dyeing technique of her own invention; a fascinating combination of color and texture; and a natural instinct for what women of all ages want in art-to-wear.
Since she began working with fiber in 1978, Ryan has learned to perfect almost every aspect of painting on fabric, from batik in the early days to painterly applications of dye to fabrics. As her designs grew more sophisticated, so did Ryan’s surface treatment: “The thrill of discovery fuels my passion for working with color and fabric,” she says. Her passion for color inspired an award-winning line of silk wearables, renowned for their fluid shapes and fresh color combinations.
hand-painted pucker stripe silk top by Sally Ryan
A trunk show is a special event within the fashion world in which an artist or designer puts on a special display of his or her work for review by a select group.
Kay Chapman, fabric artist and art to wear clothing designer shows her work in galleries and boutiques nationwide. Kay’s trunk show will be at Gallery Five hrough April 3rd. She works primarily on natural fabrics – silk, linen, cotton, wool, and bamboo fabrics. Pattern and color are applied to the fabric using direct die techniques. Fabric is usually stretched over bars and painted with either fiber reactive or acid dyes using foam brushes. Dyes are then set by steaming. The fabric is then washed and rinsed and ready to be made into the garment.
Kay creates styles which flatter a woman’s body and are easy to wear.
Fashion designers Dorothy Dunnicliff and Sally Shivers create their original hand-dyed silk garments using only the finest raw silks, including charmeuse, organza and chiffon. Their clothing designs are as elegant as they are versatile. All drape beautifully and are comfortable to wear in any kind of weather.
Trunk Show at Gallery Five
March 16-20, 2010
and
MEET THE ARTISTS
March 19 & 20
Expect to find colors that you won’t see anywhere else. Design emphasis is on bold colors, and silk naturally produces vivid colors rarely seen in other fabrics. In addition to immersion dyeing, they paint the fabric by hand like a French impressionist. Though their techniques are deliberate, the outcomes are often magical.
Dova Silks participates in a runway show put on by the Vashonistas, a collective of independent sustainable designers of wearable art.
Valentine’s Day is the day we choose to honor the ones we love most and Gallery Five wishes you all a very Happy Valentines Day 2010.
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Ellen Gienger, art to wear clothing designer, dresses a woman so that she feels confident, beautiful, feminine, and one-of-a-kind. Her designs look great on many different body types from xx-small to xx-large.
Browse our Ellen Gienger wearable art collection.
Hand-dyed silks and metallic accessories and clothing in a broad palette of color and texture
Leni Hoch is a master at dyeing silk in complex and creative ways and transforming it into elegant, shimmering scarves, shawls, jackets and wraps with varying textures that are truly feminine. Her colors are sensitive and rich and change with the seasons.
Leni Hoch’s Wearable Art Fashions
Trunk Show – January 26-30
Gallery Five, 140 Bridge Road, Tequesta, FL
Photo on right: Bronze crop metallic layered jackets. Soft Swing with small crinkle crop with scarves.
Photo below: Layered two boleros and light weight crop. Flower and scarf belting.
