Open Stitch

In the fall of 2005 I joined 12 other artists in a gallery in Soho, at Location One Gallery. The 13 of us where locked in the gallery space for one week and where asked to create wearable art out of a restricted set of materials. Using animal hides, window screening, rubber parts and steel cuttings we constructed and collaborated on numerous projects. The experience was a unreal, being given a vast variety of materials and people to work with on whatever artistic concepts we sought out.
http://www.location1.org/
http://www.location1.org/open-stitch/

The first piece shown is called "Buttons" working with an elegant wool gauze and horn buttons with steel woven thread to create this organic and modern shape.

















The Next piece, "I Patch" is one continuous piece of patch work fabric used to create a striking shape with a broad and upright collar. With a mix of hardware, buttons, and trims framing the patches.






















"Strung Up" during the final hours of the performance piece I conceptualized a final garment. One expressing the drama and emotion that can be drawn from clothing, through using volume, familiar fabric patterns, and silhouette.