Fabrics
TEXTILE ART
Mountain Print The Mountain Print was transformed out of a series of photographs of the Rocky Mountains. By blending the opacity levels and original colors with dusky pastel shades, a new pattern of soft, rhythmic textures is created. |
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Landscape Print The Landscape Print captures a topographic view of the Rocky Mountains. The original photographs are intensified and abstracted to the point at which only shadowed outlines of the mountains remain. |
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Hybrid Print The Hybrid Print presents a surreal vision of hybrid flowers. To create this pattern, images of different flowers are digitally deconstructed and reassembled into a new species. |
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Aquatic Print A calming variation of the Hybrid Print, the Aquatic Print consists of outlined flowers disrupted by a digital glitch-like effect. |
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Kinetic Print An interpretation of Alexander Calder's mobiles, the Kinetic Print is an ink painting of dancing figures that captures the lightness and playfulness of the artist's ethos. |
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Coral Print At the maritime trade gallery in Singapore, a collection of 9th century Tang artifacts had been recovered from a shipwreck. Encrusted with corals, the artifacts expressed new textures that inspired this luminous web-like pattern.
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Fossil Print Colored in chalk, yellow-gold and silvery blue, the Fossil Print is a deconstructed pattern inspired by the rock-like skeleton left behind by coral polyps. |
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Glide Print On the fourth day of the year, a Cooper's Hawk landed on my balcony. To mark this rare sighting, a symbol of hope, the Glide Print is a sketch of the hawk, illuminated in electric blue and fluorescent green. |
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Magnolia Print To create the effect of a raised texture, I first embroidered a pattern of the tulip magnolia tree. The pattern is then digitized with a delicate blue-rose tint, an inverse color tone inspired by cyanotype printing. |
Types of fabric
1. Natural and bio-degradable fibers such as mercerized long-staple 100% cotton and silk that are tightly woven with increased durability and sheen, gentle and comfortable against the skin.
2. Tencel-lyocell fibers, a regenerated wood-pulp fiber (from eucalyptus or bamboo) by which raw cellulose is dissolved in an amine oxide solvent which is non-toxic and reusable. Tencel is easy to care for and has a silky and breathable quality.
3. Polyester-blends for sturdier garments such as jackets and trousers which are intended for extensive wear and perform other functions such as water-repellant needs or provide stretch.
4. Plain-colored fabrics are sourced directly from a Japanese factory, an establishment which is transparent about the fiber content, fabric quality and the manufacturing process.