Fashion & Textile2020produced

WEARABLES 2020

Two bucket hats, finished by hand

The red bucket hat seen from directly above, pale blossom shapes lifted out of the dye

A close view of the red hat, the bleached blossom clustered against the stitched rings of the brim — The colour lifted back out

The weave close up, the paint sitting on top of the twill rather than soaking into it — The paint sits on the weave, not in it

Two hats, each finished by hand and neither repeatable. One is dyed a deep red and then has the colour lifted back out of it in small clusters, so the pale shapes read as blossom against the twill rather than sitting on top of it. The other is left white and carries a handful of marks instead: a few red ovals, a black line, three dots, placed far apart so the hat stays mostly empty.

The red hat on a white ground, three quarters on, the brim rings catching the dye unevenly — On white

The white hat photographed on a sunlit ledge, a few red and black marks scattered over it — The white hat, 13 May 2020

The method is the paper method moved onto cloth. What goes on a sheet in bleach goes on a hat the same way, and the weave does the rest. On the red hat the dye sits unevenly along the stitched rings of the brim, which no drawing could have planned.

A close view of the white hat, two red ovals, a black stroke and three dots placed far apart — Mostly empty, on purpose

The white hat on the ledge in hard sunlight, its shadow falling across the wall behind — In the sun

Made in the spring of 2020. The four jackets from the same year each have their own page now: SIGNATURE PATTERN, DRACULA’S JACKET, HEAVENLY CLOUDS, and THERE IS A PAINTING ON YOUR JACKET.

Medium: Dye, bleach and paint on cotton twill
Role: Artist