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02 · My material and fashion foundation

Design Journey

Hands / garments / textiles / craft / slow fashion

Where the work began. Garments drawn and sewn, cloth dyed over an open fire, marigolds pressed into silk, an old textile unpicked and remade. Slow fashion, learnt by hand in Paris and in the villages of Bhutan.

In a doorway with a village cat, eco-printed jacket and green trousers
The dye pot set over an open fire
01

Natural Dyeing

Colour drawn from plants, over an open fire.

In a doorway with a village cat, eco-printed jacket and green trousers
02

Eco Printing

Peace silk, marigolds and winter sun in Paro.

The remade patchwork jacket, a close look in the village sun
03

Restore

An old handwoven textile, given a second life.

Amtsu, collection page 10: geometric Bhutanese pattern meeting painted brushwork
04

Amtsu

Amtsu, ‘women’ in Dzongkha.

From Pema, look 1, fashion illustration
05

From Pema

A nine-look line, drawn, coloured and resolved.

esreveR, in the making of look 1, pink silk organza
06 · 2022

esreveR

esreveR, ‘reverse’. A personal collection.

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