Isobel
Hall
Abel Bazan
Louise Riley
Ya-chu Kang
Isobel Hall
explores art through experimentation with new materials and methods. She creates
her mixed-media bracelets with enameled silk paper, tea-bag paper, sheer organza,
and lace. In addition to jewelry making, she is talented in bag embellishing,
papermaking, and bookmaking.
Floral Details (Medieval Collection), 2009; silk paper fastened
with an enameled metal clasp; silk tops made into silk paper using acrylic gloss
medium, outer layer stamped with heat fixable paint, embossing enamels applied
and heat set prior to embroidery, backing made from the same silk paper which
is heavily waxed to make it resemble leather; 3" x 9".
Architectural Detail (Medieval Collection), 2009; cocoon
stripping paper, teabag paper, silk paper, fusible webbing, laces; painted cocoon
stripping paper with fusible webbing ironed on for Texture, medieval shapes cut
from inkjet printed teabag paper and laminated to the cocoon stripping paper,
punched leaves made from painted cocoon stripping paper, holes punched for the
laces; 2¼" x 8½".
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Abel Bazan
believes shoes reveal the wearer’s identity and background. He constructs
his paper shoes from a variety of recycled materials, including cardboard, newspaper,
and old maps in an effort to recall the past through memory.
Photos: Martin Evans, courtesy of Nike Photolab.
Wondering Shoes, 2008; French paper (a reproduction of vintage
maps of Paris, Italy and London), cardboard, cloth, glue; about a women’s
size 8.
Mazeltov!, 2008; embossed Italian paper, metal hearts (wedding
souvenir from the friends’ wedding the shoes were made to commemorate) ;
about a women’s size 8. Bazan made the mock-up cake for that photo.
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Louise Riley
departed from her usual embroidery art to create a series of paper dresses
in collaboration with designer Jeff Banks. Using Banks’s wallpaper patterns
as inspiration, Riley crossed the divide between wall coverings and wearable art.
Model : Lenka. Hair: Kenna. Makeup: Maggie Hunt. Photos:
Ed Bovingdon.
Untitled, 2008; wallpaper, glue, staples, cotton tape, butterfly
clips, mountboard, Velcro; stapled, machine sewn.
Untitled, 2008; wallpaper, glue, staples, cotton tape, woven
cord, Velcro, fringe; stapled, machine sewn.
Untitled, 2008; wallpaper, glue, staples, cotton tape, snaps;
stapled, machine sewn.
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Ya-chu Kang
uses discarded paper materials such as cardboard, coffee filters, tea bags,
and pages from old books, comic books, and newspapers to create her wearable art
sculptures. She sees her art as a representation of the “in-between spaces
that surround us”.
Conductor, 2008; DVD, sound, political newspapers, cotton,
button; sewn, performance. Video shot in front of downtown Taipei City, the tuxedo
is sewn of newspaper with headlines and articles about politics.
FORGOTTEN—Pornographic Kimono, 2008; wrapping tape,
comic book paper; sewn; 61" x 23½" x 23½". Made during
a residency in Japan.
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