Liberty Bramall II

Above: Liberty Bramall adding the last minute touches to her lampshade hats with real lights inside.

Liberty Bramall created a transformative piece that combined costume and set design to reveal the stories and the faces behind the literature and artwork of the Bloomsbury Group.

"Using textiles to represent a range of styles closely linked to the artwork produced by The Bloomsbury Group. Nude sketches have been transformed into colorful prints whilst hand dyed fabric have a painterly and textural quality to give life to their work through costume. The material is an ode to their lives. The two transforming costumes for Vanessa and Angelica Bell. The hats turn to lampshades, the skirts turn to blankets and the walking stick and bag turn in to the stand for the shade to be placed upon." Liberty Bramall

In this piece hats become lamps, skirts become rugs and everything is beautifully crafted out of gorgeous materials.

Liberty Bramall I

This Peter Rabbit from The Tales Of Beatrix Potter is part of Liberty Bramall's graduate collection for ECA Performance Costume.
Liberty's attention to detail and exquisite craftsmanship is a joy to behold. including the surface design of the jacket lining fabric and blouse, details like the carrot buttons, felted vegetables on the hat and the tufty fur poking through the trousers, hand embroidery and flocked carrots.

The distinctive, anthropomorphic characters from Beatrix Potter's famous Edwardian children's stories have been reimagined for a modern audience. The use of oversized millinery, padded silhouettes, and hand-drawn prints capture a sense of playfulness and humour. The designs are a nostalgic nod to the comforting childhood world that Potter created.