Barbara Keal

Barbara Keal  works as an artist sharing a studio with her furniture making husband.
Barbara'a head pieces are made from local sheep and alpaca wool and she tries to include all of the fibers, the coarse and fine so there is no wastage.

A new project and a tight deadline

I am working on a new project that I am really excited about, here are some little details.

Trager Delaney

Kim Trager an Lowell Delany are a design duo who met at London Central St Martins and launched their brand this spring.
I love this star dust photo shoot with wonderful fabrics and fabric combinations. The wonderful golden yellow velvet combined with the metallic sheen of the skirt is a luxurious happy combination.

MoMi-Ko

I like all the different textures and fabric manipulation in this collection 'Besarabia', by Polish fashion designer Monika Misiak-Kołsut of MoMi-Ko.

Marketa Martiskova II

This sculptural, rose petal layering of colour and fabric on Marketa Martiskova's dress is stunning and reminded me of Roberto Cappuci's dress forms.

Roberto Capucci

Currently exhibited at La Venaria Reale there is a display of fifty dresses created in the 1950's by Roberto Capucci,.
Now in his eighties this Italian designers work is just as contemporary and amazing in its sculptural form, its palette, elegance ad theatricality. Seeing the work of Marketa Martiskova there was a resonance between this new graduates collection and this grand master of 20th Century fashion.

Dyeing with Indigo

My washing line is reminding me of those pictures of poor octopi pegged out. Today I had to dive in and start indigo dyeing the clothes and jewelry that my students and myself have been making for a fashion show in Málaga next week.
It is very, very messy and smelly and I have a lot more to do!