Dress Images

What an odd thing a shelf is. A shelf is just a shelf really, right? Put a thing on it, though, and it is immediately transformed into something else. Once we begin to populate our shelves with objects – whether with precious memorabilia, beautiful images, feathers, or found knots – the whole thing becomes something else. We […]

“Gaye Lincoln Protection (with Owl) Reclaimed paper, graphite, watercolour, gold leaf, thread, perspex 49 x 66 cm.”

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This is a custom listing. This design would have to be made and will take 4-6 weeks for production. It has a white satin corset as a base. It was tea stained to make it the ivory color. It eye hooks up the side and laces up the back for a super tight fit. When purchasing, we will need to know your bra and waist measurements. I will also need to know the length of the boned skirting. You would measure this from your hip bone to your mid thigh, or to the knee. It is quite possibly the…

I did this little canvas as a tribute to my incredible mother who passed 9 years ago. I still miss her and find myself thinking during the day - I need to remember to tell Mother ..... then I realize that she already knows. If anyone goes to Heaven, she did. I used the cover of an old book for this canvas, gessoed it, painted it, glimmer misted it, and used some Barbie packaging for the dress form, papermached over it, and added the dress made from an old sewing pattern. The belt is leftover…

HiStories Uncovered I’m super excited that this piece is currently on exhibition at San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles as part of Excellence In Fibers 2017. This is an annual juried textile exhibition by the magazine Fiber Art Now

Moira Bateman, Artist: Textiles and Mixed Media

Mixed Media

(Hi)Stories Uncovered - Dorothy by Ali Ferguson. My imagined response from Dorothy, a school mistress in Brighton, to Gillie's letters.

Mixed media artworks Inspired by what clothes reveal about our culture and identity, these dresses are self portraits, autobiographies and biographies. The stitch used in many of my pieces is a connection to prior generations. I find irony in my choice of dresses because I rarely if ever wear one.