Saturday, April 27, 2019

My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed
'Rainforest Beauty' Pashmina Wraps Collection
Wearable Art

Marie-Therese Wisniowski


Preamble
On this blog spot there are posts that center on my “Wearable Art” (e.g. scarves, digital or analogue created fabric lengths etc.) For your convenience I have listed these posts below.
A Selection of My Scarves
Leaves Transformed: A New Collection of My Digitally Designed Fabrics
My New Silk Rayon Velvet Scarves@Purple Noon Art And Sculpture Gallery
My Fabric Lengths@QSDS
My Fabric Collection:"Oh, Oh Marilyn and Mona!"@Spoonflower
2013 Australian Craft Awards – Finalist
My Scarves@2014 Scarf Festival: "Urban Artscape" Pashminas
My New Scarves and Fabric Lengths
New Range of Silk Neckties - Karma and Akash
AIVA: My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed Fabric Design
New Colorways For My 'Cultural Graffiti' Fabrics
Byzantine Glow: A New Collection of My Digitally Designed Fabrics
Wall Flower: A New Collection of My Digitally Designed Fabrics
Ink Fern - A New Collection of My Digitally Designed Fabrics
Celebratory Fireworks
My New Silk ArtCloth Scarves
New ‘Unique State’ Silk ArtCloth Scarves
UBIRR - My New Hand Dyed & Printed Fabric Design
Renaissance Man - My New Hand Dyed & Printed Fabric Design
Banksia - My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed Fabric Design
Ginkgo Love - My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed Fabric Design
Garden Delights I & II - My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed Fabric Design
Wallflower III - My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed Fabric Design
Rainforest Beauty - Collection My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed Fabric Design
Spring & Autumn Flurry Collection - My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed Fabric Design
La Volute Collection - My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed Fabric Design
Urban Butterfly - My New Hand Printed Fabric Design
Acanthus Dream - My New Hand Printed Fabric Design
“Cascading Acanthus” - My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed Fabric Design
My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed 'Rainforest Beauty' Pashmina Wraps Collection
My ArtCloth Tea Towels: A New Collection of Digitally Designed Products
Through the Land it Roared . . . ArtCloth Shawl
My New Hand Dyed and Hand Printed ‘Urban Codes - Series 1’ Collection
Urban Moonlight - My Post Graffiti Doily
My New Hand Printed Fabric Design - "Morocco" ArtCloth
‘Vine Glow’
“Bush Banksia’s” Collection"
Releasing My New - ‘Unique State’ ArtCloth Scarves

If you like any of my artworks in the above links, please email me at - Marie-Therese - for pricing and for any other enquiries.


Introduction
There are three basic ingredients (as opposed to definitions) that all artworks possess; (i) they need to be “engaged”; (ii) they are non-functional, and (iii) they are aesthetic. Wearable Art is “Art” when placed in an art context but when it is not placed in an art context, its functionality obscures the act of engagement. My pashmina wraps and scarves are wearable art.

'Rainforest Beauty' Collection: Concept and Processes
My new, contemporary pashmina wraps collection, “Rainforest Beauty” is based on one of Australia’s truly unique Tasmanian rainforest native plant species, the pomaderris apetala better known as the common dogwood. Inspired by my visits to the Tasmanian wet forest areas I have created this collection to showcase the beauty of this plant species in a modern, timeless and unique design aesthetic. Each pashmina wrap is a one-off creation, never to be repeated in color, tone or overall design. However, some of the design elements may re-appear in other pashminas, but the overall colors and design is what ensures their uniqueness as a one-off specialty wearable art item to covet. The 'Rainforest Beauty’ Pashmina Wraps Collection is a limited edition series which will not be repeated.

As with all of my textile art and designs, plain white pashminas, in this case viscose, were individually dyed and/or over dyed using time-honored hand dyeing techniques to add visual depth, pattern and contrast to the scarf background/s. Using time-honored hand printing processes each pashmina was then screen-printed with images of common dogwood over the entire scarf length in multiple layers. Pigment paints were carefully mixed to ensure that the screen printed images imparted rich, luscious, intense colors to the multi dyed base colors. Layers of complex images were overprinted using glazes, transparent, opaque and metallic pigments until a richly hued and multi layered surface was created. Each pashmina scarf measures 74 (width) x 195 (height) cm. Special care instructions are included with each scarf.

All photographs published below were photgraphed by Marie-Therese Wisniowski.


'Rainforest Beauty' Pashmina Wraps Collection

Description: Chocolate ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 1 (Full View).
Techniques: Dyed, over dyed and silk screened employing dyes, glazes, transparent, opaque and metallic pigment on viscose.
Size: 74 cm (width) x 195 cm (length).
Collection: Private collector, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Description: Chocolate ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 1 (Detail View).

Description: Plum ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 2 (Full View).
Techniques: Dyed, over dyed and silk screened employing dyes, glazes, transparent, opaque and metallic pigment on viscose.
Size: 74 cm (width) x 195 cm (length).
Collection: Private collector, Emerald, Victoria, Australia.

Desription: Plum ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 2 (Detail View).

Description: Indigo ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 3 (Full View).
Techniques: Multi-color dyed and silk screened employing dyes, transparent, opaque and metallic pigment on viscose.
Size: 74 cm (width) x 195 cm (length).
Collection: Artist's collection, Arcadia Vale, NSW, Australia.

Description: Indigo ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 3 (Detail View).

Description: Rainforest ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 4 (Full View).
Techniques: Multi-colour dyed and silk screened employing dyes, transparent, opaque and metallic pigment on viscose.
Size: 74 cm (width) x 195 cm (length).
Available for purchase.

Description: Rainforest ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 4 (Detail View).

Description: Denim ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 5 (Full View).
Techniques: Multi-colour dyed and silk screened employing dyes, transparent, opaque and metallic pigment on viscose.
Size: 74 cm (width) x 195 cm (length).
Collection: Private collection, Corinella, Victoria, Australia.

Description: Denim ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 5 (Detail View).

Description: Salmon ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 6 (Full View).
Techniques: Multi-colour dyed and silk screened employing dyes, transparent, opaque and metallic pigment on viscose.
Size: 74 cm (width) x 195 cm (length).
Collection: Private collection, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Salmon ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 6 (Detail View).

Description: Forest ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 7 (Full View).
Techniques: Multi-colour dyed and silk screened employing dyes, transparent, opaque and metallic pigment on viscose.
Size: 74 cm (width) x 195 cm (length).
Available for purchase.

Description: Forest ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 7 (Detail View).

Description: Lilac ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 8 (Full View).
Techniques: Multi-colour dyed and silk screened employing dyes, transparent, opaque and metallic pigment on viscose.
Size: 74 cm (width) x 195 cm (length).
Available for purchase.

Description: Lilac ArtCloth Pashmina Wrap 8 (Detail View).

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