Fashion, New to One of a Kind, Woman-Owned
Kate Beck New Orleans
Original textiles / wearable art
A stick, a stone, a leaf, a song, I pull inspiration for my designs from nature and the world around me.
Individual pieces are created using a combination of the traditional Japanese techniques of shibori resist dyeing combined with hand painting, felting and silk screened and block printing.
The entire process is a search for unique beauty with the techniques providing magical and some unexpected outcomes- a conversation between process, materials, and sometimes about how much chlorine is in the water that day.
Embracing the processes in this way , I delight in the end result of richly patterned and textured fabrics which I make into my original contemporary yet classic wearables- always one of a kind.
Kate studied Textile Science and Fiber Arts at University of Washington 1979 – 1984
Started showing at Arts and Craft Shows 1989 in Seattle and ended up settling in New Orleans in 2002 at her studio in the Marigny
Individual pieces are created using a combination of the traditional Japanese techniques of shibori resist dyeing combined with hand painting, felting and silk screened and block printing.
The entire process is a search for unique beauty with the techniques providing magical and some unexpected outcomes- a conversation between process, materials, and sometimes about how much chlorine is in the water that day.
Embracing the processes in this way , I delight in the end result of richly patterned and textured fabrics which I make into my original contemporary yet classic wearables- always one of a kind.
Kate studied Textile Science and Fiber Arts at University of Washington 1979 – 1984
Started showing at Arts and Craft Shows 1989 in Seattle and ended up settling in New Orleans in 2002 at her studio in the Marigny
