‘Offcut’ handpainted perfect silk dress Carole Waller
This is a simple slightly flared A line round neck dress – my friend calls it the ‘perfect dress’ – made in fluid silk crepe de chine.
It is a one off original by Carole Waller and is painted and screen-printed Pinks, reds, oranges, mint green, orange , deep yellow, and lavender, as part of the ‘Offcut’ Collection.
The ‘Offcut’ Collection : I have been making painted clothes and scarves since 1987 – and have one dressmaker. She cuts each piece out and gives me back the leftover painted cloth. My project this year was to make new things with these offcuts and I have made a series of paintings/collages and constructions exploring the negative spaces surrounding the abstract shapes of the remnants of the making process. This in turn got me drawing. I started drawing the shapes – making paper stencils to screen print new images to play with their relationships in a new collection of clothes and scarves in cotton and silk. Recycling and reinventing – slow and circular fashion.
‘Offcut’ handpainted perfect silk dress Carole Waller :
Measurements are actual flat measurements :
Backlength: 95cm/37”
Bust: 100cm/38“
shoulder to shoulder: 39cm/15 “
sleeve 40cm/15.5”
Wash by hand .
Carole Waller art to wear:
Each garment and scarf by Carole Waller is unique. They are handpainted and screenprinted by me at my studio just outside Bath. I use my fabrics as unprimed ‘canvases’ and the paintings evolve as I work, so no two pieces are the same. Every scarf is signed so that the label can be removed. I welcome visitors anytime, by appointment. The studio and small showroom is at our home 4 miles east of Bath on the A4, with good parking and a warm welcome. Waller and Wood also shows beautiful stoneware ceramics by Gary Wood and glass panels by myself.
The code for this piece is SS23/29
