‘Offcut’ Handpainted pink silk crepe de chine large scarf Carole Waller

‘Offcut’ Handpainted pink silk crepe de chine large scarf Carole Waller

Silk crepe de chine is a classic fabric for scarves with fluidity and beautiful drape. This one off original scarf is painted and screenprinted in pink, salmon, lavender, orange, yellow.

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 on a new collection of clothes and scarves in cotton and silk. Recycling and reinventing – slow and circular fashion in the extreme.

‘Offcut’ Handpainted pink silk crepe de chine large scarf Carole Waller

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Wash by hand.

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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 and you can commission me to make a piece especially for you. I cannot colour match, but I can promise you a unique artwork. 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.

The code for this piece is SS23/3