‘Offcut’ handpainted silk oversize shirt/dress Carole Waller
This lovely oversize flowing shirt dress has a stand up collar and a box pleat at the back creating lots of swing. It has painted buttons and the fabric is fluid soft silk crepe de chine.
It is a one off original by Carole and is painted and screen-printed with slate grey, red, yellow, greys,lemon,pinks and bits of white showing through.
Background image : appliqué collage painting by Zac Merle.
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 in the extreme.
‘Offcut’ handpainted silk oversize shirt/dress Carole Waller:
Measurements are actual :
Backlength: 87cm/34”
Bust: 168cm/66“
shoulder to shoulder 47cm /18“
sleeve 33cm/13“
width at hem 200cm/78
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 SS23/38
