{"id":44467,"date":"2014-07-28T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=44467"},"modified":"2019-10-29T14:52:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T18:52:34","slug":"sculptural-dimensional-textiles-couture-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2014\/07\/28\/sculptural-dimensional-textiles-couture-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculptural, Dimensional Textiles\u2014for Couture or DIY"},"content":{"rendered":"

We love\u00a0designer Zita Mer\u00e9nyi’s Provo-CUT collection of seared-and-soldered neoprene garments. Forgoing traditional draping and stitching, these pieces are instead constructed panel-by-panel, pleated together, and heat-joined into dimensional, puffy, future-ish jackets and cloaks punctuated by thick, raw seams and unlikely openings. The gist: synthetic fabics melt, so heat, not thread can be used\u00a0to join the seams.<\/p>\n

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Zita Mer\u00e9nyi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The core colorway\u00a0favors wide expanses of\u00a0the industrial-grey synthetic rubber, accented with a single, saturated lime green or brilliant aqua. With the finer\u00a0colored textiles, the designer chooses to use other unconventional methods such as\u00a0slashing and pinching to\u00a0give tactility and volume to the patterns.<\/p>\n

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Zita Mer\u00e9nyi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These inventive, volumetric pieces reminded me of a longtime favorite\u00a0book from my personal\u00a0library\u00a0\u2014The Art of Manipulating Fabric<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>an encyclopedic text\u00a0that approaches\u00a0the material in an entirely different light\u00a0than any other\u00a0apparel how-to. Colette Wolff, the innovative, sculptural-minded author, uses plain flat fabric to create intriguing spaces, puffed-up forms, and airy volume. Surprisingly, she shows us no finished “products” and uses no specialty fabrics\u2014with only unbleached muslin and thread, Wolff\u00a0builds captivating landscapes and foamy, organic pattern samplers not dissimilar to the ones Mer\u00e9nyi plays with\u00a0in Provo-CUT.<\/p>\n

\"Dimensional<\/p>\n

Whether on the runway or as part of our next craft project, we LOVE dimensional, 3D fabric constructions! We think the key may be to temporarily “forget” that we’re working with fabric, so that we can treat it like paper, plastic, skin or rubber, and put it together in unexpected ways\u2014a practice we might apply to other aspects of our creative and home lives….<\/p>\n

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– Sinnae Choi<\/a> via Dezeen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We love\u00a0designer Zita Mer\u00e9nyi’s Provo-CUT collection of seared-and-soldered neoprene garments. Forgoing traditional draping and stitching, these pieces are instead constructed panel-by-panel, pleated together, and heat-joined into dimensional, puffy, future-ish jackets and cloaks punctuated by thick, raw seams and unlikely openings. 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