| now & ZEN is a company that has emerged from the belief that joy comes from doing what you love. As far back as I can remember, I have loved to make art.....if I'm not making it, I'm probably thinking about making it. After earning a degree in Interior Design with a Fine Arts minor, I spent almost 15 years designing corporate offices. All the while longing to "just be making art", I looked for a simpler vocation that would support that vision. After working in many mediums including pottery, stained glass and jewelry, I have discovered I am primarily a fiber artist. This would explain why I have such an abundance of yarn, wool roving, silk fabric, leather, fleece, sticks, feathers, shells and beads. Each scarf and wrap is made by hand, one at a time, with unique fabrics I have created by using any number of the following techniques: "Nuno Felt" is conceived after adding a thin layer of wool roving, warm water and a little soap to silk fabric and then a whole lot of elbow grease to coax the fibers into becoming one. This results in a wonderfully textured light weight fabric with a beautiful drape. "Fiber Etching" creates gorgeous, flowing semi-transparent silk by carving away the rayon fibers of velvet or satin with etching solution and leaving sheer areas of silk chiffon. "Serti" is a French word meaning to encircle or surround. In the serti technique, a resist is used to contain flowable dye within a design shape on fabric such as silk. Since my work is not mass-produced, I typically attract collectors who understand and appreciate the value of hand- crafted goods. They realize the uniqueness of what I do. A person wears a “Dorian Original” for just that reason...to know it is a one-of-a-kind wearable work of art. |
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