Storytelling Through Textiles
When I was young I saw a woman selling dresses made from Indian sari silks at a market in my hometown in the Pacific Northwest. I thought this fabric was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen and it conjured in my mind some pretty fantastic images of palaces and maharaj, smoky winding markets, exotic scents and haunting music that stayed with me for a long time. Then and there I pledged to myself that when I was old enough, I would travel to India. A few years later, I did and later returned to Canada with a backpack full of sari silk. I promptly started sewing clothing, pillows and bags and selling them in local consignment shops and markets. Since that time I have continued to search far and wide in search of beautiful and unique materials to use in my designs, from Jaipur to Tokyo, Marrakech to Oaxaca.
Grace is a collection of accessories made from found, limited edition textiles and one-of-a-kind embellishments that have been sourced through my travels. The fabrics I seek are storytellers, they speak of their history and traditions of craft, of adventures abroad, foreign marketplaces, heritage and imagination. My work is rooted in a core ethos that values the preservation and diversity of culture and creativity and thus, it is with reverence and respect for these cultures and their traditions that I sample from such a diverse array of textiles from around the world.
Every GRACE product is made by hand in Toronto, Canada.
My work has been featured seen in many publications including The Huffington Post, MSN, Oh Joy, CBC, Global TV, The Toronto Star, Miss Moss, Creature Comforts and Canada's Financial Post. In 2013 I was selected by Toronto Life magazine as a Toronto designer to watch out for and in 2012 I was chosen by Etsy to be a featured artist at their first ever pop up event in New York City. You can read more about my work in my Etsy featured seller interview here: http://goo.gl/FyXB8O
GRACE products are also available in more than sixty stores internationally.
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