Materials and Design Innovation and Provocation Commission MoMA (Museum of Modern Art, New York) for Items: Is Fashion Modern? 2017 Beazley Design of the Year, Design Museum, London 2018 shortlisted Caskia: Growing a MarsBoot (2016-20) is an art and design research project positioned in the fashion product sectors. The work focuses on strategies for more sustainable material and fabrication design…
OurOwnsKIN (2015-17) is an Innovate UK and Arts Council England funded, Bloomsbury Academia published, collaborative research project exploring the interplay between man, material, and machine to create innovative footwear design constructions inspired by human skin. The project places human over machines as design directives for 3D print lattices. The aim is to harness the capabilities of 3D…
Stories of homelessness have never been told like this before. Jo Cope x Boutique by Shelter joined creative minds in aid of Shelter the United Kingdom housing and homeless charity for creative social campaign to tell the stories of homelessness. The show featured a collection of handmade artworks inspired by the personal experiences of real…
Wedding shoes I Single use shoes to biodegrade The Wedding shoes are made from biodegradable materials (mycelium leather and hardwood) as a project for Maurizio Montalti of Officina Corpuscoli as a small part of their Worth project. This project was the first time I worked with the developed white mycelium leather alternative. I contextualised the…
Amadou Slipper I alternative leather mushroom These slippers were made in 2016 from Amadou mushroom skin uppers and lined with linen as part of a collaboration with Irene-Marie Seelig who was at the time studying at LCF (London College of Fashion) on the MA Fashion Entrepreneurship and Innovation course. Irene had developed Amadou mushroom skin as a leather…
Kyrgyz material culture was a project between Art Group Tumar and Liz Ciokajlo, facilitated by Liliya Serazetdinova funds granted by The British Council and Arts Council England Artist’s International Development Fund. The Aim of the Project… was to learn about traditional Kyrgyz nomadic material culture and to share UK approaches to footwear design. On the trip we explored and developed a new prototype…
Clarks I Design Innovation Consultant Over 2013-2015 a series of designs and prototypes for 3D print were made with the team at Clarks in Somerset. The contract focused on using only 3D printers and materials for footwear production to help better understand the challenges and opportunities in the design and product development stages. We worked…
The Felt Shoes are the foundation pieces in the Natural Selection collection. Made from 100% wool felt of high quality from Daimer Filze http://www.daimer-filze.com , essentially felt tubes are moulded into and around 3D printed forms using millinery techniques. Binders are stratigically added to vary densities creating hollow heels and suspended foot beds. This reduces components and…
Talk… WEARABLE FUTURES 10th and 11th December 2013 London hosted by and at Ravensbourne I am part of the Wearable Expressions panel December 11th 2:30-3:30 Exploring the future of wearables, from smart materials to new technologies, a place for designers, innovators, and all creative minds. A series of talks and discussion panels from thinkers and doers in…
