Art Salon: slotted improvisations

Elvira t'Hart, a designer from the Netherlands, turns her sketches into expressive outfits and amazes her with cut-out patterns, as if drawn on the body.

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

In his perforated works, Elvira masterfully combines two of his great passions: drawing and sewing.
For designers, a sketch often gives only an approximate idea of ​​how the product should look in the end, the details are specified in the process. Elvira t'Hart has the opposite. Her finished models look like sketches, as if they were drawn on the body with a 3D pencil.
"I don’t want to just fill my skin with strokes, I want the material to have depth." Therefore, Elvira creates sketches of high accuracy, because they become blanks for laser perforation.
"When I draw, I precisely follow the proportions of the body. Each line should have the right direction, otherwise, when grinding parts, a single composition will not work out." When the drawings are cut, they can be stitched together as cut details. "I work with the skin because it produces very clear perforations and the slices do not crumble." The designer cuts the small patterns in size with a pair of scissors or a laser, while large ones are made at a textile factory.
It takes several weeks to make one part.The result is a "picture of strokes that arouses fantasy." The famous American singer Lady Gaga at one of her shows performed in a corsage with a slotted pattern fromElvira 't hart.
On the picture:Elvira t'Hart in her leather jacket with perforation.
Finished products and life-size sketches on parchment paper.
A sketch with a description of the new model.
Shawl, top and jacket from the latest Elvira 't Hart collection.

PHOTO: JAN SHMIDEL. STATEMENT: BERNADETTE PREMTL.
The material was prepared by Elena Karpova.

Watch the video: Homemade Lathe Machine (May 2024).