lookout & wonderland blog

i've started a blog
for my workshop
over here

updating the goings on
as well as
any natural dye
or weaving
whatnot workshops
i'll be holding
please feel free to follow

lookout & wonderland
was featured in the photo
for the daily candy story
on the debut of general store venice

lookout & wonderland at busy being

lookout & wonderland
makes its debut
at busy being in austin, tx
this thursday !!

if you are nearby
hop over and check out
the new brick and mortar
the selection is
pretty stellar

lookout & wonderland

i've obviously
been missing in action
a bit over here

and this
is why...

 i quit my
day job as creative director
at 2k by gingham
and started focusing solely
on my textile
project!

a proper site is coming soon
lookoutandwonderland.com

i have a small shop
open at space 15 twenty
in hollywood for the holidays
please come by and support if you can.

chantal young

after my
less than stellar
experience in my
recent
printmaking class
i was hyped to
see the work of
chantal young
(thanks izzie)
she is a milano based artist
and clothing designer
working much in the
way i was envisioning
being about to work
in said class...
little did i know
the instructor
is strangely anti textile design

love her simple color palate
and integration of neon pink

marimekko...what would the world be without you

oh marimekko
you are just too cool

if you've got
some spare cash
1st dibs
has an
amazing
capsule collection
available
from an avid collector
(some even with original
hang tags &
sales receipts)
to celebrate
the 60th anniversay
of the finnish design house

hurry now
by the looks
of it
everything's
being scooped up
by those with
deeper pockets than mine.

images: life mag via 1st dibs

lovely yokoo

loved this
little lady's
creations for some
time now...
so nice to see
her come to life
in this etsy profile

and she quotes one
of my favorite
ee cummings poems
that i quoted on here
not that long ago
love serendipity.

lovely yokoo

to japan: from la with love

this saturday
will begin
a three week
art and fashion
event to raise
funds to send to
japan

it's been an
wonderful
challenge to
bring this to
fruition

i have been
overwhelmed
by the outpouring
of help we have
received from the
los angeles community

we are heading into
day two of installation
and there is so much amazing
artwork

this saturday we will
be showing a newly
remastered version
of kurasawa's classic
film rashomon at 8pm

please join us

tsumori san

hoshii kore
hoshii !!
omg
tsumori chisato
killing me...
that does it
i'm going to start
making clothes again.

*throws up hands to the heavens*

if you are
more fortunate
than i in the
deep pocket area
you can find them
on Forward

sheila hicks

looking at
the fiber art
jackets at suno again
i realized i'd never
done a post on sheila hicks

she is one of my greatest influences
and inspired my initial weaving desires
there was a physical shift in my mind
the first time i saw her work
in a library book as a wee one...
i had been obsessed with learning
fiber arts from my great grandmother
but this...this was an entirely
different dimension.

french commissions

japan

weaving as metaphor

her studio
divine

photos: sheilahicks.com
& weaving as a metaphor

suno

oh boy
am i completely
smitten with suno's
tribe of
niki de st. phalle esque
conehead
grandma warriors

kookoo prints,
wonderful woven bits,
marni flavored platforms,
head pieces to make
joan of arc swoon...
the styling is supreme.

photos:style.com

william lemon III

my friend will
is a wonder.
a truly delicious
human being.
he can do anything
no seriously.
this is some of
his work

skin printing


collage


these two
are tapestry

he also made
this

& recently
this for us





you love him now too, don't you.

don't believe what they tell you

it would be
an understatement
to say i am
obsessed with
textiles and fiber arts
as well as
liberty prints
(it would be
an understatement
to say i'm obsessed
period)*
soooo
the february issue
of so-en
nearly
made me
spontaneously combust
the entire mag
is dedicated to
japanese textiles
from mina perhonen
to chihiro tanaka's
sublime fiber art lights
with a special
feature on the liberty...

obsession list:

swatches of
textile history
from mina perhonen ~check


pony hair top hat ~ check
border stripes galore~ check


way over the top headpiece
opera gloves and
layers of useless ruffles
~check check check


tsumori chisato
with border stripes plus
liberty print tights


issey miyake.


matohu
from start to
finish


swoon worthy
sweetness
from
cherir la femme
&
franche lippee


chihiro tanaka
beautiful fuzzy
light couture


and for
liberty print
overload








okay. enough.
i can't scan
the entire
magazine.
if you happen
to see a copy
pick it up!

*yes keep laughing little brother

japanese textile photos
photographs: midori tsunoda
styling: kayo yoshida

liberty photos
photographs: masanori akao
styling: miki aizawa