After a successful nine-year
stint making costumes for the film industry, fashion designer Kristen Bond is
now devoting her time to creating fantastical one-of-a-kind scarves. The works
take form with multiple layers of silk charmeuse. Varying coloured silks are incorporated
for a painterly effect and sculptural texture and depth is achieved through art
stitching and frayed deconstruction. Rusts and oranges might suggest the wings
of a monarch butterfly, while fluttering shades of red evoke a blossoming rose.
Depending on the size of the piece, each can be a flouncy flourish or a flowing
cape-like wonderment perfect for a wedding. Bond’s work is available across
Western Canada and custom pieces can be ordered directly from her Victoria studio.—Shelora
Sheldan |
