Inspired by, and based on, historical knitting
Striving to create researched garments that call out to a time-worn past
Rengetegekben
Exploring memory through wool, walnut hull, and cotton
List of items:
Hand knit Tudor flat cap, knit according to historical records
Deadstock wool pullover, full fashioned on a domestic knitting machine
Pants, cotton and linen, hand dyed in walnut hull
Sewn according to records of handmaking traditional Hungarian men’s peasant pants
Backdrop, hand painted with thickened walnut hull over a walnut-dyed bedsheet
Hand knit Tudor flat cap, knit according to historical records
Deadstock wool pullover, full fashioned on a domestic knitting machine
Pants, cotton and linen, hand dyed in walnut hull
Sewn according to records of handmaking traditional Hungarian men’s peasant pants
Backdrop, hand painted with thickened walnut hull over a walnut-dyed bedsheet
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Photos taken in collaboration with Lulu Hamilton in an effort to create authenticity through artifice.
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Talent: Abi Boquette
Production Design: Lilla Rosenberg + Lara Best Bloomfield
Photographer: Lulu Hamilton
Photo Assist: Sam Anderson
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Talent: Abi Boquette
Production Design: Lilla Rosenberg + Lara Best Bloomfield
Photographer: Lulu Hamilton
Photo Assist: Sam Anderson
golden diffused light,
crackling woods,
the highway bursting along under skittering rocks
How beautiful, how barbarous
crackling woods,
the highway bursting along under skittering rocks
How beautiful, how barbarous
Flaxen
I was given care of a mannequin for a week, and was drawn to the artifice of taking photos of my garments on her echoing body. She, herself, is a marker of times since past. I was drawn to a home in between existences, unclothed.
Photographed in the fall of 2024
Photographed in the fall of 2024
Tudor cap, undyed wool, handknit and fulled according to 16th century tecniques
Tarisznya side bag, machine knit and hand fulled deadstock wool, finished by hand
Victorian chemise, mended with walnut dyed linen
Bő gatya, or wide pants, made based on images in Hungarian folk archive
Cotton, hand-dyed in black walnut hull
Tarisznya side bag, machine knit and hand fulled deadstock wool, finished by hand
Victorian chemise, mended with walnut dyed linen
Bő gatya, or wide pants, made based on images in Hungarian folk archive
Cotton, hand-dyed in black walnut hull
In a place where the wild onions sway
Liam, in a fulled wool rendition of the Tudor Cap
Wool hat knit by hand according to transcripts and
paintings of the era
Dressed in Victorian garments, mended and embellished
with thread and walnut hull-dyed scraps
Images shot by artist, in the first light of morning
Knit using double-pointed needles,
as seen in this detail from
the Buxtehude altar, Northern Germany, 1400-1410
Man Weighing Gold, ca. 1515-30
Adriaen Isenbrant
MET Collection
In an effort to make as they made
as seen in this detail from
the Buxtehude altar, Northern Germany, 1400-1410
Adriaen Isenbrant
MET Collection
In an effort to make as they made
Tudor Flat Cap
Taken in afternoon light, among trees felled by
hurricane winds.
Modelled by Avery Fazio
Photos shot by artist, in a space close to home
Mia, in the Tudor cap
Handknit undyed worsted, fulled to size
Handknit undyed worsted, fulled to size
Images taken among the flutter of wings, just out of reach
Mila, in garments knit and mended
Machine knit cardigan, boiled wool
Crochet finishings, handstitched buttonholes
Tudor cap in undyed wool, handknit and fulled in fingering
Machine knit tarisznya side bag
Victorian knickers, darned and secured by hand
Machine knit cardigan, boiled wool
Crochet finishings, handstitched buttonholes
Tudor cap in undyed wool, handknit and fulled in fingering
Machine knit tarisznya side bag
Victorian knickers, darned and secured by hand
Modeled by Mila Kiryakakis
Images shot by artist in early morning light
Images shot by artist in early morning light
Tudor flat cap
Pattern made based on research into medieval knitting guilds
The MET Textile Conservation archive was especially helpful ‘
Grafting double knit brim
Pattern made based on research into medieval knitting guilds
The MET Textile Conservation archive was especially helpful ‘
Knit in worsted wool
Liam, in garments from capsul collection In Sheep’s Clothing
A knit capsul collection centered on the things we hide under beauty, told from the lens of the Hungarian pastoral
When we toil.. .
Deadstock and American wools, machine knit and fulled
Some garments rust dyed using found objects
Hand finished with stitched and crochet
Heirloom
A collaborative knitwear concept conceived with Penelope Eltringham
Created in an effort to harken back to the ways our ancestors made + wore clothing
Questioning the devalued nature of modern textiles, focused on undergarments
With concepts focused on made-to-mend, overdying with natural dyes to cover staining, and a small batch production model
Knit on domestic knitting machines as well as the Dubied
With concepts focused on made-to-mend, overdying with natural dyes to cover staining, and a small batch production model
Knit on domestic knitting machines as well as the Dubied
Project submitted to Cotton Incorporated competition in Spring of 2024, awarded first place in Collaborative design.
Making: Lilla Rosenberg + Penelope Eltringham
Photography: Meggie Phelan
Jewelry: Isabella Donoghue
Talent: Margaux Menard
My Rusted Cup Runneth Over
Bryce, in a rust-dyed Tudor cap
Handknit, handfulled, handdyed
Handknit, handfulled, handdyed
Kordhadt Collection
Knit capsule exploring decaying buildings and the effect environments have on their inhabitants, specifically focused on Budapest, Hungary.
Knit in the summer of 2023
To harken back to a hand-worn time
What remains is all that is left
Knit in the summer of 2023
To harken back to a hand-worn time
What remains is all that is left
Deadstock wool yarns, knit on domestic knitting machine
Handyed with rust post-construction
Photographed by Lulu Hamilton
Lighting Assist: Hannah Baurle
Models: Avery Fazio, Curren McDonough, Kayla Fierko
Handyed with rust post-construction
Photographed by Lulu Hamilton
Lighting Assist: Hannah Baurle
Models: Avery Fazio, Curren McDonough, Kayla Fierko
Korhadt
Isabelle Leaf in a dress knit in summer of 2023
deadstock wool
Photographed by Kylie Shaieb
deadstock wool
Photographed by Kylie Shaieb