KATHERINE WARDROPPER
Award winning 3-D Textile Designer Katherine Wardropper is an emerging talent who is making her name for her highly intricate and unusual approach to design. Using a developed 'Sculptural Fabric Technique' Katherine carefully hand-constructs 3-D patterns to create unique and timeless sculptural pieces for high-end fashion and interiors.
Fairytales, fantasy and costume design are the main inspirations behind Katherine's work and each piece conjures up a sense of the 'marvellous' and 'extraordinary' into everyday life.
Her signature styled technique is a developing organic process. Katherine's aim, and challenge, is to apply this 'Sculptural fabric Technique' to a range of creative disciplines. For fashion this takes the form of her instantly recognisable jewellery. Each delicate brooch, neckpiece, hairpiece and belt echoes swirling wedding cakes, Victorian lace and bejeweled snowflakes. Katherine's work is creatively versatile and these 3-D sculptural pieces can also be applied as decorative touches to mirrors, cushions, tables, and chairs or used as wall features and installations capturing a sense of a fantasy wonderland.
In addition to these larger than life statement pieces Katherine has developed a 'Diffused Range' catering for the commercial market, and also works to commission producing bespoke or limited edition pieces specifically hand-crafted to suite the client's needs. All pieces are created in her London Studio.