~Art Is Fashion Is Art: Meet Artist/Fashion Designer Una Burke~

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"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known."
-Oscar Wilde

The moment I laid on eyes on artist/sculptor/fashion designer Una Burke's work I knew I had to introduce her to my readers. Anything that makes my jaw drop like that is definite must-see... The only problem I foresaw was how I was going to describe these amazing pieces. I'm not usually at a loss for words but these pieces are so damn unique and can be considered fashion as well as art. Wearable art. That resemble prosthetics. See? It just doesn't sound amazing. Yet it is. So AMAZING. So... I'm going to simply use the artist's description of the collection:

This is a conceptual collection of wearable art pieces, depicting a series of eight human gestures associated with the cause, the physical and psychological effect and the healing stages of human trauma. Sculptural forms are created around the shape of the contorted female body. A number of pieces are reminiscent of prosthetics and medical braces. This signifies the potential for healing within the boundaries of something which inhibits the body.

Carcass-like in form, each piece is hand crafted from vegetable tanned leather, resulting in a colour indicative of human flesh. They have been produced to be viewed as contemplation artefacts observed in the environment of the gallery and they can be used as fashion accessories when broken down into sections, such as arm pieces, leg pieces, head or neck pieces and shoulder pieces. They could be combined with other garments in flowing fabrics which would create beautiful contrasts with the structured forms of these pieces.

-From the Una Burke website.

Have a look...



























And here is the Una Burke Meta.Morph Collection A/W 2011:










Amazing right?

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