BLOG LIVES ON!

In order to consolidate, we've decided to continue our blog on our website...please go to:

http://malvarstewart.com/blog.html

Thank you!

Textures for Fall 2013

I'm enjoying the combination of eco dyed fabrics and nuno felting, including them in the same ensemble, but keeping them also separate...allowing them to complement one another and meld into each other.

Renewed!

Wow, it's been so long since I've been able to post anything...so much has happened inside of what felt like a short span of time!
I had a great trip to my Motherland and 2 days after getting back, I moved.
I nearly had a nervous breakdown when I unpacked in our new home, to find that the packers had folded my bolts of fabric in half and crammed them into boxes! Thank God, they didn't do that to all bolts, but some of my finest vintage wool fabrics have to be "brought back" with some manipulation.

Our move was about as smooth as a road full of potholes.  But, I still managed to stay inspired and am working on many pieces simultaneously (at the expense of not unpacking all our boxes).

My new Fall 2013 line is scheduled to be launched in February, so stay with me!!

A photo shoot is scheduled for Nov or Dec, and pics should be posted thereafter.

Also...

MALVARSTEWART.COM

is coming soon

...the wheels are turning once again on steady and powerful ground.

PIONEER

Lately, I've noticed the word "pioneer" being used to describe artists...

artists who explore,

who push for innovation,

who play cleverly,

and who create courageously

(Of course, this is my definition of what pioneer means).

When I talked to my husband about this "new" popular word, he added that to him it also means,

"to discover and create simultaneously"

...brilliant addition.

In the days when America was becoming a new nation, the cost of being a pioneer could be great, could even be your own life.

Now, what could be the cost of this new pioneer in society?

PIONEER

Thoughts

I recently watched a movie that centred around blogging, and I realized that I don't really blog...not "really." So, I am going to try to have an - at the very least - loose regiment on posting my thoughts, ideas, fears, fun with creating MALVAR = STEWART pieces.

My very first entry is more about my philosophy and vision (I hope that if anyone reads this, you enjoy it!):

I love the 40’s and 50’s when people got up in the morning and “dressed up”…they were all like candy to the eye…if I look at old pictures from that era, everyone looks glamourous in a way, and not just the people in magazines or movie stars…now, the common American thinks that to have that glamour, you need to be model thin, beautiful, rich, etc…the look of classic glamour is not as accessible anymore and many fashions that are unique border on the “crafty” side (not to say that’s bad).

I would like my line to offer that glamour to the common person who wants that…to remind them that they don’t have to eat all the candy, rather to “be the candy” hehee (I am corny sometimes)

For the quality and work done here in the USA, I would like to keep it as “affordable” as possible.

My line will reflect the current times of concern about the environment, and concern about the lack of integrity that we see more commonly nowadays, in many cases because of the “time = money” philosophy.

mmmmm

I have decided - in my simple little mind - that working should be like eating...

mmm, a tickling of the tastebuds, an adventure of aromas,

delight in the flavours of every bite...rich. enjoyed.

This is silk that I first shibori dyed in used tea bags and then redyed with rusty objects.

surface design

Experimenting with surface design...
gearing up for our Fall 2012