Tuesday 21 October 2008

Megan Park





http://www.meganpark.co.uk/
Megan Park is a designer who is recognized for her artisans touch. I love the elegance and femininity of her collections. In the past she's designed textiles for a well-respected agency working for the likes of Givenchy, Dries van Noten and Kenzo. She has now set up her own company. Her inspiration comes from travel destinations around the world, such as the Parisian flea markets, street vendors in Hong Kong, and the bead markets of Old Delhi.


She spends 3months of the year working closely with artists in Delhi, using traditional print methods and hand crafted techniques like embroidery. Block printing is used and the designs are carved out of wood. She explains "Block printing will never be perfectly aligned and this lends to it a certain beauty." Print is an important factor in Park's work and her prints are sourced through old textile design books or findings in flea markets or vintage stores.


She layers her patterns and this is something i admire about her work. She says " The layering of pattern is important to me; it is essential to the look. Print is the background, and from that i can take the design in new directions with beading and embroidery."

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