ARTWEAR – Jean Cacicedo

Winter White, 2007, wool, resist printed.

Gauze, resist paste, 2006, wool.

Winter White, 2007, wool, resist paste.

Tracks, 2009, wool, printed, resist paste.

Transformations, 1977, wool, crochet, leather.

Butterfly-Jacket, 2009, wool, resist paste, dyed, fulled.

Bird Coat, 1985, wool, dyed, pieced, fulled.

Turkish Coat with shawl, 2008, wool, resist paste.

Down Under, 2004, wool, shape, resist.

Garden Vest, 1983, wool, resist, dyed, embroidery.

Petal Vest, 1971, wool, crochet, knit, leather.

Poppy, 2009, wool, resist paste, dye, fulled.

Red Sea, Orange Feather, wool, polyester. Stitch resist, pieced, filled.

Tail of Twins, 1990, wool, fulled, dyed, pieced.

Tee Pee Coat, 1988, 54"x59", wool, fulled, dyed, pieced.

Lotus Coat, wool, clamp resist dyed.

Sihbori Shawl, 2007, wool, pierced, dyed, fulled.

Coat of Arms, 1994, 52"x59", wool, fulled, dyed, pieced.

Feather Jacket, 2008, wool, pierced, fulled.

Gauze Circles, 2007, wool, resist printed.

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Garments have the ability to transform a body, the power to seduce the eye and the hand and the means to connect us to art, both visually and physically. The wearer has an active role in the experience of the art creating a duality of both fantasy and function.

–Jean Cacicedo