Peggy Russell, IRO, art-to-wear - Wearable Art, Fine Crafts, Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood, Handcrafts

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Peggy Russell
IRO Design

Artist's Statement

At Iro Design, we believe in creating fashion trends, not following them. We have been creating beautiful and unusual accessories for the home and body since 1986. Bold patterns and colorful images are the hallmark of our products.

"Iro" means "color" in Japanese. At Iro Design, we create and produce colorful and imaginative lines of fashion accessories. We create each piece by hand-painting fabric on a studio bench with colors we mix and blend ourselves. Although we produce thematic lines, each individual piece of fabric is a unique creation. By working with custom colors and often painting wet color on wet color, we are able to produce shading and tonal effects more often seen in studio watercolors than in fashion fabrics.

Our Creative Process

People always wonder how we create our art. We produce each and every piece by hand, thoughtfully and carefully, one at a time.

We work with hand mixed dyes on 100% silk fabric on cotton denim dropcloth, laid out on long worktables. Drawing our images on to the silk, then hand painting, carefully choosing and blending our dyes.

The silk pieces are heat set, washed and ironed and are ready to go as scarves or stitched into clothing and neckties.

The dropcloth, which has taken on the patterns and colors of the silks, is re-embellished and crafted into our bags and housewares.

These are the secrets of IRO Design - everything is eco-friendly, with no materials wasted.

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Peggy Russell IRO Design

Peggy Russell
IRO Design