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The Cutting Table.

Atelier No. II · Toronto
Three decades of couture, finger crochet & one-of-one accessories — pieces drafted by hand on the table you're looking at. The eclectic, the daring, the Ï'Empress.
Vol. 02 · Now
2000
—
now

VOL 02The current hand. Still teaching, still cutting.

● commissions open
Made since 2000, several hundred pieces by now. What's pinned below is only a sample, some of it for the runway, most of it for someone specific.
beyond the runway · moments off the table
A Style Clinic look worn on the carpet at Fashion Art Toronto, Spring/Summer 2023
on the carpet

One of mine, worn on the carpet at Fashion Art Toronto, S/S '23. The green fringe still makes me grin.

Two hand-crocheted purses photographed at the Ottawa office with Parliament Hill in the window
ottawa

Shot these two at our Ottawa office, Parliament sitting right there in the window. Hand looped, capital backdrop, no big deal.

Children wearing the finger-crochet bags they made in a Style Clinic class
next pair of hands

Teaching the kids to finger crochet. They each walked out wearing the fuzzy bag they made. Best students I've had.

Donations for a local food and clothing drive, with hand-crocheted snowflakes
giving back

Dropped a haul of our custom designs at the neighbourhood food & clothing drive.

performing 4 no one

As the designer for Performing 4 No One's Five Stages of a Butterfly, I created the freeform couture accessories and draped the costumes for the stage, shaping each look to follow the butterfly through its change.

P4NO logo spelled in corked vials for the Performing 4 No One production
Look closely. The whole sign is 150 little bottles like these, each holding a hand-written scroll, a few words of wisdom for whoever took one home.
Silk return
first wings
Re-cut
the veil
Studio test
the cocoon
Jewel cuff
full bloom
a sample of the archive · several hundred pieces from the Ï'Empress table
11.13
patched denim
12.14
the hoodie
13.16
70's patchwork denim
14.17
parrot jacket
16.20
blue knit hat
22.24
Jean Knit Jacket
23.24
the orb
24.25
crochet octopus
25.23
Knitted backpack on a model
knit backpack
26.23
Studio look in motion
in motion
27.24
Thread palette on the workbench
thread palette
28.24
Button-trimmed denim blazer
button blazer
29.24
Behind the scenes on a shoot
at the desk
30.25
Ruffled denim bucket hat
knit hat
31.25
Denim bag with rooted-tree appliqué
roots cuffed jeans
★ fav
Vol. 01 · The Beginnings
~1995
—
1999

VOL 01Founding pieces & early couture.

Ground zero — studied fashion and design at college, then taught myself the patterns, and then taught myself to break them.
01.95
gilded denim
02.97
out of africa
★ kept
03.99
red coat
04.01
the trench
05.04
draped dress
06.06
Maslow's drape dress
07.07
green & gold
08.09
fanned pleats

Atelier

— commissions, costume & one-of-one

Working from the cutting table directly with you. Bespoke fittings, costume work for stage and screen, and the occasional impossible favour. Pattern drafted, hand finished, signed.

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