HAND SEWN MASKS by Kathrine Page

The Fan, an ancient craft, emblematic of Japanese culture, mixed pragmatism, expediency, and beauty. It was used as a fashion accessory to cool off in sticky hot summers. It was associated with Japanese culture to communicate messages. And it was included on silk road trade routes. Now, as a contemporary “art to wear” craft it is infused with a little metalica to help ward off the current pestilence. The fabric pattern mixes the iconic element of the fan with motifs of the natural world: flowers and branches of leaves. The layers of appliqued triangles, an aspect of the natural world of self-generation, overlay and segmented, and are unified by the metallic, ancient geometric fret border.

MATERIALS: 100% cotton, Pellon interfacing, polyester, and metallic ribbon.