I love the magic of refashioning photographic images into textile designs and sensual moving wearable art. The inspiration for doing this began in the summer of 2012. As part of a solo exhibition of my photographs in Mexico, I printed a 4 x 12 foot composite photograph on silk. It was hung as a floating vertical installation in the gallery entranceway. When I first saw it--shape shifting in the wind, backlit by the Mexican sun--I was transported. I experienced the images in a different, and a much more sensual way.
What I love most about photographing is connecting with the spaciousness of "present" moments--the experience of being immersed inside wonder at the fresh vividness of the world. Later, I work with these photographs to create textile designs and small edition wearable collections which celebrate that vividness, and extend an invitation to experience it in even more sensuous and intimate ways.
May we walk in beauty and "kiss the world" with our eyes each day.
kateMCKENNA
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