miss velvet cream with Kathryn Blair for MakeFashion 2016

miss velvet cream invites you.....

This Saturday night, April 2, in Calgary find new #missvelvetcream in collaboration with Kathryn Blair for project to:gether, presenting 2 separate total neocouture looks that respond to the brainwaves of the wearers using instant EEG readings from the Muse Headset system and showing the similarity and contrast in thought patterns by shape, silhouette, movement and light.

miss velvet cream met Kathryn Blair and the MakeFashion team at Makerfaire 2015 and began out collaboration in October 2015. Kath traveled to the MVC studio in California from Calgary twice in preparation for the show and then took all the pieces completed back to Canada in early March to complete all the coding and electronics before the premier April 2. 

This has been a spectacular project placing technology and electronics into full neocouture gowns and looks, and explore the ideas of clothing communicating literally the thoughts and feelings of the wearer without words. 

Meet Kathryn Blair:

http://www.sparkscience.ca/blog/view/22

http://www.glass-slipper.net/

Interview:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=caALgw5ndkI

TO:GETHER

ABOUT:

Artist and Designer: Scatha G. Allison

Artist and Engineer: Kathryn M. Blair

Electronics Support: Ryan Blair

To:gether is sponsored by Victoria Park BRZ and MakeFashion. 

To:gether is an exploration of brain-computer interfaces, and the way that technology can transform how we communicate. 

The two different looks show the interplay between the brainwaves of the individuals wearing the garments. The similarities and differences in their thinking are embodied in movement, silhouette, and light. 

Premiering at the MakeFashion Gala 2016 Wearable Tech and Art show at Telus Spark April 2, 2016. Show starts at 7:30pm with runway presentations and designer meet and greet post show. 

HOST:

http://www.makefashion.ca/

PRESS:

http://calgaryherald.com/storyline/fashion-and-technology-combine-again-as-makefashion-takes-over-telus-spark

http://m.metronews.ca/#/article/news/calgary/2016/03/20/calgary-engineers-make-fashion.html

EVENT VENUE:

http://www.sparkscience.ca/

TICKETS:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/4th-annual-makefashion-wearable-tech-gala-runway-show-tickets-20446901232

See you there!!!

MVC will share the total looks not just the muslins, after the premier! 

Zodiac Party at Crocker Sacramento TONIGHT with miss velvet cream

TONIGHT!

At the Crocker Sacramento find miss velvet cream neocouture as part of the fashion experience. 

Ai Wei Wei bronze series Zodiac, representing the 12 signs in the Chinese Zodiac that spans 12 years is featured alongside a spectacular celebration of Chinese New Year welcoming the Fire Monkey! 

Find miss velvet cream as part of the live fashion experience with models installed on pedestals in the midst of the celebrations!

Sneak peek.....

The Crocker website:

http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/

Works in progress for True Alchemy Collection

This weekend was the team meeting and creation experience for Hot Couture 2016. 

The True Alchemy Collection is a collaboration of artists and designers:

missvelvetcream 

Domini 

Sophia Constance 

Dao Pow Industries 

Shabnam Q. 

Amanda Sage 

presenting 12 looks and a creature of the Imagination on 2/12&13 Valentine's weekend at The Crucible in Oakland. 

We are based in 5 different California cities and this was a group art making sessions to complete the ideas of the Collection together. 

Please take a sneak peek behind the scenes of our 20 hours of working together.... Pure Art.

Hot Couture 2016 Feb 12&13 at The Crucible

miss velvet cream invites you.....

Experience the magic of collaboration and pure Art: 

True Alchemy Collection at Hot Couture 2016

Artists and Designers

Scatha G Allison 

Domini Anne 

Sophia Constance

Dawson E.

Shabnam Q.

Amanda Sage

THE SHOW:

http://thecrucible.org/hot-couture-2016/

ABOUT: 

The True Alchemy Collection is a story of 12 beauties, archetypes, muses and mystics. The collection is a pure collaboration of ideas and musings of the theme Alchemy and Ardor, a moving, living, breathing art experience. 

miss velvet cream has shown collections at Hot Couture in 2008, 2014 and 2015, and returns with a collaborative runway show with a powerhouse team of talent, skills, and interdisciplinary art and design histories.  

Visionary painter Amanda Sage and textile and clothing artist Shabnam Q. collaboratively printed a range of gorgeous fabrics of Amanda's paintings with a facility in DTLA. These fabrics have all been transformed into wearable art clothing pieces by Scatha G. Allison, Domini Anne and Shabnam Q. Each outfit is highlighted by leather and metal body couture created by Dawson E. for Dao Pow Industries, who also showed with MVC at Hot Couture 2015. Sophia Constance, the returning Hot Couture artist and performer has created a story of headpieces, masks and a fantastical creature from the depths of Imagination. All pieces have been designed and constructed by the artists in their studios, working only from a collective mood board, language and poetry, the True Alchemy Collection is a pure expression of Art and collaboration, capturing a moment that can only be experienced live as all the elements come together at Hot Couture. 

See each of the artist's work and more information about their process on their websites and social media presence. 

Artists and Designers:

Scatha G. Allison for miss velvet cream

http://missvelvetcream.blogspot.hk/

https://m.facebook.com/missvelvetcream

Domini Anne 

http://www.dominianne.com/

Sophia Constance

http://instagram.com/circusfox

Dawson E. for Dao Pow Industries

https://www.facebook.com/powdao/

Shabnam Q.

http://shop.amandasage.com/

http://amandasage.com/

Amanda Sage

http://amandasage.com/

http://shop.amandasage.com/