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JEAN THERAPY
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Book Description
More than 20 projects and an array of gallery creations are imaginative and practical fashions-hardworking denim at play.

Pair cast-off denim with a crafter's unyielding creativity and you have a craft with limitless possibility. Denim is the perfect fabric for many arts and craft methods: it is durable, washable, and dyeable; it can be cut, sliced, shredded, poked, prodded, and cinched. Jean Therapy teaches basic techniques - building anything from skirts, bags, vests, and accessories - and illuminates these basic techniques with dozens of clever, funky, and stylish variations.

Jean Therapy includes straightforward, illustrated instructions for more than 20 projects, running the gamut from simple accessories to reconstructed pants, skirts, and halter tops, each featuring design and personalization tips and techniques. Each project will have a main beauty shot, detail shots (as needed), and a number of technical step illustrations that show creation and assembly details.

It also includes a detailed chapter on customizing and tailoring clothing for a perfect fit - a key ingredient when working with repurposed clothing.


About the Author:
Scatha G. Allison (San Francisco, CA) is an artist and designer with a background in painting, installation, and mixed-media work, and is known in the San Francisco design community for her distinct cutting, draping, and patterning skills, specializing in couture techniques and reconstruction. miss velvet cream men's one-of-a-kind items are carried at Residents Apparel Gallery boutique in San Francisco, featuring 'miss velvet cream salvage', pieces made from recycling vintage and unwanted clothing, donated by clients or collected from flea markets, thrift shops and estate sales. miss velvet cream artwear and couture clothing is available by appointment from the downtown atelier, and at independent designer trunk shows in San Francisco.
WEBSITE
www.missvelvetcream.com
TRASHION
vids.myspace.com/index.cfm
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
www.underconstructionproject.net
With Foreword by:
Wendy Tremayne is the creator of Swap-O-Rama-Rama, an international community clothing swap and series of DIY workshops designed to offer people an alternative to consumerism. She is a regular columnist in Craft magazine. She currently lives in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, where she is building an off-grid hotel and cultural center made out of reuse. She is a conceptual artist, event producer, and yoga teacher. gaiatreehouse.com