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The Cutting Table.

Atelier No. 01 · 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.
a small studio,
a long time at it
★ fav
pinned this morning
studio palette →
Vol. 01 · The Beginnings
~1995
—
2009

Founding pieces & early couture.

Ground zero — taught myself the patterns, then taught myself to break them.
11 pieces archived
● teaching reference
01.95
scarlet drape
02.97
first jacket
★ kept
03.99
studio fit
04.01
pleat study
05.04
tailored coat
06.06
soft black
07.07
studio one
08.09
dress no.1
first decade —
everything I learned on
the floor
threading through
the years →
← studio doubled
in size in 2014
Vol. 02 · The Working Decade
2010
—
2020

Pattern, fibre, and a working studio.

The decade I stopped apologising for the eclectic. Mixed media, mixed silhouettes, mixed everything.
12 pieces archived
● in private collection
09.10
centre piece
★ press
10.12
fringe study
11.13
column dress
12.14
slow weave
13.16
crochet I
14.17
crochet II
15.19
layered fit
16.20
final vol.
2017 — first crochet
commission. everything
changed after this
the loop years →
← still my favourite
colour palette
Vol. 03 · Now
2020
—
now

The current hand. Still teaching, still cutting.

Made this week, made last month, made yesterday. Some of it for the runway, most of it for someone specific.
12 pieces archived
● commissions open
17.21
silk return
18.22
re-cut
19.22
studio test
20.23
red volume
★ new
21.23
jewel cuff
22.24
knit jacket
23.24
studio fit
24.25
latest fit
"the daring" —
currently working on
vol. 04 ✁ ✁ ✁

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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Clinics

— small-room sessions in Toronto
23Jul Wed
Finger Crochet — FuzziesBeginners welcome
Toronto
3 spots left
20Apr Sun
Basket Loops & Boba ScoopsAll levels
Toronto

Bring your hands and a curious mood. Materials provided.

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