Thanks to Debra Block and the Women’s March Flagstaff, the Kevlar Kimono will be on display the evening of October 1 during Flagstaff’s First Friday Artwalk. Rainbow’s End owner and Flagstaff city councilwoman, Miranda Sweet will be our host that...
Help get the Kevlar Kimono seen The Kevlar Kimono is finished, but is currently languishing in my living room. That’s not the best way for the message to get out, so I’m asking for help from YOU to help find venues for it to be seen. Have an idea?...
Artist’s Statement The idea for the Kevlar® Kimono originally came to me in 1998, when some anti-abortion protesters were becoming extremely radicalized. I bought two yards of Kevlar®, intending to make a bulletproof garment in which a woman could safely make...
Kevlar® Kimono on display in Chandler, AZ The kimono will be on display at the Vision Gallery in Chandler, Arizona, through January 18, 2015 as part of the Arizona chapter of Surface Design Association’s exhibit, Explorations. For more information, including...
Kimono on display through May 31 in Flagstaff The Kevlar® Kimono, in progress since fall of 2012, is now complete and will be on display in Flagstaff April 12 through May 31, 2014 at the Coconino Center for the Arts*. This seven-foot tall silk and Kevlar sculptural...
Almost complete The Kevlar garment is complete, the silk kimono is finished, and I’m just finishing up the silk overpanel with the collages attached. And just in time, too, as the finished work will be delivered to the Coconino Center for the Arts for its...
Silk kimono…check! Well, almost. (But it feels so good to say it.) Still have to hem the garment, but it needs to hang for a while so it’ll be even when I actually mark and sew the hem. I have to say, it’s gorgeous, though the snapshot doesn’t...
Kevlar undervest completed! The Kevlar® was actually fairly simple to sew with, aside from being kind of bulky, though it did fray like crazy. The fraying problem was solved by binding most of the seams. I used leftover snippets of the blue kimono fabric for those...
