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Student Designer Creates Wearable Art

By McClain Brooks ’21

This spring, Remington Grant ’23 took on an independent study to develop her graphic designs as wearable art. Remington is the first student at Episcopal to work with fabric and fashion design as an independent study.

Throughout her time at Episcopal, Remington has taken several visual art courses including photography, digital graphics, video production, and afternoon art. She spoke of her love for the arts, saying, “I love the freedom to share and create things for the world to view and appreciate.” With the help of Junko Pinkowski, multimedia arts teacher, Remington’s years of experience in visual art were transformed into a new medium.

As an afternoon option during the second semester, Remington spent her afternoons sketching, cutting, measuring, and sewing the fabric that would soon transform into shirts, skirts, and masks. She created five designs in Adobe Photoshop, using vibrant colors and photos she had taken of herself. All five patterns include a feature or photograph of Remington — her eyes, face, and hair. Her favorite piece is “The Elements,” which incorporates earth, water, fire, and air. She favors this one in part because it took the longest time to create. 

For her digital works to come to life, Remington had an online fabric company use them in fabrics such as cotton, spandex, and jersey knit. Once Remington received the fabrics, she began visualizing how she would incorporate her artistic designs into wearable pieces. Remington noted that though the arts are not always taken seriously, “they weave their way into people's lives without them knowing it.” Her work exemplifies that art has the ability to be used and appreciated in something people use daily.  

Currently, Remington is creating these pieces for herself and her peers, but she said her dream is to “design, create, and sell more items in the future.” 
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