Katherine Wardropper

Award winning 3-D Textile Designer Katherine Wardropper is an emerging talent who is making her name for her highly intricate and unusual approach to design. Using a developed 'Sculptural Fabric Technique' Katherine carefully hand-constructs 3-D patterns to create unique and timeless sculptural pieces for high-end fashion and interiors.

Fairytales, fantasy and costume design are the main inspirations behind Katherine's work and each piece conjures up a sense of the 'marvellous' and 'extraordinary' into everyday life.

Her signature styled technique is a developing organic process. Katherine's aim, and challenge, is to apply this 'Sculptural fabric Technique' to a range of creative disciplines. For fashion this takes the form of her instantly recognisable jewellery. Each delicate brooch, neckpiece, hairpiece and belt echoes swirling wedding cakes, Victorian lace and bejeweled snowflakes. Katherine's work is creatively versatile and these 3-D sculptural pieces can also be applied as decorative touches to mirrors, cushions, tables, and chairs or used as wall features and installations capturing a sense of a fantasy wonderland.

In addition to these larger than life statement pieces Katherine has developed a 'Diffused Range' catering for the commercial market, and also works to commission producing bespoke or limited edition pieces specifically hand-crafted to suite the client's needs. All pieces are created in her London Studio.

Please contact Katherine Wardropper for further information regarding commission or collaborative based work.

Since graduating with First Class Honours from Chelsea College of Art and Design 2004, Katherine has worked on private commissions, collaborated with designers such as English Eccentrics and produced an exclusive jewellery range for the National Gallery Shop, London. In June 2006 Katherine was awarded 'Most on Trend Product' at Pulse and also collected the Belhouse Foundation Award for studio space at Cockpit Arts Deptford. She has also been featured in numerous publications such as Italian Vogue, Vogue.com, Times2 – The Times, Sunday Telegraph, Rover Magazine and was listed in Crafts Magazine Jan/Feb 2006 issue, as a designer to watch.

Awards

• Bellhouse Foundation Award 2007 – Grant for a studio space at Cockpit Arts Deptford.
• Arts Council England 2007 – Awarded a grant to produce a large scaled Wall Panel for Origin
• PULSE 2007 – 'Most on Trend Product' Awared by Josa Young, Editor and writer for VOGUE.COM
• Larusmiani Prize – For "Originality and Innovation". This involved a trip to Milan to visit the Italian company and a design project which was exhibited at Premier Vision 2005.

Memberships

• Cockpit Arts
• Design Nation
• Hidden Art
• ACID – Anti Copying in Design

Stockists

Kabiri
37 Marylebone High Street
London W1U 4QE
Tel +44 (0)20 7224 1808
www.kabiri.co.uk

Kabiri at Selfridges (Concession)
Ground Floor
400 Oxford Street
W1A 1AB
Tel +44 (0)20 7493 5440

Beyond The Valley
2 Newburgh Street,
London,
W1F 7RD
Tel: +44(0)207 437 7338

Beams
Tokyo
Japan

Tom foolery
109 Fortis Green Road
London
N10 3HP
Tel + 44 (0)20 8444 7000

Trésor
Unit 13 Riverside Business Centre
Tinahely, Co. Wicklow

Stunning Pieces
www.stunning-pieces.com

Baska Design
10 Magdalene Street
Cambridge
CB3 0AF
Tel +44 (0) 1223 353800

Appentage
36 Kensington Gardens
Brighton
BN1 4AL
Tel +44 (0)1273 605 901

English Eccentrics
The Postmen's Office
30 Leighton Road
Kentish Town
London
NW5 2QE
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7284 2525

National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 5DN
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7747 2885