Silk Crepe Sleeveless Top in Hand Drawn Patchwork

The hand drawn patchwork began as a working study — a grid observed and rebuilt from memory, the lines not perfectly parallel, the intersections off-register by exactly the amount that a hand produces. That irregularity was retained. What is drawn should remain as drawn; the regularity of print production was not allowed to correct it.

The constructed layered silhouette board in Archive I draws from traditional African dressing, in which a bodice over a skirt over a wrapper — each layer distinct, each pattern fully stated — was understood as a complete idea rather than a complication. The patchwork print embeds that same logic into a single surface: different fields occupying the same cloth without subordination, each register complete.

In crepe-backed satin, the print sits on a surface that responds to movement — matte in shadow, briefly lit at the fold. Straight neckline, back tie fastening for fit. The cut is resolved before it meets the cloth.

Edition of 30.