Katie Orton

 

  

 

Katie Orton graduated in Sculpture from ECA in 2005. In the last two years her work has explored clothing in a playful way.
Katie repurposes second hand clothes and sculpts them in reaction to places she visits, events, and feelings. Most of all though Katie plays with and explores garments and fabrics, she has fun, she is not afraid of them or their constituent parts, and uses them as another medium in her tool box for self expression.
Katie helped during the NC's Whirling Dervish event this spring.

Strength Through Joy

These costumes were created from cardboard by shoe designer Morven Mulgrew as part of a collaborative project with Katie Orton and other artists and designers called 'Strength through Joy'. The costumes were made for a sumo wrestling contest. This event was organized in London, however future events are planned for Scotland in Edinburgh and Glasgow. I feature them as a prompt that you can create strong shapes in your designs.