Currently a bookbinding teacher, Leonie Oakes has been making books since the 1980’s. Her interest in books developed as a result of her studies in printmaking and photography at the Centre for the Arts in Tasmania.
Her interdisciplinary art practice uses a variety of materials, techniques and processes that are linked by reoccurring themes. Her practice includes a diverse range of bookbinding techniques from traditional binding to innovative and contemporary book techniques.
The central theme of her current work considers the notion that the book can be used visually as a vehicle to express the self and the female body. Oakes has considered the notion that traumatic experience can manifest internally and physically emerge like a hidden text unfolding. Leonie explains that she creates books as sculpture, as wearable objects, as props, as images and all as vehicles for the stories we all hold. The work reveals a fragmented and broken text, giving glimpses of the past rather than a full disclosure of the actual story.
Her work can currently be seen in the Handmark Gallery in Australia.
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I love the first two dresses in the list.
The ones with the newsprint on them look like a Project Runway challenge! :)
Seriously though, great stuff thanks for posting them.
Definitely meant for hanging delicately on a wall vs. wearing. I love the thought and care put into the papers.
Yes, wearing such delicate pieces of clothing would do them a disservice, I agree that hanging a wall is where they would be best suited, so that they could still maintain their frailty and be fully appreciated!
this are utterly amazing, I can’t believe that they are made from paper:x
wow, these are incredible! a challenge to create for anyone not that talented. thanks for letting us know, this was new for me =D
kisses!
hanging on a wall with lots of security! haha
Her work is very inspiring. I can see it took a lot of time and effort for choosing the right materials and papers.
thank you for sharing!
precilla
They are lovely. Someone should create fabrics to replicate their patterns are color stories. Love them!
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Each time I looked at a different dress I fell in love over and over again!
I know the feeling!