Cut and Paste ARTWearables feature admixtures of elegant fabrics and trims cut and stitched with inspiration. Marlene Housner taps into an extensive textural vocabulary that includes the antique and traditional in merger with the new and unusual, and the ceremonial in confluence with everyday lifestyle.

'I take a painter's revisionist approach to clothing construction, adding and subtracting elements until I arrive at the rightful and sublime. Admixtures of fabrics are cut and pieced, overlapping into collage compositions of wearable reversible forms - tunix, jax,vesties and baguettes; a fiber palette of luxurious velvets, luminous silks, intricate jacquards, and French passementerie. Within the context of my art training and studio experience as painter, stage, and costume designer, my work is inspired by Asian and the American Southwest styles of dress.

'As collectibles my pieces have been installed as wall art on unique copper/branch hangers.'

see my work in these galleries:

Society of Arts and Crafts ~ Boston, MA

Ann Ahn ~ Madison Ave., NYC

Karen Melfi Collection ~ Santa Fe, NM

Elephant's Trunk ~ Newburyport, MA

Kismet ~ Westport, CT

exhibitor website: www.housner.net

price range: $125 to $850

wholesale orders accepted

custom orders accepted

credit cards accepted

rush delivery possible

gift wrapping available

studio open to public

All prices in US dollars. The pieces shown are representative of the artist's work. Contact the artist directly for availability and purchasing details for the work shown.