The Trend Towards Wearable Art

Art always pushes boundaries and forcesfrom the canvas to the garment and still retain the
re-interpretation and there's no reason why theintegrity of the original expression.
vehicles that showcase fine art shouldn't change asWith advances in digital graphic technology original
well. Art has been featured on museum walls, inacrylic paintings can be scanned and the images
galleries and studios, on greeting cards and billboardsreproduced in fine thread embroidery with colors that
and many other traditional and contemporaryinclude slightly altered tones to pick up on the
settings. Another area that has recently opened itselfnuances of shading and color depths. This technique
up to vivid and sophisticated interpretations of fineworks well with horse art since it allows for the
art is fashion apparel. Famous works of art have longpowerful and bold images of horses to be
been featured on t-shirts but the new look ofreproduced carefully enough to capture the same life,
wearable art offers embroidered reproductions thatemotion and aesthetic appeal of the original painting.
replace common logos with digitally enhanced threadTechnology has always been a reluctant tool of the
color designs based on original works of art."pure" artist. Bravely locked in his quest for truth the
One of the problems with traditional logos andartist sometimes misses a unique opportunity to
designer labels is that it is static and too recognizableshowcase his works due to a difficulty in handling
as a brand symbol. This lessens the impact of theexpression and marketing. But with wearable art an
image since people who see it associate it withavenue has opened up for artists to engage wide
marketing. However, when you have digitallyaudiences in a tasteful and understated manner that
recreated embroidered images from original acrylicrelays not only the fine art image but also the care
paintings on high quality cotton polo shirts and casualtaken in how the artists has chosen to display the
wear tops the effect is much more moving andart. Equine theme apparel is just one example of a
memorable. Not every piece of art transitions well toburgeoning trend towards more captivating forms of
wearable art but the popular theme of equinewearable art.
imagery and horses is one motif that can evolve