GARMENTS

CYBORG FASHION

2022-2023

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INTERNAL COLLECTION

2016-2017

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COUTURE

2013

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PEPAKURA GOWN

This custom couture laser-cut gown was made using 3D scanning to create a custom fit pattern, advanced fashion pattern making in 3D digital environments into real-world soft goods, and low-waste manufacturing techniques.

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PEPAKURA GOWN

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BREATHE DRESS

Based on lungs, this piece was inspired by Lisa Iannone, my close friend from childhood who was (at the time) fighting Pulmonary Hypertension, a terminal illness of the lungs.

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REPROCESSED

Addressing the ephemerality of physical beauty, Artist Amy Karle made this “pretty pink dress” by suturing together lunch meat cold cuts which spoil in a short period of time.

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REPROCESSED

Addressing the ephemerality of physical beauty, Artist Amy Karle made this “pretty pink dress” by suturing together lunch meat cold cuts which spoil in a short period of time.

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CONCEPT::CREATE::CURE

This body of work considers how cancer alters the body and perception of self. The pieces serve to study and replicate the transitions of cancer and what is left afterwards.

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2013–CURRENT

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CYBORG FASHION View Project ›

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INTERNAL COLLECTION View Project ›

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2017-Amy-Karle-Internal-Collection-white-and-blue-silk-based-on-ligaments-and-tendons

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Dress based on cardiovascular system from Internal Collection by Amy Karle 2017

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2017_2966-Designer-Amy-Karle-model-Hannah-Tribolet-shoes-united-nude_Photographer-Christyl-O’Flaherty

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2017_3961-Designer-Amy-Karle-Models-Marco-Von-Mulhbach-and-Daeg-Faerch_Photographer-Christyl-O’Flaherty

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2017_2081-Designer-Amy-Karle-shoes-by-United-Nude_Photographer-Christyl-O’Flaherty

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Amy Karle is an artist who uses the mind, body, science and technology to create art. Karle’s artwork taps our ideas of what it means to be human and in this body, expressing internal, ephemeral experiences in visual forms. Working across a variety of platforms she engages questions about what it means to be human by creating projects on, around, or about the body; it is the subject and the medium. Garments based on anatomy Amy Karle, 2016 Silk, polyester, cotton, natural and synthetic fibers. Wearable art garments inspired by the human nervous system, lung, and ligaments. Merging anatomy, fashion, and technology, the pieces are each created in a different method incorporating reality capture, 3D scans of the body, anatomical style drawings into digital designs (CAD), laser cut pattern pieces and finally hand and machine sewn garments. Each design had a unique approach. The “Breathe” lung dress and jumpsuit based on the nervous system was created from anatomical style drawings hand drawn by the artist then rendered into a pattern in the CAD modeling environment; the dress inspired by ligaments was derived from Verlan Dress from New Skins with Francis Bitonti Studio workshop at the Digital Arts and Humanities Research Centre of the Pratt Institute in New York that wrapped form around the body in 3D digital environment which the artist custom fit to a 3D body scan and flattened into flat pattern pieces in order to laser cut and construct out of soft material. In the process of making these pieces, Artist Amy Karle addresses current industrial challenges of: utilizing 3D scanning to create custom fit patterns and garments, unwrapping and flattening complex CAD patterns in the digital environment, advanced pattern making in 3D digital environments into real-world soft goods, and creating zero and low-waste fashion designs.

CONCEPT CREATE CURE View Project ›

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COUTURE View Project ›

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2003 gowns by Amy Karle couture fashion spread

BREATHE DRESS View Project ›

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2016_12-breathe-dress-by-artist-amy-karle-model-lisa-iannone-photo-by-amy-karle-back-detail

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PEPAKURA GOWN View Project ›

Pepakura Fine Art Couture Gown by Amy Karle and Micheal Koehle, 2016

Pepakura Haute Couture Gown by Amy Karle, 2016 Pattern Collaboration with Michael Koehle

Pepakura Fine Art Couture Gown by Amy Karle and Micheal Koehle, 2016

Pepakura Haute Couture Gown by Amy Karle, 2016

Pepakura Haute Couture Gown by Amy Karle, 2016 Pattern Collaboration with Michael Koehle

Pepakura Haute Couture Gown by Amy Karle, 2016 Pattern Collaboration with Michael Koehle, Model Hannah Tribolet Photographer Christyl O’Flaherty Lead Makeup Kevin Lim Hair Nikeshia Blount and Janene Asplund Shoes United Nude

Pepakura Haute Couture Gown by Amy Karle, 2016 Pattern Collaboration with Michael Koehle, Model Hannah Tribolet Photographer Christyl O’Flaherty Lead Makeup Kevin Lim Hair Nikeshia Blount and Janene Asplund Amy Karle is an artist who uses the mind, body, science and technology to create art. Karle’s artwork taps our ideas of what it means to be human and in this body, expressing internal, ephemeral experiences in visual forms. Working across a variety of platforms she engages questions about what it means to be human by creating projects on, around, or about the body; it is the subject and the medium.

Pepakura Haute Couture Gown by Amy Karle, 2016 Pattern Collaboration with Michael Koehle, Model Hannah Tribolet Photographer Christyl O’Flaherty Lead Makeup Kevin Lim Hair Nikeshia Blount and Janene Asplund Shoes United Nude

REPROCESSED View Project ›

2009 reprocessed Meat Dress by Amy Karle sculpture fashion websize

2009 reprocessed Meat Dress by Amy Karle detail websize