NEWS
upcoming exhibition
Solo Exhibition 5th October - 12th November 2018
@ PENNY CONTEMPORARY
More details coming soon...
@ PENNY CONTEMPORARY
More details coming soon...
Award for Artistic Excellence, 2017 Strand Ephemera
Absolutely thrilled to take the Award for Artistic Excellence in the 2017 Strand Ephemera exhibition......click for more details on the Strand Ephemera.....&
Some media links below:
Townsville Bulletin
VISCERAL BODIES
An interpretation of beauty, colour and bio-luminescence that comes from the deep, one that most will never chance to see. This work teases the viewer into a world that is life e.quatic.
My e.quatic series of work is informed by the natural aquatic environment, and the creatures within. I utilise traditional sewing techniques, lighting and other incorporated technologies... a virtual luminescence, much as the human race embraces technology to enhance man-made accessories and immediate environmental experiences. This meshing is a process and aesthetic I endeavour to mimic within a lot of my own works.
#strandephemera #ericagrayartist #sculpture
#2017StrandEphemeraAward #2017StrandEphemeraAwardforArtisticExcellence #awardforArtisticExcellence
Some media links below:
Townsville Bulletin
VISCERAL BODIES
An interpretation of beauty, colour and bio-luminescence that comes from the deep, one that most will never chance to see. This work teases the viewer into a world that is life e.quatic.
My e.quatic series of work is informed by the natural aquatic environment, and the creatures within. I utilise traditional sewing techniques, lighting and other incorporated technologies... a virtual luminescence, much as the human race embraces technology to enhance man-made accessories and immediate environmental experiences. This meshing is a process and aesthetic I endeavour to mimic within a lot of my own works.
#strandephemera #ericagrayartist #sculpture
#2017StrandEphemeraAward #2017StrandEphemeraAwardforArtisticExcellence #awardforArtisticExcellence
Runner up for the Wearable Technology Award in the 2017 World of WearableArt Awards Show
Fantastic to have been named Runner Up for the Wearable TechnologyAward in the 2017 World of WearableArt Awards!!
LUX OPERON 1.3
Avant-garde Section
2017 World of WearableArt Awards
Artist Statement:
Lux operons are a series of genes controlling chemical reactions to produce bio-luminous pigments within some bacteria and marine animals.
I have utilised a combination of machine and hand-sewn techniques, as well as a 3D plastic extruder pen to produce this piece. Each part is designed to represent an element of texture that portrays my interpretation of Lux Operons - a series of genes controlling chemical reactions to produce bio-luminous pigments within some bacteria and marine animals.
Lux Operon represents the duality of visual expression observed in one form or another by an array of living creatures, be they some form of marine animals, or be they a form of bacteria, or be they an imagined entity within ourselves, they have the enviable ability to produce bio-luminescence as a reaction to their environment. As humans we need technology, our own form of luminescence, to utilise and enhance our clothing, our accessories, our immediate environment… a process I am very interested in in the hopes if mimicking this aesthetics within my work.
Photo left: 'Lux Operon 1.3' by Erica Gray of Australia is modelled in the Avant-garde Section during the World of WearableArt Opening Night 2017 at TSB Bank Arena on September 21, 2017 in Wellington, New Zealand.
(Sept. 20, 2017 - Source: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images AsiaPac) Zimbo
News media:
The 2017 WOW Award Winners
Newshub. The winners for 2017
Daily Mail, World of WearableArt
LUX OPERON 1.3
Avant-garde Section
2017 World of WearableArt Awards
Artist Statement:
Lux operons are a series of genes controlling chemical reactions to produce bio-luminous pigments within some bacteria and marine animals.
I have utilised a combination of machine and hand-sewn techniques, as well as a 3D plastic extruder pen to produce this piece. Each part is designed to represent an element of texture that portrays my interpretation of Lux Operons - a series of genes controlling chemical reactions to produce bio-luminous pigments within some bacteria and marine animals.
Lux Operon represents the duality of visual expression observed in one form or another by an array of living creatures, be they some form of marine animals, or be they a form of bacteria, or be they an imagined entity within ourselves, they have the enviable ability to produce bio-luminescence as a reaction to their environment. As humans we need technology, our own form of luminescence, to utilise and enhance our clothing, our accessories, our immediate environment… a process I am very interested in in the hopes if mimicking this aesthetics within my work.
Photo left: 'Lux Operon 1.3' by Erica Gray of Australia is modelled in the Avant-garde Section during the World of WearableArt Opening Night 2017 at TSB Bank Arena on September 21, 2017 in Wellington, New Zealand.
(Sept. 20, 2017 - Source: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images AsiaPac) Zimbo
News media:
The 2017 WOW Award Winners
Newshub. The winners for 2017
Daily Mail, World of WearableArt
Miss Multiverse Australia national costume
Recently I was invited to create the Miss Multiverse Australia national costume for our AU representitive Gabrielle Keaton. For this project I also had my partner Zoran, of zoran architecture, help me by digitising my sketches: sections of the Opera House Shells into CAD files ready to 3D print while I took care of the sewing and freehand 3Doodler 3D printer pen extruded components. The dress, headpiece & arm cuff took just over five weeks to complete, with some of the machine 3D printed pieces taking 24 hours alone to print. I also ended up machine quilting my interpretation of the chevron tile pattern which adorns the surface of the Opera House onto the skirt to add more detail, which on its own took over a week full time to complete. The freehand details where also very time consuming. Once all of these sections where complete, I assembled them together like a layered jigsaw puzzle and the whole dress emerged.
Special thanks to 3doodler who helped me out with equipment and filaments to use on this piece. I utilised a total of 206 clear Flexy filaments on the bodice
34 coloured flexy filaments (mix of "clearly Flexy" yellow and green) for the arm cuff.
Thank you to the various news media below :)
STARCENTRAL magazine
Lake Mac
Newcastle Herald
Pageant Fame
Fashion Tray
Latest Pageant News
3ders.org
Star Central magazine
#nationalcostume #nationalcostumedesign #australianNationalCostume #beautyPagaentNationalCostume #AUNationalCostume #missmultiversenationalcostume #australianNationalcostume
Zoran Zivanovic, Gabrielle Keaton, Erica Gray
(black background) photo: Tony Palliser
Ioulia Makeup Artist & Hair
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2017 WOW finalist
Im thrilled to be a finalist in the 2017 World of WearableArt Awards Show 21st Spetember - 8th October. For more information you can visit the WOW website here!
Helix my wearable sculpture piece & finalist in the 2016 World of WearablArt Show has also been selected as part of the temporary exhibits and is currently on display at the World of WearableArt Museum in Nelson, New Zealand. From June 2017 for more info here.
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
HELIX,2016 photo credit: World of WearableArt
Helix my wearable sculpture piece & finalist in the 2016 World of WearablArt Show has also been selected as part of the temporary exhibits and is currently on display at the World of WearableArt Museum in Nelson, New Zealand. From June 2017 for more info here.
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
HELIX,2016 photo credit: World of WearableArt
Karen Jerzyk Photo
Thrilled to have some of my masks and garments included in amazing new series by photographic artist Karen Jerzyk. View more works on her website here.
And this article with more details on the shoot and the Rolling Hills Asylum...here.
Karen Jerzyk Photo
Models:
Kalaisha Mae (top)
Alexis Martian (left)
Dana Huffsmith (right)
Location: The Rolling Hills Asylum
And this article with more details on the shoot and the Rolling Hills Asylum...here.
Karen Jerzyk Photo
Models:
Kalaisha Mae (top)
Alexis Martian (left)
Dana Huffsmith (right)
Location: The Rolling Hills Asylum
Fashion & masks for other art gendres
Great to have had the opportunity to create new fashion pieces for collaborative vocalists KING IV & Rromarin.
here's a link for more on them : )
Photo (left): Guilia McGauran
and also for another project featuring vocalist Rromarin
Photo (right): John Fish
#fashiondesign #musicartists #fashiondesigner
here's a link for more on them : )
Photo (left): Guilia McGauran
and also for another project featuring vocalist Rromarin
Photo (right): John Fish
#fashiondesign #musicartists #fashiondesigner
2017 sARTorial
sARTorial | Vivid Ideas | 10 June
Left are my wearable pieces:
SYMBIONT
model: Bella Louche
FORMS ORGANIC
model: Mary Guse
#worldofwearableart #wearabletech #fashiontech #luminescence #3dfashion #3dprinted #artist #ericagrayartist #wearablesculpture #artisan
Artist statement available on my blog here
#sartorialdlux2017 #sartorial #dluxmediaarts
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
The Runway presented by Lexus of Townsville
Along with other QLD designers, I showcased some of my styles on Townsville Fashion Festival's "The Runway"
Saturday the 27th of May 2017
For more on the Townsville Fashion Festival...here
Also here is a short video I put together from images captured on my phone... click here
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
Left: candid photos from the night.
Wearable Art Townsville
Wonderful to be invited as a guest designer for this years WAT event held as part of Townville Fashion Festival on Friday the 26th of May 2017.
And honoured to be on the judging panel for the formal, wearable art & casual categories for the Apex Australia Teenage Fashion Awards as well as give an artist talk on my creative practice.
For more on the Townsville Fashion Festival...here
Photo credit: Infinity. 2015 World of WearableArt, NZ.
STITCHED: PART 1
Thrilled to have my work included in group exhibition "Stitched"
Paradigm Gallery + Studio
March - April 2017
For more details here.
Images details:
e.quatic.visceral.urchin
e.quatic.visceral.coral
e.quatic.woolen.urchin
e.quatic.boxed jelly
Photo credit: Paradigm Gallery + Studio
Paradigm Gallery + Studio
March - April 2017
For more details here.
Images details:
e.quatic.visceral.urchin
e.quatic.visceral.coral
e.quatic.woolen.urchin
e.quatic.boxed jelly
Photo credit: Paradigm Gallery + Studio
OffBeat Bride
Thrilled have my stitched work & DIY project featured on OffBeat Bride : )
Embroidered photo keepsakes
I once found an old photo album at a thrift store, I remember feeling captivated looking through the stills of those stranger’s lives, the last photo was a wedding photo, which made me wonder about their love, their life and their experiences.
Since then I’ve had a fascination with vintage photos as well as incorporating something of myself creatively and I like think I’ve woven myself into the scene in some way. These are some.....more
BDYHAX Fashion Tech Show
My sculptured wearables on display in the BDYHAX fashion Tech Show.
In January 2017, designers & artists from around the world converged on Austin at the first ever Put Together fashion tech show. Showcasing pieces that utilize 3D printing, responsive tech, and AR- this show is sure to dazzle. Co-Produced by INTERLACED & covered by Clausette.....more
PC: photographer-Sunny River,HMUA-Priya Noble, Model-Grace-Que Models
In January 2017, designers & artists from around the world converged on Austin at the first ever Put Together fashion tech show. Showcasing pieces that utilize 3D printing, responsive tech, and AR- this show is sure to dazzle. Co-Produced by INTERLACED & covered by Clausette.....more
PC: photographer-Sunny River,HMUA-Priya Noble, Model-Grace-Que Models
Fashioning Technology 2016
Telstra Perth Fashion Festival Presents
Curated by Dr Anne Farren, Fashion Academic and Researcher at Curtin University, and Bradley Quinn, Author, Consultant and Fashion Industry Strategist.
Technologised garments take innovation to the highest level, making a future that may seem out of reach relevant to fashion today. Fashioning Technology presents the application of emerging technologies and advanced materials to textiles, garments and accessories designed with a new generation of consumers in mind....more
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
PC: Damien White
Curated by Dr Anne Farren, Fashion Academic and Researcher at Curtin University, and Bradley Quinn, Author, Consultant and Fashion Industry Strategist.
Technologised garments take innovation to the highest level, making a future that may seem out of reach relevant to fashion today. Fashioning Technology presents the application of emerging technologies and advanced materials to textiles, garments and accessories designed with a new generation of consumers in mind....more
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
PC: Damien White
Lux Operon
sARTorial 2016
In September Jake Hempson Artist & I collaborated on a fashion meets tech work for sARTorial an event organised by DLUX, and held during the Sydney Fringe Festival. I designed two garments using 3D extruded materials & LED lighting while Jake also utilised the Lux Operon theme as inspiration for his augmented reality design layers.
Left: The LUX OPERON collaboration installation of new work by Jake Hempson (AR) and Erica Gray (wearables)
Watch sARTorial highlights by dLux Media Arts and for read the feature here.
Also:
Satorial, piece by Anna Ithonen from BLANK Gold Coast Mag, read more here...
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
PC: Gothic Zen Studios
3Doodler Gold Dress
In May 2016, I used my 3Doodler Create to produce this gold dress. The dress featured cut away design from which I took inspiration from the pattern & gill formation of the golden stingray. The dress was made entirely from 330 strands of 3Doodler gold flexy filament and took three full weeks to complete.
For more info on the making process click here or watch You Tube here....
Dress was featured in the new 3Doodler Create ad campaign video.
Other news,
I placed in this year's 3Doodler Awards....
Links to media:
3Dprint.com...here
3ders.org....more
Microfabricator...3Doodler Awards..more
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
PC: The 3Doodler
For more info on the making process click here or watch You Tube here....
Dress was featured in the new 3Doodler Create ad campaign video.
Other news,
I placed in this year's 3Doodler Awards....
Links to media:
3Dprint.com...here
3ders.org....more
Microfabricator...3Doodler Awards..more
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
PC: The 3Doodler
Forms Organic
We last spoke to Erica Gray in November, after she had recently finished pieces for the World of WearableArt Show. Her 3Doodled wearable sculptures were such a hit that her Crystal Matrix went on to win the 2015 3Doodler Fashion Award! Today we're excited to catch up with Erica to celebrate her success, as well as discuss her latest project.....more here.
Other related media:
March 17, 2015
Michelle Matisons from 3DPRINT.COM
Erica Gray's Futurisitc "Forms Organic"
I’m interested in incorporating a mixture of freehand and machine printed pieces into some of my future works. Although freehand printing is predominantly more my style (as my work is more about the handmade, bespoke), one of a kind aesthetic.…the juxtaposition of structured componentry and the loose freehand form combination sounds intriguing and definitely worth further investigation.”...more.
Blog feature with Benedict from 3ders.org
read here....
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
PC: Tahela
Feature: Textile Fibre Forum Mag
Thrilled to have my work included in a piece on the 2015 World of WearableArt Awards Show and featured Australian designers.
Interview by Evelina Kaganovitch for Textile Fibre Forum Magazine, issue #121
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
Interview by Evelina Kaganovitch for Textile Fibre Forum Magazine, issue #121
#wearableart #wearables #redcostume #fashiondesign #artdesign #wearabletech #fashiontech #costume #theatrecostume #theartrecostumedesigner
3Doodler Award Fashion Winner
Erica Gray is an artist based in Queensland, Australia who works in a variety of mediums including painting, stitched textiles, wearable art and soft sculpture. She received her original 3Doodler as one of our early Kickstarter backers, but ended up putting it on the back-burner. It wasn't until the release of the 3Doodler 2.0 that Erica became interested in producing wearable sculpture pieces with the pen. This resulted in the most breathtaking pair of "first Doodle" projects we've seen yet....Read more
Other related media:
Blog feature with 3ders.org
“I worked on the torso section first, as it was the largest piece, before continuing onto the other sections…I find sectioning larger works into smaller sections makes them much more manageable.”.....more
Other related media:
Blog feature with 3ders.org
“I worked on the torso section first, as it was the largest piece, before continuing onto the other sections…I find sectioning larger works into smaller sections makes them much more manageable.”.....more
Blog feature on Mr X Stitch.com
Thank you Mr X
aka Mr Jamie Charmers
for including my work on the MR X Stitch website : )
The Cutting (& Stitching) Edge - Ericas Gray
“The pieces often translate into works comprising a blend of human and animalistic form that is often layered with meaning, through to pieces designed to play on emotions; works that toy with childhood memories and growing up, spending time on farms, disjointed family connections, empathy for the lost, a love of animals as well as the fun times.......click here for more
aka Mr Jamie Charmers
for including my work on the MR X Stitch website : )
The Cutting (& Stitching) Edge - Ericas Gray
“The pieces often translate into works comprising a blend of human and animalistic form that is often layered with meaning, through to pieces designed to play on emotions; works that toy with childhood memories and growing up, spending time on farms, disjointed family connections, empathy for the lost, a love of animals as well as the fun times.......click here for more
Interview by TextileArtist.org
Fashion and art: the perfect combination
TextileArtist.org: What initially captured your imagination about textile art?
Erica Gray: ....Fashion still plays an important part in my career with the incorporation of wearable art into the practice over the last few years. For me this really does marry my past fashion life with my current art one and it feels like a perfect combination.....more
I am very pleased to be one of 50 international artists selected to have work featured in e-book Textiles Re:imagined.....for more
TextileArtist.org: What initially captured your imagination about textile art?
Erica Gray: ....Fashion still plays an important part in my career with the incorporation of wearable art into the practice over the last few years. For me this really does marry my past fashion life with my current art one and it feels like a perfect combination.....more
I am very pleased to be one of 50 international artists selected to have work featured in e-book Textiles Re:imagined.....for more