Arianne Zager Artist Statement Wire

Arianne was in her 20s “why don’t you weave fabric from the wire?” This started with single light weight disks as earrings and 3 inch wide strips to make choker necklaces. To Arianne’s surprise these items were a wild financial success. As artists often need to evolve their skill and craft the idea to make a wire crop top for a friend eventually grew into 7000 feet of twisted gold and silver to create breathtaking gowns and wearable art.

Arianne has been working with wire and creating textiles for about 20 years. Her artist mother before her hand made wire and crystal window sized spider webs. So from a very small age she was helping her mother bend and twist single strands into beauty. As Arianne grew up her mother casually mentioned when

This sculptural vision is titled drip. Arianne uses a single strand of wire to weave each piece. Creating loops and knotted nests Arianne creates 3D wearable art.

Combining her admiration for art and apparel construction each wire piece is completely unique and un-patterned. She creates the silhouettes off intuition and feels the shapes being created under her fingertips. Arianne refers to this process as hand spun. Using a hook and hand these pieces have caught the eye of Vogue Magazine, The cover and a 4 page spread with Karen Elson for citizen K magazine as well as a close up on the wire hood for a major beauty campaign in Paris.

This collection leaves for NY fashion week this September 7th and was personally invited by the CFDA to show 15 pieces on the NY fall runway. Arianne also was pursued by FNL to make a film with the wire frocks for International Digital Fashion Week. She immediately teamed up with Minneapolis’s videographer Adrian Wilson and together they just completed a truly unique 5 min art film in FRANCONIA sculpture garden, titled DRIP. This film will debut October 5 live streaming to over 85 million people.

Arianne Zager has been working with wire and creating textiles for about 20 years. Her artist mother before her hand made wire and crystal window-sized spider webs. So from a very small age, she was helping her mother bend and twist single strands into beauty. As Arianne grew up, her mother casually mentioned when Arianne was in her 20s, “Why don’t you weave fabric from the wire?” This started with single lightweight disks as earrings and 3-inch wide strips to make choker necklaces. To Arianne’s surprise, these items were a wild financial success. As artists often need to evolve their skills and craft the idea to make a wire crop top for a friend eventually grew into 7000 feet of twisted gold and silver to create breathtaking gowns and wearable art.

This sculptural vision is titled Drip. Arianne uses a single strand of wire to weave each piece. Creating loops and knotted nests, Arianne creates 3D wearable art. Combining her admiration for art and apparel construction, each wire piece is entirely unique and un-patterned. She creates the silhouettes off intuition and feels the shapes being created under her fingertips. Arianne refers to this process as handspun. Using a hook and hand, these pieces have caught the eye of Vogue Magazine, The cover and a 4-page spread with Karen Elson for Citizen K magazine as well as a close-up on the wire hood for a major beauty campaign in Paris.

“This collection leaves for NY fashion week this September 7th and was personally invited by the CFDA to show 15 pieces on the NY fall runway.“

Arianne also was pursued by FNL to make a film with the wire frocks for International Digital Fashion Week. She immediately teamed up with Minneapolis’s videographer Adrian Wilson, and together they just completed a truly unique 5 min art film in the FRANCONIA sculpture garden titled DRIP. This film will debut on October 5, live streaming to over 85 million people.

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ariannezager.com

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zagazaproduction.com

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