Silk is beautiful on its own but can be enhanced with embroidery and also teamed with other materials.
Paul Seville and Steph Aman, founders of Gallery 58 London, are great exponents of Pongees Silk+ concept.
Their hand sewn designs in Pongees silks are embellished with free drawn machine embroidery – think of the machine needle as the pen and the thread of the machine as the ink. The leathers are burnt, moulded, dyed by hand, carved and sculptured using techniques developed over decades.
“We never force the materials to work together, it is an organic process that happens naturally. The ethos remains the same: all designs must be functional and aesthetically pleasing, collectable and timeless, like a piece of jewellery,†say the designers.
