Katherine Shark (Fiber + Humanistic Studies)

Coterie (film) 2020 Film
Model wearing garment from Coterie - black spandex dress with a long zipper across chest and over shoulder to the back. + Enlarge
Coterie 1 2020 FIbers
Models wearing garments from Coterie. Model 1 is wearing a grey quilted top over a black slit dress, and Model 2 is wearing a black quilted set with gold embroidery. + Enlarge
Coterie 2.1 2019 Fibers
Model wearing garment from Coterie - black spandex dress with a long zipper across chest and over shoulder to the back. + Enlarge
Coterie 2 2020 Fibers
Models wearing garments from Coterie. Model 1 is wearing a grey quilted top over a black slit dress, and Model 2 is wearing a black quilted set with gold embroidery. + Enlarge
Coterie 2.3 2019 Fibers
Models wearing garments from Coterie. Model 1 is wearing a grey quilted top over a black slit dress, and Model 2 is wearing a black quilted set with gold embroidery. + Enlarge
Coterie 2.4 2019 Fibers
Model wearing garment from Coterie - black spandex dress with a long zipper across chest and over shoulder to the back. + Enlarge
Coterie 3 2020 Fibers
Model wearing garment from Coterie - black spandex dress with a long zipper across chest and over shoulder to the back. + Enlarge
Coterie 4 2020 Fibers
Model wearing garment from Coterie - black spandex dress with a long zipper across chest and over shoulder to the back. + Enlarge
Coterie 5 2020 Fibers
A series of digitally edited photos of a model wearing a zipper dress from Coterie. The photos are edited so as to remove the background and body, leaving only the dress in the negative space. + Enlarge
Empty Body (circular edit) 2020 Digitally edited photo
A series of digitally edited photos of a model wearing a zipper dress from Coterie. The photos are edited so as to remove the background and body, leaving only the dress in the negative space. + Enlarge
Empty Body (edit 1) 2020 Digitally edited photo
A series of digitally edited photos of a model wearing a zipper dress from Coterie. The photos are edited so as to remove the background and body, leaving only the dress in the negative space. + Enlarge
Empty Body (edit 2) 2020 Digitally edited photo
A series of digitally edited photos of a model wearing a zipper dress from Coterie. The photos are edited so as to remove the background and body, leaving only the dress in the negative space. + Enlarge
Empty Body (edit 3) 2020 Digitally edited photo
A series of digitally edited photos of a model wearing a zipper dress from Coterie. The photos are edited so as to remove the background and body, leaving only the dress in the negative space. + Enlarge
Empty Body (edit 4) 2020 Digitally edited photo
Statement

When my body is vulnerable and subject to attack, the clothing I wear and my circle of friends serve as forms of armour. Using my own touchstones of security - the quilt my father made me, a pair of red sunglasses, the striped blue and white button down shirt I’ve worn for years - I use my work to merge and translate my defenses into a more accessible form of armour.  My color palette and use of line references architectural drawings I grew up admiring from my father’s office, blended with the surface treatment of quilting. My garments are built to extend a feeling of safety & confidence to their wearers - the feeling I have found in my friends, in my own lucky charms, to make the wearer feel protected and powerful.