"Flutter On, 2024" by Amy Bauer
Flutter On, 2024. 4 pc garment: hat, top, skirt, and train. Reused textiles and garments. Skirt 68” x 48” at widest point, hat 60” diameter, top and skirt women’s size 8. Hat $400, top $600, skirt $700, train $600.
Statement: Inspiration for Flutter On started with a child’s t-shirt with images of bugs. The ensemble is a combination of old theater costumes, fabric butterflies, wire, and an array of discarded clothing items. Amy used sewing techniques and safety pins to make a punk inspired bug collecting outfit.
Bio: Amy Bauer, originally from New Jersey and a lifelong maker, is an artist, designer, educator, and the creator of Fun-A-Day-LA and Trashion Show Long Beach . She has spent the last decade living in Southern California, embracing all the west coast has to offer and giving back through her visual art and social practice. Amy is a recipient of a Promise Award from the VACNJ and has received local and state grants from California, including the inaugural California Creative Corps grant 23-24. Her art has been shown nationally and internationally including at The Brooklyn Art Library, Visions, The Autry, LAX, ATL, The Makery, Southern California Children’s Museum.
Flutter On, 2024. 4 pc garment: hat, top, skirt, and train. Reused textiles and garments. Skirt 68” x 48” at widest point, hat 60” diameter, top and skirt women’s size 8. Hat $400, top $600, skirt $700, train $600.
Statement: Inspiration for Flutter On started with a child’s t-shirt with images of bugs. The ensemble is a combination of old theater costumes, fabric butterflies, wire, and an array of discarded clothing items. Amy used sewing techniques and safety pins to make a punk inspired bug collecting outfit.
Bio: Amy Bauer, originally from New Jersey and a lifelong maker, is an artist, designer, educator, and the creator of Fun-A-Day-LA and Trashion Show Long Beach . She has spent the last decade living in Southern California, embracing all the west coast has to offer and giving back through her visual art and social practice. Amy is a recipient of a Promise Award from the VACNJ and has received local and state grants from California, including the inaugural California Creative Corps grant 23-24. Her art has been shown nationally and internationally including at The Brooklyn Art Library, Visions, The Autry, LAX, ATL, The Makery, Southern California Children’s Museum.
Flutter On, 2024. 4 pc garment: hat, top, skirt, and train. Reused textiles and garments. Skirt 68” x 48” at widest point, hat 60” diameter, top and skirt women’s size 8. Hat $400, top $600, skirt $700, train $600.
Statement: Inspiration for Flutter On started with a child’s t-shirt with images of bugs. The ensemble is a combination of old theater costumes, fabric butterflies, wire, and an array of discarded clothing items. Amy used sewing techniques and safety pins to make a punk inspired bug collecting outfit.
Bio: Amy Bauer, originally from New Jersey and a lifelong maker, is an artist, designer, educator, and the creator of Fun-A-Day-LA and Trashion Show Long Beach . She has spent the last decade living in Southern California, embracing all the west coast has to offer and giving back through her visual art and social practice. Amy is a recipient of a Promise Award from the VACNJ and has received local and state grants from California, including the inaugural California Creative Corps grant 23-24. Her art has been shown nationally and internationally including at The Brooklyn Art Library, Visions, The Autry, LAX, ATL, The Makery, Southern California Children’s Museum.