Heather Martin Studio Visit

This past weekend, we had the pleasure of visiting Heather Martin in her Railtown Vancouver studio. 

In spite of being in the midst of preparing to open her first retail store, Monoshop Provisional, Heather was completely at ease.  She took time to talk about the chaos of trying to get a retail space off the ground, life as a creative person as well as a business person, and the best bike-routes through Vancouver.  Her beautiful clothing is as much (if not more) about experiments with textiles, dyes, and hand-altering techniques as it is about “fashion”.  She also spends a good deal of her time working on art projects, making kites, and collaborating with an array of talented individuals here in Vancouver.

Her store will be open for just over a month, starting this coming Thursday at noon.  We’ll be stopping by the opening to take some more photos, and to see what Heather’s done with her tiny (allegedly around 100 square feet) space at 6 E. Cordova St in Gastown.

Here’s a sneak peek of how she dealt with her PF’s:

Some of her kites:

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And other experiments in varying degrees of progress:

You can find out more about her clothing line, mono, at:

http://monoclothing.ca

…but if you’re in Vancouver, you should NOT miss this:

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