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Southern Accents calls her one-of-a-kind creations, “undulating beauties that few can resist.” Paige Hathaway Thorn was attending the Savannah College of Art and Design in architecture when she realized that it was much too strict a discipline for her free-spirited nature. Turning to the SCAD fibers department she found the calling that now finds her creating sublime hand-dyed/hand-painted silk fabrics. Her textile designs have been commissioned for celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox-Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Mariel Hemmingway, Jane Seymour and Lucy Liu. Raised and now living in Charleston, S.C., Thorn draws inspiration for her designs from East Indian woodcarvings and the antique ornamentation and rich color of her historic hometown. Her unique process begins with a love of color and yards of un-dyed duppionis, charmeuses and velvets. Blending a variety of tones and hues together, Thorn first stretches the fabric between sawhorses and painstakingly begins to layer the dyes creating rich shades of eggplant, chocolate, soft blues, cherry and chartreuse. After the material dries, Thorn then sketches out her designs of botanical shapes, floral motifs, dragonflies, bamboo and bugs and uses metallic ink such as antique gold to silk-screens the images onto her fabric canvas. Once these enhancements are complete, the fabric is ready to be transformed into customized fashions and interior accessories, complete with beaded trim that is hand-sewn by the artist. ShopSCAD is delighted to offer her luxurious line of silk scarves, pillows, throws, and eye pillows.
