We made a dress!

Zoe and I are busy with moving into Portland, setting up a studio, building an exposure unit, and... we made a dress!

This is a prototype of a casual day dress, soon to be in funky patterns! 

Zoe in rainboots, our new dress, and the "Street and Space" scarf 

Zoe wearing "Street and Space" and our super comfortable dress, note the big pockets!!!

Mana-TEASE!

Finally available on our Etsy Site!!!!

Mana-TEASE!

"Mana-TEASE" 100% Organic Silk Scarf by Zoe Phillips with Blake Peterson

Detail of "Mana-TEASE"

Johnna wearing "Mana-TEASE"

"Mana-TEASE"

"Mana-TEASE" by Zoe Phillips with Blake Peterson

Details

Here are some more preview images of "Street and Space" and "Foggy Alley"

They are available for purchase at our Etsy Site!

"Foggy Alley" (100% Organic Silk, 30 x 30 in) by Zoe Phillips with Blake Peterson

"Street and Space" (100% Organic Silk, 30 x 30 in) by Zoe Phillips with Blake Peterson

"Mana-TEASE" (100% Organic Silk, 24 x 24 in) by Zoe Phillips with Blake Peterson

Scarves Almost Ready!

It has been a hectic, but productive few weeks.  Zoe and I are together again in San Francisco!

While getting accustomed to a new city and getting moved into an apartment, we have been working on quite a few different projects: a few prints, drawings, potentially a new book project... AND we're completing new scarves!

Once we have ironed the fabric and hemmed the edges, we will upload proper photographs with purchase information!  

[Detail] 'Mana-TEASE' silk scarf by Zoe Phillips + Blake Peterson (2012)

[Detail] 'Mana-TEASE' silk scarf by Zoe Phillips + Blake Peterson (2012)

 

[Detail] 'Spooky Glasgow v01' silk scarf by Zoe Phillips + Blake Peterson (2012)

[Detail] 'Spooky Glasgow v01' silk scarf by Zoe Phillips + Blake Peterson (2012)

[Detail] 'Spooky Glasgow v01' silk scarf by Zoe Phillips + Blake Peterson (2012)

[Detail] 'Spooky Glasgow v02' silk scarf by Zoe Phillips + Blake Peterson (2012)

[Detail] 'Spooky Glasgow v02' silk scarf by Zoe Phillips + Blake Peterson (2012)

One flash of light...

We have a few new scarves available for sale at RGB GAllery

They're printed on 100% Organic Silk, and are 3 feet x 14 inches.


Here's a preview image (photo of the scarf itself coming soon):

Silk Space Scarf by Blake X Zoe (2011)

Additionally, here are some alternate images that sort of 'grew' out of the original images, which are going to be completed in a different medium.

Space Alt 01 by Blake Peterson (2011)

Space Alt 02 by Blake Peterson (2011)

Space Alt 03 by Blake Peterson (2011)

News from San Francisco

Zoe writing:

So, I'm in San Francisco now, officially settled in. I'm in the MFA printmaking program at SFAI, and classes started a couple of weeks ago. I'm finally starting to move into my studio and begin work on a dollhouse project I've been planning for a while. 

The graduate studios at SFAI are amazing, and include a full digital lab, woodshop and a gallery. As well as classrooms, lounge and a lecture hall. The studio is in a giant building filled with other design studios and manufacturers, including a wonderful smelling chocolatier!             

Here's some photos from my studio:

SFAI studio hallways, orange doors for each studio block

One dollhouse down, 7 to go!

The lovely view from my studio window, you can see the bay peaking out in between the industrial stuff.

In other exciting news, our scarves can now be purchased at RGB on Fillmore street in the Marina! RGB is a women's clothing store and gallery. They have a steady rotation of really interesting shows. 

Moving Sale on Etsy Site!!!

As Blake's vacation in the States is ending soon, and Zoe will be moving to San Francisco ... 


We'll be having a bit of a sale on our ETSY SITE  


Right now, you can purchase our scarves at a discounted rate


and we'll be adding stuff for limited sale (until Zoe leaves - within the next two weeks) of some other pieces...

Computer Store in Fairfield, IA (2011) ; photo by Blake Peterson

DESIGN FOR MANKIND!!!

Those of you who check out other blogs, might have noticed something familiar...

Especially if they looked at Design for Mankind's post for "Today's Outfit"

Yes, that's right - she's wearing one of our scarves!  Specifically, the "Manimals Scarf"

Design for Mankind is one of Zoe's favorite blogs, by the way.

Photo of Erin taken from Design for Mankind (2011)

Scarves for Sale!

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Our silk scarves are finally finished and available for purchase on our etsy site. Our lovely friend Melanie was kind enough to model for us.

Preview of hemmed silk scarves

Yesterday we finished hemming our scarves! Expect to seem them for sale by the end of next week. We designed them, had them printed on silk and Zoe gave each scarf a nice french-rolled hem.

4 of our silk scarves.

'Manimal' scarf blowing in wind

Silly Silk Scarf

Here's a preview of some really awesome SILK scarves that Blake & Zoe printed a week ago, using the fabric printer at GSA. Zoe did the original character drawings, Blake did the coloring, and the two of them worked together to determine the patterning.

They haven't had a chance to cut them down yet, but they'll be available at some point in the near future.

The scarves incredibly soft and feel great against your skin.

Two More Scarves

I was talking to Zoe the other day that we should do at least one more "pattern" scarf, and she asked what I thought it should be...

and I said: "How about a sexual innuendo scarf?"

She didn't get what I meant at first, so I was like - well, let's just put bananas and doughnuts in a repeating pattern all over a scarf. I described how the doughnuts should look - no bear claws, no eclairs, just simple round shapes with some frosting and mmmaybe sprinkles and gave random ideas about the bananas.

Zoe quickly drew up the pattern and I went down to the studio and printed it onto one of our new 'jersey' scarves.

Also - we got a message on our etsy site about a special order... The other photographs are of a 'prototype version' of how we'd do a navy scarf with white cranes. Because of our process, we can't print white. However, we can print the negative space a solid color, and use the cream background for the images. Although, we can print black cranes onto a navy piece of fabric.