Amy Karle is an artist and designer who uses the mind, body, science and technology to create her work. Examining both material and ethereal aspects of life, Karle’s work taps concepts of what it means to be human and in this body, expressing internal experiences in visual forms; in turn her garments inform an internal experiences of how we feel about ourselves and in our body. In this short video she speaks about her motivations, process and vision in creating “Internal Collection” garments based on anatomy.
Category Archives: Portfolio of Beauty
In a dream of anatomical overlays, Artist Amy Karle switches up conventions about the body and beauty by showing representations of internal systems in external wearable form. Considering identity through the body and healing and augmenting the body, the garments were created by hand and digital manufacturing technologies. Each garment is based on a different aspect of the body (ligaments, lungs, cardiovascular system, nervous system). By depicting designs inspired by our internal systems, this work communicates that when we share our likeness and what is going on inside of us, it offers an opportunity for finding beauty within ourselves and connection with others.
DIRECTOR, EDITOR Charlie Nordstrom
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Amy Karle
GARMENTS BY AMY KARLE “Internal Collection”, 2016-2017
KEY HAIR AND MAKEUP
Kevin Lim
MAKEUP
Tara Thompson
Victoria Lozada
Michelle Sandoval
Kathryn Elizabeth
LEAD HAIR STYLISTS
Nikeshia Blount
Whitney Renee
Hair Stylists
Madai Jamiez
Janene Dorsett
SHOES by United Nude
SET
Christyl O’Flaherty
Urban Bio Systems
Photographer: Kathryn Elizabeth
Model: Andrea Davis
Body Paint/MUA/Hair: Kathryn Elizabeth
04072018
“How Sweet It Is” for The San Diego County Fair 2018
(Corsets are Edible)
Photographer: Allen Davis
Model: Ghadir Mounib
Design/MUA/Hair/Edit: Kathryn Elizabeth
Photographer: Kathryn Elizabeth
Models: Ghadir Mounib and Kathy Cameron
Design/MUA/Hair/Edit: Kathryn Elizabeth
Photographer: Kathryn Elizabeth
Models: Kathy Cameron
Design/MUA/Hair/Edit: Kathryn Elizabeth
Model: Kathy Cameron
Photographer: Thom Vollenweider
MUA/Hair: Kathryn Elizabeth
2017
Model: Kathy Cameron
MUA: Kathryn Elizabeth
2018
Designer / Stylist:
Kathryn Elizabeth from Collections of Kathryn Elizabeth
MUA/Hair: Madame Kate
Model: Zoe Tantrum
Location: Polite Provisions