Della Reams

My First Fashion Drawing – inspired by a wedding dress

Della has been creating one-of-a-kind textiles and apparel since earning an MFA in Textiles from RISD in 2005.  Collaboratively developing digitally-printed fabric designs based on paintings, she makes them into pattern-focused dress designs for gallery exhibition.  Reams’ work has been shown in nine countries and earned several awards.  Her work has appeared in Boston Globe Magazine, Self Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Surface Design Journal and other periodicals, as well as books Artistry in Fiber Vol 3: Wearable Art, Textiles: The Art of Mankind, and The PATTERNBASE.