Mother of Pearl

Crane TV

Isobel — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:37:35 +0000

Mother of Pearl’s Creative Director Maia Norman and Designer Amy Powney sat down with Crane TV to talk about the brand’s artist collaborations and show them around their studio.

MoP SHoP SS12

MoP — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:52:21 +0000

Spring Summer 2012 saw Mother of Pearl host their 4th and 5th MoP SHoP’s at Harrods and Other Criteria. These ‘shop in shop’s’ were a chance to further develop the MoP SHoP concept. As well as the Spring Summer collection with Fiona Banner, these MoP SHoP’s also stocked Mother of Pearl’s first Newspaper ‘Collaborate’.

MoP SHoP AW11

MoP — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:41:35 +0000

Autumn Winter 2011 saw Mother of pearl collaborate with SHOWstudio on their third MoP SHoP. As part of SHOWstudio’ s The Café exhibition, Mother of Pearl sought to explore all aspects of it’s temporary environment, creating exclusive tableware for SHOWstudio’s cafe as well as hosting a series of intimate in-store music events with artists such as Patrick Wolf, Oh Land and Sunday Girl.

Mother of Pearl and SHOWstudio also hosted a series of Café Conversations throughout the exhibition, including a conversation between Mother of Pearl’s Creative Director Maia Norman and Tuner Prize winning artist Keith Tyson.

You can watch the whole series of Café Concerts here and Café Conversations here.

MoP SHoP SS11

MoP — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:21:49 +0000

Spring/Summer 2011 saw the first of Mother of Pearl’s pop up MoP SHoP’s at Other Criteria on Bond Street. This was closely followed by a residency at the Goss Micheal Foundation in Dallas.

Garage Magazine

MoP — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:06:08 +0000

Mother of Pearl were invited to be part of Garage Magazine’s second edition in the Spring of 2012. The brand teamed up with artist John Currin to create a pair of one off dresses for a shoot which also featured creations by Maarten Van Der Horst, Comme De Garçons, Giles, Meadham Kirchhoff, Missoni, Kenzo and David Koma. (click here to view larger image)

Collaborate

Isobel — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:44:11 +0000

Using the newspaper form as a platform, Mother of Pearl brought together some of the most exciting figures in Art, Music and Fashion to form a creative hub exploring the notion of collaboration. With artist collaborations being central to the brand concept, Mother of Pearl invited both industry greats and emerging talents to open up discussion around this topic and instigate new creative partnerships. Featuring Turner Prize winning artist Keith Tyson and Mother of Pearl’s Creative Director Maia Norman, as interviewed by SHOWstudio’s Fashion Director Alex Fury. The newspaper will also include content from Lucy Ewing, Jim Lambie, Fred Tomaselli, Tom Vek, The Flaming Lips and Chloe Kerman along with original artwork from David Bailey, Simeon Farrar, Fiona Banner and David Downton to name a few. The newspaper also featured exclusive Mother of Pearl collaborations with Polly Morgan and Nick Knight’s SHOWstudio. From concept stores to galleries, boutique hotels, restaurants, private members clubs, spas and salons, ‘Collaborate’ was be distributed throughout Europe’s most innovative spaces and creative meeting places.

Mother of Pearl / Polly Morgan

Isobel — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:03:31 +0000

As part of an ongoing collection of special projects, Mother of Pearl teamed up with artist Polly Morgan to produce a limited range of t-shirts. Taking Mother of Pearl’s classic ‘Luna Tee’ in 100% silk the t-shirts incorporate imagery from two of Polly Morgan’s artworks, ‘Blue Fever’ and ‘Dead Ringer’. Long time supporter of Mother of Pearl, Polly Morgan is best known for her taxidermy still lives, using this traditional craft in unusual ways to raise questions about the setting and the animals themselves. A favourite of fellow artist Banksy, her work has been exhibited extensively in the UK and abroad. She is also a member of the UK Guild of Taxidermists. This collaboratioon was a huge success for the brand with a great deal of press coverage including Harper’s Bazaar, the Metro and Garage Magazine online.

Stocked exclusively at Harrods in London, Colette in Paris, Boon the Shop in Seoul and Restir in Tokyo, the t– shirts sold out across stockists internationally. Mother of Pearl have also previeously collaborated with the likes of Garage Magazine, SHOWstudio, Patrick Wolf, Sunday Girl, Oh Land, Other Criteria and Harrods for various one-off special projects.