Cantoinette

Fashion – Dallas - Fort Worth

Chesley Antoinette is the creator and designer of Cantoinette Studios that was created with a solution of redirecting materials from the waste stream and transforming the materials into wearable art. She received her B.F.A in sculpture from Stephen F. Austin University and an M.F.A in fiber arts from the University of North Texas. While in graduated school Chesley Antoinette began the journey in using post-consumer recycled materials to design and create sustainable wearable art. Focusing on the head as the source of conscientious behavior, Cantoinette Studio specializes in single edition sculptural headwear that can be symbolized as an intermediary storage solution. As Chesley Antoinette continues to evolve as an artist and designer, the collection of reclaimed materials from surrounding environments will take on a transformation that reveal the power of the imagination as an examination of her own artistic conduct in an industrialized society.