UP CLOSE WITH COLIN HEANEY
As featured in this month's issue of Get it Magazine I caught up with designer Colin Heaney from his house Casa Blu in Byron Bay... https://www.facebook.com/Colin.Heaney.Art Being an artist for most of your life, how difficult was the transition into fashion? The transition into fashion was very organic, it started with a desire to see the images I was creating printed on a physical object. Silk, like glass is such a beautiful, quality material that I decided to use it as my canvas. Then the challenges started learning how the fashion world works, in many ways it is a much more difficult world than the art world. In art I felt more flexibility to create exactly wanted, in fashion there is a bigger play between my creativity and desire of my customers. Your designs flow from your homewares into your clothing, where do you find your inspiration? My inspiration can come from anywhere - nature; a combination of colours; a building ... I am...
