My work isn't about being trendy, it's about bringing out the fabric. It's all about the texture to me, and the colors and how they react. It's about using warm and cool tones together to create beauty. We don't try to create products that already exist. What we try to do is elicit a response to get designers to think about how to use it.
Thought provoking is definitely a good way to move things forward.
Sometimes Tick's innovations have prompted her to think about different uses, too. Tick even chose to show off her transparent polyester, wool, and rayon viscose raffia wall covering by having it made into a shawl and dress. Although no longer too timid to work in fashion, Tick knows that if she's going to be there, it will be on her terms. I see myself more as being the designer of the fabric that may be used. So if there's a collaborator out there. . .