Lady Dulcinea (detail) 2008, Anthropologie Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York.
| Eloise Corr Danch is a versatile freelance artist who lives and works in New York City. In 2008, she proudly became a member of the Society of Illustrators. After an early focus on painting and illustration, Eloises’ skill sets have grown, to include paper sculpture as well as product, prop, set and graphic design. Eloise’s freelance clients include:
Eloise is featured in the August issue of Nylon magazine, and will be featured as the 'Artist in Bloom" in the September issue of Flower Magazine. In the May 2010 issue of W Magazine, Eloise's oversized paper flowers and floral garlands were featured in a photoshoot shot by Bruce Weber and styled by Camilla Nickerson. Eloise's paper flowers were used in the new campaign for Twobirds Bridesmaid and Eloise's latest paper dress sculpture is featured in a runway inspired bedroom designed by Lydia Marks & Lisa Frantz, and is currently on view at the Grange New York showroom. In spring, Eloise collaborated with British decor company Farrow & Ball to create a large floral display of oversized flowers featuring their new wallpaper collection - The Chelsea Papers. In February, Eloise's collaborated with the Brooklyn-based fashion and accessories line Hayden-Harnett. For the windows of the Hayden-Harnett Boutiques in Nolita and Brooklyn, Eloise created a paper sculpture installation which featured paper dresses, paper flower chandeliers, and paper flowers. Eloise created the sets and backdrops for the 2009 Holiday and Fall 2009 print advertising campaign of leading Canadian retailer Joe Fresh. In October of 2009, Eloise has collaborated once again with New York designers Ruffian where she will be exhibiting a mid-19th century paper dress sculpture as part of the Paper Ball Gala to celebrate the opening of SLASH! Paper Under the Knife at The Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. After appearing at the Museum the Paper Doll travels to Kate's Paperie on 13th St to appear in the store windows for New York Fashion week beginning January 15th. For the Sony artists Motion City Soundtrack, Eloise teamed up with fellow artist Molly Page, to create the Dino Head. This Mask will be used to support the band on their 2010 tour, supporting their latest Sony release "My Dinosaur Life". Eloise and Molly also created Dinosaur Robot costumes that the band wore for an AP Magazine shoot. Eloise's intricate paper sculptures were featured in 23 windows at Macy’s New York flagship at Herald Square for the retailer’s 2009 Flower Show. The windows feature more than 2,500 handmade paper flowers comprising long, swirling garlands and 20 ornate headdresses. Subsequently Eloise appeared on the Martha Stewart television show, making intricate paper poppies with Martha. For the 2008 Holiday season, Eloise was commissioned by Anthropologie to create a limited edition of rag dolls sewn by hand from vintage fabrics and materials. In the summer of 2008, she exhibited Lady Dulcinea, a life-size Rococo dress made entirely of paper, in the gallery at Anthropologie’s flagship New York City store in Rockefeller Center. The show received critical acclaim from Nylon, TimeOut New York, RealSimple, Flower Magazine, Venus magazine and the Australian magazine Frankie. The journal Creative Quarterly awarded Eloise the Merit Medal for Lady Dulcinea and featured the work in its Spring 2009 issue. Also in the summer of 2008, Eloise contributed graphic design work to Cory McAbee’s film Stingray Sam. She exhibited at SURTEX in Spring 2008, and is currently developing a stationary line called Sawdust & Tinsel. Eloise graduated with a Master of Arts in Illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2007, and will recieve an M.F.A. in Illustration in 2011, where she studied with such notable illustrators as Murray Tinkelman, Vincent DiFate, Jane Bixby-Weller, Melanie Reim, Danny Pelavin, Chris Spollen, Dennis Deittrich and William Low. Before FIT, Eloise studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she received the prestigious Madeline Stanley-Jossem Scholarship; received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from The University of Montana-Missoula (1998); and studied fashion illustration in France at the Paris American Academy under Chanel illustrator David Rees. Her illustrations have appeared in the literary journals Sleepwalk, 400 Words and Eloise was profiled for HUE Magazine. Eloise's work has been featured online on Martha Stewarts Craft Blog, Decor8, Maquette, Design for Mankind, All Things Paper, Cup of Jo, Paper Crave, Upon a fold, Style Me Pretty, Frolic, Simon on the Side, Girlie Girl Army and many others. While art and fashion are her first loves, Eloise also enjoys food, music, traveling, gardening and having fun in the great outdoors.   |
