Meet the Maker - Denise Hendrie!

Event: 'Meet the Maker'

Place: Chic Shak Lifestyle

Date: Wednesday,28th April 2010 and Saturday, 1st May 2010

Time:4:00 pm- 6:00 pm and 12 noon- 4:00 pm

Chic Shak is starting another 'Meet the Maker' Open House series and the first designer for 2010 is Denise Hendrie. Diego Martin based Denise admits to being a girly girl, and therefore, fashion has always been something of interest to her. However, from as far back as she can remember, her own sense of style always slanted more towards wearable art/craft (bohemian). She soon became known for donning orginal pieces which she herself crafted and for which she would often be complimented. It was the positive feedback received for her sewing/design stints that inspired her to explore her creative side further to realize her potential and release her inner artisan.

Although Denise still sews and sometimes dabbles in fabric design, she recently expanded her repertoire to include belts and jewellery, a venture that came about quite by chance, when one day, after making a dress she wanted a stand-out piece to complete the ensemble. Necessity became the mother of invention and that ‘stand-out piece’ turned out to be a belt, a macramé belt. Again, the feedback was very encouraging and she soon found herself making belts for friends which after continued experimentation, lead to jewellery.

To create her fashionable belts and jewellery, Denise uses mainly macramé cord and hemp twine/yarn, embellished with various types of beads. Her pieces are like nothing you’ve ever seen before, so, if you don’t like fading into the background and you like to be different, come meet Denise and see her stuff.


You can visit our Facebook group photo album to see a preview of her work.

Looking forward to seeing you.

CS