Kingi carpenter biography of williams

``I have had a lifelong love of designing and making things, that led me to start my creative career at the Ontario College of Art in the 1980s.

There, I realized that fabric design and screenp...rinting were the perfect artform for me. This all brought together my love of fashion/ sewing/drawing and colour.

Textile design was also the perfect way for me to express my feelings, my feminist/political views and to (hopefully!) be self employed.

I became an indie fashion entrepreneur, with my business Peach Berserk in 1987.

Silkscreening is so easy, even CBC Arts can do it

This business showcased my quirky, unique and progressive prints. My wildly popular studio/fashion boutique was open for 20 years, leading Fodor's Travel Guide to describe me as 'the undisputed monarch of Queen St West'.

Now from my reimagined store front space in Parkdale, Toronto, I run a screenprint studio/art space where I teach textile classes, host events and design/sell my screenprinted clothes.

My line now is almost exclusively upcycled a Silkscreening is so easy, even CBC Arts can do it NIFA