FE GOWNORA

FE GOWNORA

THE DRESS
you loved MOST

THE DRESS
you loved MOST

THE DRESS
you loved MOST

THE DRESS
you loved MOST

SHOULD NOT
FADE with time.

SHOULD NOT
FADE with time.

SHOULD NOT
FADE with time.

SHOULD NOT
FADE with time.

FE GOWNORA

WHEN

your WEDDING

DRESS

TURNS TO form.

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WHEN

your WEDDING

DRESS

TURNS TO form.

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WHEN

your WEDDING

DRESS

TURNS TO form.

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FE GOWNORA

FE GOWNORA

Fine-art KEEPSAKE from your BRIDAL GOWN.

Fine-art KEEPSAKE from your BRIDAL GOWN.

FE GOWNORA

FE GOWNORA

FE GOWNORA

FE GOWNORA

Fe Gownora is an atelier of fine art that turns the gown from your wedding day into a lasting sculpture.

Fe Gownora is an atelier of fine art that turns the gown from your wedding day into a lasting sculpture.

Every Fe Gownora piece rises close to fifteen inches and weighs between five and ten pounds. Each one is cast in plaster, ceramic and resin, then refined by hand with painstaking care, true to the way the gown fell on your wedding day.

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COMMISSION

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COMMISSION

the SPIRIT of FE GOWNORA

where PRECISION
meets PERMANENCE

where PRECISION
meets PERMANENCE

the SPIRIT of FE GOWNORA

where PRECISION
meets PERMANENCE

where PRECISION
meets PERMANENCE

Bride in a strapless satin ballgown in a sunlit stone room
Bride in a strapless satin ballgown in a sunlit stone room
Fe Gownora dress sculpture on a stone plinth
Fe Gownora dress sculpture on a stone plinth
Fe Gownora dress sculpture on a stone plinth
Fe Gownora dress sculpture on a stone plinth
Bride standing beside a Fe Gownora sculpture against a red backdrop
Bride standing beside a Fe Gownora sculpture against a red backdrop
Bride standing beside a Fe Gownora sculpture against a red backdrop
Bride standing beside a Fe Gownora sculpture against a red backdrop

From GOWN,

to SCAN,

to KEEPSAKE.

From GOWN,

to SCAN,

to KEEPSAKE.

From GOWN,

to SCAN,

to KEEPSAKE.

a METHOD MADE for PRECISION

a METHOD MADE for PRECISION

so YOUR GOWN

so YOUR GOWN

so YOUR GOWN

LIVES ON.

LIVES ON.

LIVES ON.

Close-up of a Fe Gownora dress sculpture with hand-finished floral relief

One night.

One night.

Never made to be hidden away.

Never made to be hidden away.

A gown is worn for a single evening, then folded into storage for decades. It deserves to be seen for life.
Fe Gownora recasts your gown as an enduring sculpture, shaped by a pairing of precise digital capture and patient handwork so that no detail is lost. Each piece starts with a private conversation. From there we plan the commission with you, arrange for your gown to reach the atelier, and walk beside you through every stage of the journey.

A gown is worn for a single evening, then folded into storage for decades. It deserves to be seen for life.
Fe Gownora recasts your gown as an enduring sculpture, shaped by a pairing of precise digital capture and patient handwork so that no detail is lost. Each piece starts with a private conversation. From there we plan the commission with you, arrange for your gown to reach the atelier, and walk beside you through every stage of the journey.

“So much technology pulls us away from what we can hold.

“So much technology pulls us away from what we can hold.

Fe Gownora turns it around - we use it to give a memory back its physical shape.”

Fe Gownora turns it around - we use it to give a memory back its physical shape.”

ELOISE HARTMANN-VANCE,
founder of FE GOWNORA

ELOISE HARTMANN-VANCE,
founder of FE GOWNORA

Our COLLECTION

All

All

All

SCULPTURES

SCULPTURES

SCULPTURES

your MOMENT

your MOMENT

will ALWAYS

will ALWAYS

will ALWAYS

be a WORK OF ART.

be a WORK OF ART.

be a WORK OF ART.

Photograph from the Fe Gownora gallery

Dress studies

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Dress studies

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Stone angel

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Stone angel

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Champagne

Champagne

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Champagne

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Dark gallery

Dark gallery

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Dark gallery

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Gold laurel

Gold laurel

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Gold laurel

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Big bouquet

Big bouquet

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Big bouquet

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Sunlit room

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Sunlit room

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Bearded bust

Bearded bust

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Bearded bust

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Gown bodice

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Colour room

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Mended head

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Bride, roses

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Fluted form

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Gilded cracks

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Red light

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Marble figure

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Neon line

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Bride in veil

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Marble steps

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Flamingo wall

I kept a

I kept a

I kept a

I kept a

second

second

second

second

in my palm

in my palm

in my palm

in my palm

luminous

luminous

luminous

luminous

as a lamp

as a lamp

as a lamp

as a lamp

tender as

tender as

tender as

tender as

a petal,

a petal,

a petal,

a petal,

a thin silver

a thin silver

a thin silver

a thin silver

of one

of one

of one

of one

dusk.

dusk.

dusk.

dusk.

Ada Whitcombe

Ada Whitcombe

Ada Whitcombe

Your memory deserves
to take form

Your memory deserves
to take form

We’d be glad to shape it beside you.

Start your COMMISSION

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COMMISSION

Start your

COMMISSION

FE GOWNORA is a quiet studio for dress sculptures — timeless silhouettes shaped by modern hands. Lose yourself in it.

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FE GOWNORA

FE GOWNORA is a quiet studio for dress sculptures — timeless silhouettes shaped by modern hands. Lose yourself in it.

FE GOWNORA

FE GOWNORA is a quiet studio for dress sculptures — timeless silhouettes shaped by modern hands. Lose yourself in it.

Stay in touch with the studio

FE GOWNORA

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