Clothing designer Lynn Mizono cut herself a wide swath of inspiration for her next project.

Mizono is the curator and artistic technician of “Wrapped In Art,” the October show at MUSEO in Langley that features clothing and accessories inspired by seven other local artists.

Mizono started thinking about the show about a year ago, and invited seven artists whose work she admires to contribute to the show.

“I have to say that working with all these local talented artists was one of the most inspired projects I’ve ever experienced in my life,” Mizono said.

“It was a fantastic opportunity to get out of the restrictions of the ego-self and dive headfirst into the vastness of possibility.”

The possibility of which Mizono speaks is reflected in the sculpted clothes and accessories she constructed using materials worked by the magic of the artists — Danielle Bodine, Lucy Brennan, Aleah Chapin, Maxine Martell, Inge Roberts, Sharon Shoemaker and Daniella Woolf.

The show opens with an artists’ reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 during the Langley artwalk.

Though if one reviews the work of Mizono, it is clear that she already pushes the boundaries of wearable art, even in the ready-to-wear collections she makes for her adoring customers. Her clothing is sharp yet comfy, angular yet funky, minimalist and elegant all at once. In other words, she is no newcomer to possibility in art.

MUSEO owner Sandra Jarvis didn’t have to think long when Mizono came to her with the idea for such an extraordinary show.

“Lynn is such a local treasure,” Jarvis said.

“Her designs are unique and she herself is a walking work of art.”

Mizono is an imaginative artist in every aspect of her daily machinations, whether it’s through the creation of her stylish fashions or extending her artistic sensibility to her daily life.

“I have admired Lynn Mizono’s wonderful creations from the first moment I saw them in a trunk show on Whidbey several years ago,” said Bodine, a longtime textile artist.

“Since that time, I have learned that not only is she a remarkable clothes designer and person, her creativity extends to all parts of her life — her home, her presentation of meals and even her delight, for instance, in observing the daily natural process of the budding of a single leek.”

Remarkable is a good way to describe Mizono’s inventiveness.

Mizono and Bodine collaborated on what would become the “Raindot Coat,” a futuristic-looking garment made of silver Tyvek, the barrier fabric used mainly in the construction of houses.

“As a sculptor, I decided to take on the challenge of transmitting my three-dimensional work into a two-dimensional format that could be applied to fabric,” Bodine said.

“One of my favorite basketry techniques is ‘coiling.’ After discussing various options with Lynn, we decided to use photocopied images of a flat, coiled foam basket that I made. The circular designs created (we decided to call them ‘dots’) were transferred to an acrylic surface. Lynn then sewed the dots on to a wonderful Tyvek raincoat she designed — creating a kind of mysterious, techie or outer- space feeling,” Bodine explained.

Mizono’s explorations extend also to younger artists.

She first discovered the work of painter Chapin at the ripe old age of 12 when she invited her to join a gallery show at Bayview Corner.

“Her work was the best in the show,” Mizono recalled.

Now Chapin is a painting student at the New York Academy of Art in Manhattan, and Mizono has created a full-length white dress out of fabric onto which Chapin had painted a nude figure.

“In comparison to working on a flat surface, the fluidity of loose fabric led to my interest in painting a figure weighed down by gravity,” Chapin said.

Two of Chapin’s oil paintings on canvas will also be on display, as will the regular work of all the artists, so the audience can see how each artist translated her work into what Mizono would create as wearable art.

Mizono said that each piece of clothing has been constructed out of one continuous piece of cloth when possible. Additionally, each artist was invited to create accessories such as bags, shoes and jewelry.

Bodine took the challenge and decided to stick with the circular theme set by the coils, and to create earrings and hats, using her mastery of basket weaving.

“Some of the earrings are made with metal spirals and other materials, others are created out of paper cast on miniature coiled basket forms,” Bodine said.

Other inventions by Mizono include a dress form made from four Martell paintings; a relief of faces — a signature theme of ceramicist Roberts — on white felt made into a “winter bride” skirt and halter top; and shoes and a party dress inspired by sculptor Shoemaker made of cardstock and more Tyvek.

“It was fun getting into their heads and getting into the style of their work,” Mizono said.

“A lot of the pieces were not stuff I would ordinarily do.”

Mizono was challenged to drop all her preconceptions of traditional methods of construction and sewing techniques and shimmy further out on that limb of possibility.

Mizono will also show a collection of simpler, unadorned sculptural pieces that are offshoots of the collaborative pieces which are more accessible in wearability and price.

Jarvis said the result of Mizono’s collaborations is “an amazing tour de force.”

“My hope is that this show will pay homage to Lynn and all she has done in the world of design, and to influence our world here on Whidbey Island,” Jarvis said.

When all is said and done, interconnection and synergy are the words that Mizono uses to sum up the project.

“I love the idea of collaborating with other artists whose work I find inspiring and diverse,” Mizono said.

“It is a great reminder that we are all working and creating from the same source, the same energy. When we all connect into that source together, anything is possible,” she said.

The show runs until Nov. 1. Visit the gallery’s Web site for more info — click here.