and it was good

i took these photographs on a recent exploration of any church i could find. going along this theme of religious imagery for next college project, i want to start focusing on clothing but in particular HEADWEAR. wedding veils... did do a shoot with a silver fox wearing a wedding veil, an experimentation of some sort of religious, androgynous theme,still working at getting them up.

ps silver fox is man not actual fox 

for now just these.

 this is huge in real life! completely amazing.

a lost masterpiece

Whoa it's been a while since I posted. Had some minor surgery almost a week ago and I've been somewhat away with the fairies, so a short post today about the iconic International Polaroid Collection that has been recently purchased by the WestLicht Museum of Photography. The collection was dismantled from it's original home at the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne and then sold at auction. The collection consists of 4400 images taken by over 800 artists and photographers that were shot over a magnificent period of time between 1972 and 1990. The collection includes artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Ansel Adams and Sally Mann as well as many previously unknown artists. A selection of the Polaroid Collection will be made publicly available at the WestLicht from 17th June. Running along side the exhibition will be work by contemporary artists that explore instant imaging today and incidentally encompasses the original polaroids with work that directly responds to the magical film and cameras previously used to capture the world. 


Here are my favourite images from a small selection that are available to see online here. 

Charles Eames, Untitled, 1975

Helmut Newton, Untitled, 1976

I adore this image by Helmut Newton. There's so much tension and emotion in the frame. It's curious that, although clearly beautiful, one of the women's face is obscured by a single white lilly- the flower widely associated with funerals. There is so much to explore and see in this photograph.

the first 744 hours of an artistic outburst.

A month (744 hours!!) after being given the theme, 'Do Anything You Want' for my third textiles unit at college, I finally had the artistic outburst I had long been waiting for that would lead me to an idea. It came to me after reading the John Galliano: A Look Back In Grandeur article in The Independant a few weeks ago. The page then reapeared some days later in The Vicarage and I found a small sub article about Primitive Streak's Lung Dress and their upcoming exhibitons and talks. One of which, was at The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital ealier this month. Featured in the exhibtion were 10 of the 27 dresses made as part of Primitve Streak's collection, 'The First 1,000 Hours Of Human Life'. 

 Sperm Coat, Fetilisation. Made of embroidered nylon and cotton threads onto dissolvable fabric that when dipped in water, melts away to unveil the combined threads that form the coat. It took 105 hours to contruct (I've used dissolvable fabric before, it's the devil of textile techniques.) The Sperm Coat is the main source of inpriration for my own idea for a garment that I will create for my unit. I immediately responded to the idea of a coat with- referencing the sleeves, cape-esque and creature-like qualities. 

 Heart Bird Dress.

 Spinal Collum Dress.

 White/Black Implantation Dress.

Primitive Streak Dress.

See an online gallery of all 10 dresses from the collection here.