Tartan Jacket- charity shop
Tutu- burlesk
Ramones t-shirt- H&M
Tartan scarf- peacocks
Glasses- camden market
Hair bow- new look
Tights- red sun
Wedge shoes- krisp
Off to the British museum...
Today I had to visit the British museum to find inspiration for my uni project 'Tribe.' We have to look into tribes and I decided to look here at the 'Africa' display, where they hold over 200,000 objects. I was very interested in the tribal masks. For my uni project we have to make a piece of jewellery inspired by a tribe :)
Heres what inspired me...
'Creatures of the bush'
This mask represents a well-known chief of the Chewa people, Malawi, late 20th century.
'This mask is related to the ancestral dead...'
The elaborate hairstyle was typical of the women of that era. Nigeria, 19th century.
My favourite outfit of the week
Sunday, 4 December 2011
This week I mixed it up- abit of punk, rock and vintage. I'm wearing-
- Hat- vintage
- Tartan scarf- peacocks
- Blazer- primark
- Leopard print cardigan- H&M
- Camisole- new look
- Shorts- internacionale
- Gloves- accessorize
- Shoes- dorothy perkins (with own tartan laces)
See, you don't have to be rich to look good :)
As silent as a falling feather...
These are my photograms that I developed in the dark room. They are not perfect as you have to use a single piece of photographic paper then put your objects on top of the paper (in my case feathers) then you have to expose the paper to light for around 30 seconds or more before developing the prints in the chemicals, the end result is a hit or miss.
I think they are quite beautiful and etheral...
Is that the smell of new fashion mags??
Friday, 2 December 2011
Inside Lovecat
Inside 10Is there anything more satisfying than opening a crisp new magazine? I think not. I bought Lovecat as it is a fanzine magazine and I am starting a project at uni where we have to make our own fanzine :)
(Fanzine- a handmade raw looking magazine using old papers and polaroid photos etc)
10 is also a good fashion magazine, this issue is the China issue and has everything chinese in it.
Subverted Objects 2: my shrunken apple heads
These were made as part of my art and design brief:subverted objects at college. I was looking to do something abit unusual when I came across apple heads on the internet. Basically all you do is carve a 3D face into a raw apple then you bake it in the oven for say 15 minutes and it comes out like this. I made a male and a female. The female has artificial hair and I used paint as make-up. They lasted for 3 days then went mouldy :(
Subverted Objects 1: 'shroom' inspired headpiece
I made this when I was at college last year studying art and design. I had to make a subverted object. (subvert: to change the meaning of something.) Im obsessed with horror films and everything strange and weird, so I started to research Paddy Breathnack's film 'SHROOMS.' I liked the idea of magic mushrooms, my inspiration and idea for this was the black tipped mushrooms. These mushrooms look like they have eyes on the end of them. When out for a walk I came across an oak tree and found the empty shells where the acorns used to be. I used these and google eyes to create this eerie 'shroom' inspired headpiece.
Film Review: Dreamhouse
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts. This star studded cast never fails to thrill in this chilling American film by Jim Sheridan. This film has a few unexpected twists and Daniel Craig is nop-notch as lead character 'Peter Ward.'
Fans of Barry Josephson's chiller 'Hide and Seek' are sure to love this film (think of Robert Deniros character Charlie!!)
4 star, good stuff
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