Bird Pictures

I picked up two great books at the carboot on thursday, 'How do you do Garden birds,' illustrated by Jennie Corbet and also 'How do you do gardening,' I've been buying lots of vintage books recently and finding it difficult parting with them, especially plant books. I have a collection of beautiful botanical scans. I'm toying with the idea of making some greeting cards with them. Here are a few for your viewing pleasure.

Wish List

A shortlist of my favourite fashion pieces for AW2012 from Hopkinson  Vintage and Antiques centre

White Lucite Handled Parasol - £24 by Adore Chic Alors
Claret Braid Detail Dress- £21.99 by Miss Molly May

Vintage Copenhagen Glass Tooth  Necklace - £20 by Vintage Reclaimed 

Rust 60's Coat With Piping Detail - £34.99  by Miss Molly May

Khaki Suede Military Jacket - £24.99 by Miss Molly May
 Sheer Vintage Lace Shorts - by YBK

Lace up Vintage Boots - £12 by Sweet Jean Vintage

Scallop Edge Leather Shorts - £25 by YBK
60's Hand Tailored White Linen Shirt - £20 by Adore Chic Alors

Victorian Black Beaded Shoulder Cape - £199 by Adore Chic Alors

Flat Patent  Black Versace Courts Shoes - £65 by Vintage Reclaimed

There was an old woman

Inspired by a past project! A crafty night in making some labels out of recycled cards for my latest vintage finds, including a lovely birdcage and some great little filing drawers. Pictures to come soon!

The Never Lands

I was sat flicking through a few of the photos I have littering my laptop, attempting to tidy up folders etc. And became overly nostalgic for Amsterdam. I had hit the album holding snapshots of our visit last October for my Mum's 50th. For the millionth time I thought 'why on earth am I not living there.' I was born in Landsmeer and my Papa and Grandparents live there still. I have a feeling of contentment when I'm wandering (always lost, my directional abilities are shot) by the canals. My Dutch is shabby at best, although incredibly it seems to improve after a few halves of Heineken and I do love England but there is always a feeling of longing attached to the harbour scenes of Vollendam and the algae covered canals.

I think I had just got my 50mm lens for my 22nd birthday when we went on this trip, a few of the images I must have overlooked because on a second delve a few were quite special. I dug them out and did a bit of editing. Here are a few for your viewing pleasure! Please be sure to link back if you do use any of my images!

Tweecup

After a busy year as a graduate, much of it completely unrelated to art! I have decided to revisit this space and finally post a few bits of work which I had missed out on uploading during the stressful trials and tribulations of university. Its always good to have a look over where I've been and hopefully work out where I'm headed! Unfortunately it was near impossible to document my actual degree show piece. So instead I'm aiming to fill in a few gaps here and there, starting with a revisit to my second year.

When exploring the notions of 'Kitsch' and 'Twee' I created an installation with suspended items which held memories and fell into either definition. You can read about the themes and ideas behind it here

On finishing the animation, I attempted various ways of displaying it to an audience. Its repetitive nature made it difficult to watch as an ordinary animation, resulting in me eventually breaking the animation up into 4 separate parts, and back projecting them into an old wooden dolls house's windows.

This animation has an interesting similarity with a piece I created in 3rd year, which was chosen for an exhibition for 'Gatehouse Live,' more about that in my next post!