recessionista
he he ha ha what do you get when you cross a fashionista with a recession ... of cause a recessionista!
Sushi mountain towards a great divide.
A collaborative work by Kyla Ring and Cara MacLeod 2008. 'Sushi mountain towards a great divide' was created in residency at the Atelier en commun in Paris. At this point Cara had been working on a drawing series based on the book Les Alps and I was playing with drawing in the third dimension creating portals and voids using plastic palette tape.
This work for me emerged from my experiences in a fully open plan 3 level studio space made for 100 artists to use at any given time, you share tables and chairs when you were not on a set residency program.
My interest in the concept of the great divide of personal and shared space - the lack of walls around peoples studio spaces had a huge impact. My attention came back to peoples behaviours and the divides they put around themselves or which formed due to natural differences likes and dislikes.
Whilst co-running the Frohsinnberg Projekt ARI in 2008, it gave way for the perfect site specific installation with awful feng shui - columms breaking up rooms and beams jutting out .... a perfect space for a work about divides. I created a work called Fortune Mountain, 2m felted sculpture crossed between fortune cooky and mountain (must upload a photo).
This work for me emerged from my experiences in a fully open plan 3 level studio space made for 100 artists to use at any given time, you share tables and chairs when you were not on a set residency program.
My interest in the concept of the great divide of personal and shared space - the lack of walls around peoples studio spaces had a huge impact. My attention came back to peoples behaviours and the divides they put around themselves or which formed due to natural differences likes and dislikes.
Whilst co-running the Frohsinnberg Projekt ARI in 2008, it gave way for the perfect site specific installation with awful feng shui - columms breaking up rooms and beams jutting out .... a perfect space for a work about divides. I created a work called Fortune Mountain, 2m felted sculpture crossed between fortune cooky and mountain (must upload a photo).
Pockettree at Fashion Reloaded garments go to Auction ...
Above: 'So last season' by pockettree.
This title goes back afew years now Cara & I were brainstorming and came up with it whilst enjoying a break in the studio, and before the auction I thought yep this title was made for today and the masses were into it! So Last Season is also the name of my upside-down range and today I found out there is a Scandinavian label with the same name of cause it's a great phrase. After the event I thought I'd check them out and they have a very similar garment as you see above, there's is a polished design all beautiful typical of scandianvian design - smick made with new fabrics not like my version made whilst we had 30min heats to whip up clothes from the old threads piled in the room.
I just love that ideas are not about the individual anymore, this event was suported by Creative Commons and one desig label has open source patterns of their garments nice!
Above: 'So last season' by pockettree, as worn by the happy customer, sorry I forgot to get your name, trying to sourec it via the grapevine.
Above: 'I used to be a tennis freak' a pockettree So last season T, as worn by the happy customer, sorry I forgot to get your name, trying to sourec it via the grapevine.
Above: 'I used to be a tennis freak' back view by pockettree.
Above: 'I used to be a tennis freak's sleeve' Casino T by pockettree, sorry I forgot to get this models name, trying to sourec it via the grapevine.
Above: 'I used to be a tennis freak's sleeve' Casino T by pockettree.
Above: Sac to Sexy Gladiator dress by pockettree, thanks Mary Lou for modelling.
Above: 'Origami Waterbomb' by pockettree.
All garments and designs were created on the 3rd and 4th July using recycled garments at the Fashion Reloaded event as part of the Berlin Fashion Week 09 theKey.to international event for green fashion, sustainable design, lifestyle & culture, July 1-4 at Kaiserliches Postamt, Karl-Marx-Str 97 Berlin-Neukölln. Cick here for more pictures and information.
Custom made for the engineer
Abit of last minute present fun, riping up the tee's and cutoff fabrics to create the 'fisseur' tee for an engineer named Don.
Neozoon Bear-Family in Berlin - Urban Art
looking for a berlin bear for a T, found this pastie made of furs?!
FASHION RELOADED A green fashion week event!
ZOOPER as Berliners say, I have been asked to join in theFASHION RELOADED green fashion week event here in
Berlin. "swap, make & restyle your old but nice clothes"
4th July at Kaiserliches Postamt Neukölln Berlin. Noon-7pm.
Berlin. "swap, make & restyle your old but nice clothes"
4th July at Kaiserliches Postamt Neukölln Berlin. Noon-7pm.
Computer Games
What a cover, 80's NZ New Wave band.
1979: Mi-Sex's promo-video for the hit single 'Computer Games' taken from the 1979 album 'Graffiti Crimes'. TOP OF THE CHARTS, he he he graffiti crimes what a threat.
Check out the clip on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m8IOD-wk9g
1979: Mi-Sex's promo-video for the hit single 'Computer Games' taken from the 1979 album 'Graffiti Crimes'. TOP OF THE CHARTS, he he he graffiti crimes what a threat.
Check out the clip on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m8IOD-wk9g
5 mad manequins ...
I can't help myself, yes searching for mannequin photos again, boy do they have fun.
Now is the time to refashion shrinkie dinks ... can they jazz up this fabric?
Shrinkie dinks mixed with my latest T sounds fun or is it outright bad? Either way I have been meaning to tryout shrinkie dinks for years but not with chip packets like we did in the 80's this time it's the plastic bag & mesh sacks who will payup.
I have been using the plastic sacks from fruit and veg in numerous ways and want to print through them next but for now let's try ironing them, here is what booted me into action thanks to Treches a designer taking part in the Fashion Reloaded event in Berlin 4th July.
I have been using the plastic sacks from fruit and veg in numerous ways and want to print through them next but for now let's try ironing them, here is what booted me into action thanks to Treches a designer taking part in the Fashion Reloaded event in Berlin 4th July.
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