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READ: Not Just a Label
16.7.12
a calculated rhythm
READ: Not Just a Label
12.7.12
2.7.12
light filtered through the quince bushes outside our bedroom windows
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Love the styling & colours of these photographs // must get the clay out and make some sculptural necklaces / beads...
READ: Sight Unseen / Studio Visit
17.6.12
perceptions of natural phenomena
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Klea McKenna, based in San Francisco, is a photographer who creates really interesting & innovative works, through an engagement with the materiality of analogue photography. She "explores human perceptions and representations of nature, and photography's unique ability to either conform or disarm those perceptions." I really love the experimentation with film photography's unpredictable qualities, resulting in works that blur the lines between reality and fantasy, art and photography.
13.6.12
magic science
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“The foundation for this project came from a recent interest in early science and particularly antiquity’s habit of entirely fabricating the inner workings of the world around them. I like the idea that in an age of such scientific uncertainty, anybody with enough conviction in their theory (and a well drawn diagram) could claim science for themselves, resulting in incredibly strange and peculiar scientific thought. So with this in mind, my aim was to make a book of fantasy science, with a focus on the hybridisation between different categories of nature.” via It's Nice That
VISIT: Katie Scott's Tumblr
11.6.12
2.6.12
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Going back to London tonight & will hopefully get a glimpse of the flotilla tomorrow afternoon on the Thames. Get ya pimms on & have a fabulously british weekend!
31.5.12
& our wild paths intersect
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Photographed by Marius W Hansen
COS Magazine No. 10 - The Outside Issue
"His imposing installations shown in museums and public spaces often consist of trees, flowers and other organic materials. For this exuberant bouquet, Bruggeman combined dry, wintery materials such as chestnut branches with newly flowering amaryllis and tulips. “It gives one a sense of the season,” says the artist. “Bouquets are living rather than static things, and thus temporary.” Instead of choosing a traditional vase, Bruggeman has made use of a kenzan or ‘spiky frog’, a flower holder from the ikebana practice. A true flora fanatic, Bruggeman is a founding editor of Club Donny, a journal on the personal experience of nature in the urban environment."
Having a mother as a florist, I find myself becoming more and more interested in the construction and the concept of a floral arrangement, as so much of the deliberation over flower, colour and composition choices bear such a similarity to the creative processes when creating any other type of art. These pieces, in their expression of a concept with their sculptural appearance, prove that the artistry of arranging is far from a past time only the village elderly upkeep but a very contemporary creative practice that I believe is only beginning to permeate the art world.
--- title from a song by patten -- go listen -- & watching Drive for like the hundreth time -- the soundtrack is divine -- #midnightmusings
I was flicking through the latest COS Magazine, and was captivated by the feature that saw five noted designers and artists create a bouquet. Each interpreted in different ways, exploring various ideas; permanence, space, composition, representation, temporality, the urban outdoors...
My favourite is the floral arrangement by Frank Bruggeman - the form and composition, the contrast of textures, the simplicity, the way in which the one stem lies horizontally...
--- title from a song by patten -- go listen -- & watching Drive for like the hundreth time -- the soundtrack is divine -- #midnightmusings
his lyrics blur like shoegaze slurs
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Hermione de Paula ~ 'Darlingtonia's Obsession' S/S '12
~ With a poetic beauty reminiscent of a Pre-Raphaelite painting, Hermione de Paula's spring/summer 2012 collection is a natural progression from her previous work. Feminine silhouettes constructed out of gossamer-light fabrics are covered with intricate floral prints hand-drawn to look as if they have wrapped themselves around the designs. "Darlingtonia's Obsession", is an ode to the kingdom of plants, as illustrated by images of the Cobra Lily plant in the collection's prints. Meanwhile, the maxi and mini-dresses, suits and ensembles are evocative of bohemia chanelled via Brooke Shields during her Pretty Baby era.
De Paula has been dubbed the print prodigy of British fashion. Before launching her label in 2008, the Central Saint Martins alumnus cultivated her sensibility while working for John Galliano and Alexander McQueen. Having recently caught the imagination of a number of independent boutiques, from Tokyo to Riyadh, the Devon native has earned particular applause for her unconventional prints, which have been sported by singer Florence Welch, who embodies the spirit of the clothes.
So what next for the designer? After coveted collaborations with Nicholas Kirkwood and ASOS, de Paula is in the process of introducing a luxury element to her line via embellishments and embroideries. Given her unusual take on flora, there is little doubt these ethereal pieces will become equally sought after. ~
From Tank zine || text by Tania Al-Farouki