liking these artists today... tree art
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/ for the wrapped trees
Read about Myoung Ho Lee for more info on the trees against canvases...
http://www.lensculture.com/myoung.html
for the love of frocks 01 /
Love these. The label is called Heal.
Check out their website here
the magic flute has landed /
The Magic Flute opened last night at the Hackney Empire and after Saturday will go on a national tour. For details see www.englishtouringopera.org.uk
Lola's back /
polaroids /
Some polaroids i took a couple of years ago - had forgotten all about them until last night so I scanned them in. Enjoying the light quality you get from them and that brilliant format they have...
just pics on the way home /
making animals /
Needed some 'animals', for The Magic Flute, here are some ideas....
Roy Andersson's spaces /
Liam Steel introduced me to this film maker whilst we were working on The Magic Flute for English Touring Opera. I am finding Roy Andersson inspiring at the moment - spaces in his films are so potent - pale and interesting. So often interiors have a space-within-a-space, or some lit up structure or box... The desaturated colours are gorgeous. Real style.
His website is at http://www.royandersson.com/
costume /
Choosing so many things for any particular show can do my head in, but when you realise things work well together, it gets exciting.
buttons for the magic flute
fabric choices for 'summer' in the Snow Queen
fabrics for The Three ladies in The Magic Flute
the moon the moon /
Love these...
Sorry i dont have a source for them...
light up people /
Finally my dream come true, I have designed lampshade-people for the Magic Flute. This is the design for The Three Boys (sneak preview, we have not yet gone into rehearsal) and their lampshade-skirts will light up. Fun.
Click for more information about the production... English Touring Opera
today I love rainbows /
Can't help enjoying rainbow aranged/coloured objects... Naff I know but hey, I like' em. And I colour-coded my bookselves... obsessed. Cheering though.
night pictures /
I took these at Christmas - trying out my new remote control for my camera... 30 sec shutter speeds...
Lovely wallpaper /
I really like these artists - Nick and Sheila Pye
Click for website
Very inspiring wallpaper, feels like a design for a play already... Found on ffffound.com
mysterious /
Researching fairytale worlds for the Magic Flute...
flowers under glass /
Took these two pictures over Christmas when I was away... Interesting old glass domes filled with fake flowers - on gravestones in St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire.
Colours /
I am not what sources these images came from but for today, I am so inspired by these colours....
inspiration for the new year /
I am currently designing costumes for The Magic Flute, and finding the work of a photographer called Eugenio Recuenco very inspiring...
Dark fairytales and mystery abound...
Soul Play /
designs that never happened 02 /
Another design that never saw the light of day - The Mother Ship by Douglas Maxwell is its first incarnation. This design was the original version, that wasn't able to be realised but I am still very fond of it. Sliding panels in a two-dimensional world - inspired by You Tube, adverts and current trends in illustration. There was a self-operating projection screen for the main character, involving miniature versions of the characters within the play who had big space adventures in tiny.