Weds 22nd July: Helen Macintyre Studio Visit

Here she is!  The little trickster Macintyre.  I finally made it along to her Stoke Newington studio to see where she gets messy to make her incredible sets and props.  Helen doesn't actually have a moustache....... that's some fake hair she is using at the moment to make a costume.........I didn't ask anymore questions!  

I met Helen when we were both assisting Shona Heath back in 2004.  Now Helen features side-by-side Shona in the new issue of Plus Eighty One magazine which is a fantastic special edition issue entitled "Creativity of Garments".  Its so good, I recommend purchasing this for a plethora of profiles on other pioneering prop stars such as Gary Card, Mary Howard ............and multidisciplinary mavericks Husam El Odeh, Henrik Vibskov..............

Today Elisha Smith-Leverock has uploaded her latest music video to her blog which was a collaboration with Helen.  I asked Helen what inspired her surreal world of carousel horses and giant Man-in-the-moon faces ...........

"It is the morning after a party ..........friends sleep over, wake up and have a little festival outside, using bits from the house ........what larks!"

Although it sounds relatively fantastical, I can testify that this is actually how Helen exists without realising its  bizarreness.  I have been to dinner at Helen's and she went into the garden to retrieve the giant moon to serve as a table top .................and then proceeded to keep her wellies on to cook.............

Here is one of Elisha's portraits of Daisy Dares .............check out the video at 
http://blackmaskenterprise.blogspot.com/
http://www.helenmacintyre.co.uk/