Thurs 6 March: Changing of the Guard

Walking past The Screen On The Green cinema last night .............they were changing the film titles on there traditionally lit hoarding.............love these letters........

Tues 4th & Weds 5th March: Going Live

Mon 3rd March: Animal Inspiration

I want to involve some animal motifs into my accessories line so I have gone back to the Mexican animals that we painted in the Summer for inspiration. They are just so cute, they have not worn out!

Sun 2nd March: Clearing out

I had to clear out some things from my brother-in-law's garage and unearthed some discarded treats belonging to my nephews.....

Sun 2nd March

Sat 1 March: Final Fantasy

Last night I went over the road to the Kentish Town Forum to see Owen Pallett perform at a night he curated with a line up of other acts. Whilst he performed by layering loops of sounds from his violin, there was a fantastic live animation going on in the background. I eyed up the OHP before the performance with my geeky appreciation for these dinosaur pieces of equipment (of which we have 3 in our studio). I have never seen one used in this way before! As the sounds layered up, the animator layered up carefully cut imagery that would connect to become whole stories and moved with her hands. It was such an endearing way to illustrate songs on stage and beats any VJ that I have seen. (I have stolen this photo from flickr and cannot take credit it for it......its by John Gleeson)

Sat 1 March: Popsicle hairpins

Here is another picture from the current Dazed & Confused where Karen Langley used a selection of my archive accessories for an article on a new Mac range by the graffitti artist Fafi . The other image is the original portrait I took when I first made the popsicle hairpins in NYC back in 2005. My friend ADi very kindly obliged to be the model for this shot whilst working in her studio. This was one of the first pictures that I took to set up and make my website.............

Friday 29th February: Its all about outsized bags

I discovered on the hintmag.com blog that the set design from the Chanel show featured oversized accessories (this photo is from the original post shot by Rachel de Joode). I spent January making a giant Chanel bag myself, to submit for the showstudio.com political fashion project. Here you can see a still from my film that will be launched as part of a screening to be announced soon..............

Weds 27th: Pom Poming

Our beverages are inspiring our output

Monday 25th Feb: New Bi-Plane

Sun 24th Feb: Brick Lane Graffitti

Brick Lane and the surrounding area (e.g Spitafields, Great Eastern Street) seems to be undergoing a rapid regeneration and becoming unrecognisable. It looks like all the predictable culprits are moving in which is a shame. But at least the area is still a living gallery for street art.............here are some new pieces I haven't noticed before.............

Sat 23rd Feb: All around the world

Here is the quilled sushi that I made for a still life that is published in the current Dazed & Confused styled by Karen Langley......................

Fri 22nd February: Gothic

The private view for Gothic at the Fieldgate Gallery which is around the corner from Atlantis art supplies in Whitechapel. Although I am inherently offended and opposed to all things gothic..........I did actually really like this exhibition. Its a great new space to show contemporary art and this is a nicely balanced collection of photography, painting, sculpture, film and installation. There is a contrast in scale from the giant billboard size print "Children of the Gods" by Matthew Stone to the miniture insect sculpture of "The Resurrection of the Rat" by Tessa Farmer (which you have to get so close to see, you have to watch that you dont accidentally inhale the beasties up your nose!).

Thurs 21 Feb: NOKI Graffitti update

Holly spotted this latest installment in the NOKI graffiti trail. The last entry was from the toilet of the George and Dragon and this new sighting was just off Hoxton Street. Ive included a picture of NOKI's own pair of his Kicker's collaboration design which have not escaped the grid embellishment of his prolific marker pen..............

Weds 20th Feb: The Brits

The freaks were out last night. 10 of us were hired to dance on stage at the Brit Awards after show party during Matthew Stone's set. The-O, Chycca and Scotte all had outfit changes which was great fun to witness in our dressing room. Scottee's makeup box was a picnic hamper! The lashings of red glitter was echoed in the jewell encrusted scarlet telephone box in the party. The lit dancefloor was a flashing chess board and the rest of the venue was decorated with graffitti covered caravans.

Tues 19th: At home Part II

I then bumped into Bethan Wood whilst actually buying wood in Leylands. Bethan's home is decorated in a collection of everything I dream about and more. Wow wee. If our two worlds collided it would be quite something! Rubixcube takeover.

Tues 19th: At home

Destiny brought me a day of enjoying tea and conversation at different creative ladies dwellings whilst in Hackney. I firstly visited Paloma Faith who greeted me wearing an oversized red bow tie and served me a red polkadot mug . Then onto Amy Gwatkin in a pom pom necklace, who served me a cup with a picture of her Granmother's dog dressed up in hat and sunglasses. Here are pictures of Amy's home that is a visual overload of collected prints, postcards and Helmut Newton posters. Not to mention her exploding wardrobe of vintage treats which she layers by picking individual pieces each time she passes.

Tues 19th: I am not alone

2 friends emailed me the link to an article about monochromatic dressers today.............it seems that I am not the only one then..............these are such great portraits......

Monday 18th Feb: New Star Ceiling

Our studio ceiling has been naked since we took down the stars for Patrick's set at Shepherd's Bush Empire. Today the next chapter has been resolved and installed. Andy and Maki put up the left over night sky backdrop from Peter Jensen's show. I blogged a picture of this on hintmag.com as a start to an ongoing contribution to the site.................so I will notify here when I send my monthly submissions.

16th Feb: Paloma Faith

This stunning dress was designed by Petra Storrs. The expanse of reflective metal set off Paloma's performance with a large helium baloon and mirror ball makeup. Check out an even more stunning piece on video that the pair worked on in the link below.................