Sunday 26th June: Glastonbury Day 3

A night of musical treats from Janelle Monae and The Wild Beasts.



A rainbow robot waiting in line to disco at NYC downlow.




Working the door of downlow in my cockettes regalia.

Saturday 25th June: Glastonbury Day 2

Colour on the grey skies.




The best dressed for the English weather- Carli and crew.




Tony Hornecker's Pale Blue Door Plantation House.



Human rainbow tent?!

Friday June 24th: Glastonbury Day 1

Arriving in the Dormobile.

Tues June 21st: Les Smokings by Craig Lawrence for SHOWstudio

For those that missed Craig's 3 day residency at SHOWstudio, here is a snapshot of Stevie's doodles that now adorn the walls from his spontaneous scrawling. For the first time Craig designed and knitted a jacket, all under the scrutiny of the world's gaze via the live link up online. The final Smoking Jacket plus an edited film of the footage of his working, will be going into the current exhibition "Practice to Deceive: Smoke & Mirrors in Fashion"

Tues June 21st: The Eyes of Peggy Moffitt

I LOVE having my makeup done - the process is so soothing and blissful - and the bonus is that I can realise exactly how I would like to have my eyes painted in the tricky 60's style which I would never be able to do myself -I wish I looked like this every day!!!

Tues June 21st: Setting up Vogue Fabrics at Block 9, Glastonbury Festival with Alun Davies

Last year I worked on the door of NYC Downlow in the Block 9 area at Glastonbury Festival and had such an incredible experience that Im joining the team for a 2nd year. Attached to the Downlow disco arena is Lyall Hakaraia's "Vogue Fabrics" space which is making a transition from a Speakeasy scenario to a sex club set up!! Art directors Alun Davies and Anna Bruder have been constructing the main frame in a warehouse in London in preparation, and finally taken it down to Pilton for the install and finishing touches. Lots of special features have also been plotted such as a film shot by Cathal O'Brien - seen here helping out Alun on site.

"Vogue Fabrics Dalston.....A kinky disco in a field, sensory stimulus, Benidorm or Bedlam, aversion therapy, sexual deviation, addictive obsessions, abnormal results, behaviour modification, enlightenment, aftercare.
Different shades of fun for consenting adults only."

"Benidorm vs Bedlam" will be split between Bedlam ruled over by living Goddess Danni Daniels all the way from Los Angeles, whilst the Mayor of Benidorm is porn superstar Ashley Ryder. The host for the weekend is Tranny with a Fanny, Holestar who will be introducing a roster of performances from Bourgeois & Maurice, Jonny Woo & Batty Lashes present Les Goom, Miss Annabel Sings, Mr Teds and Natalie Monroe with more to be announced...
........after midnight the performance space will turn into all-night kinky disco run by the finest East London club nights 1) Dirtbox (Jos Gibson, Borja Peña & Duchess of Pork) 2) POP!
Princess Julia, Duchess of Pork & Holestar, 3) Hot Boy Dancing Spot
The Lovely Jonjo, Hannah Holland, Dan Beaumont, Wer'e Not Cool & Josh Caffe

Vogue Fabrics is located in the basketball court of the NYC Downlow in the Block 9 Field with films from 8pm. performances from 10pm and Disco 12 – 6am

"Open minds only" - find out more at the Facebook page.

Sunday June 19th: Ascot - Piers Atkinson and Noel Stewart

I was so happy and excited to bump into Piers and Noel at Ascot!!! I had to visit the Royal Enclosure to do an interview for Hello! Magazine and found my friends where they had taken part in a millinery showcase with Stephen Jones. They had an amazing day going live on BBC1 and being treated to the luxury lifestyle of the setting! It was hilarious to be witness to this scene of English eccentricity and a brilliant break from our East End studios!!!!

Sunday June 19th: Ascot - The Havaiana Hats

Here are Imogen and Donna from Havaianas and Naomi from Grazia wearing the flip flop hats that I made for the team to wear to Ascot Ladies Day. We had great fun despite the intermittent bursts of rain which we were well equipped for with our wellies and umbrellas - perfect timing to put their new welly line to the test! Ive never been to Ascot before and had no idea what to expect and found myself in hat heaven, checking out all the other fascinators on show (see previous post). Our summery and colourful headpieces got a great reception amongst the array of spectacular selection of millinery on display. The Queen was resplendent in a colour block look of coral and Princess Beatrice wore a Piers Atkinson hat........ which leads me onto the next post......

All photos by me except last from the album over at the Havaianas Facebook.

Sunday June 19th: Ascot - The Highlights in Hats

Sat 18th June: Tom Vek's illustrated gig posters

Danny Sangra

Mark Ward

Kate Moross

Ferry Gouw

Stevie Gee






Harking back to the original tradition of bands having unique adverts drafted up for each specific gig, Tom Vek asked 5 illustrator/graphic artist friends to design a poster for his 5 UK shows. Tom wrote down the 5 names of both the artists and city venues, tore up the paper and put the tickets in a hat to delegate a random outcome of pairing the place to the person. The A3 artworks were printed using the Risograph technique at Ditto Press on Shacklewell lane, just round the corner from both of our studios. Using this process in place of screen printing meant that a restricted colour palette has resulted in the disparate designs appearing as a distinctive harmonious collection. The limited run of 100 per piece have been sold at each show with the final remaining concert happening tonight in Brighton.
Tom completed his first album whilst studying Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins where his network of contemporaries have all followed suit to become successful talents practising today. Luckily this means he has an immediate resource to tap for collaborations on the visual side of his musical enterprise which came together neatly for this particular offshoot venture. The mouse drawing for Thursdays headline show at London's heaven is by Ferry Gouw who is also known for the art direction of Mad Decent - most notably the comic strip style for Major Lazer. Ive included Ferry's video for Tom's first release from “Leisure Seizure” here which was put together as an ode to the genre of boy-racers who like to see their girls hair fly from the sheer amplification of car soundsystems! It was a concept the two worked on closely together in the edit to execute a tight coreography of hair flicking to the strong beat element of the track. Its this attention to detail that marks Vek's identity ........... also taken thru to the composition of live visuals which he has constructed with a cross beam projector to match the colour of the lights to the rest of his palette. If you missed this condensed run of dates, be sure to check his tour diary to catch the next slots at festivals and cities internationally over the summer.
Any posters left over from sales at these select dates will be appearing online in due course..........

Images from "Tom Vek gig posters first collection" - Tom himself, Ollie Evans (director of 'A Chore'), Mark Ward, Danny Sangra.

Friday 17th June: 'Bortusk Took a Trip' Report by Emily Beard

'Bortusk Took a Trip' is the first solo show by UK artist Bortusk Leer. Bortusk has been spreading his rainbow tinged vision on the streets of New York and London since 2007, creating monsters that shine a bit of colour into the dark corners of the cities. Pasted over newspapers, naturally. Bortusk's work is explored over a variation of mediums, with knitwear, painting, sculpture, not to mention crawling across the floors and walls in vivid and UV hues.

The exhibition presents a peek into the carefree and colourful days of childhood, with the intention to 'put a smile on your face and brighten up your day'.


68 Sclater Street,
London,
E1 6HR
Weds-Sun 11am to 6pm

www.tonysgallery.com