Acid Coral

Acid coral and bright orange are my favourite colours this summer. I am surrounded by them or I surround myself around them more like it. Those shades are full of life and excitement and what's more they complement summer tan like nothing else. . . Unfortunately I do not own anything of those tones . . . yet!


But Imma definitely change that!

To compensate myself I made a veil. I had half a meter of acid coral/orange tulle left from this project I did back in January. I wasn't quite sure what to do with it.

That was until I saw the latest issue of Pigeons&Peacocks and their editorial called 'PAINT'. The mag features dresses by Tanya Ling, a graduate of St Martins school of Art. She does everything from illustration and painting to fashion design.

The dresses look like they've been painted with acrylics and kind of remind the of those ball gowns Dolce&Gabbana did few years back. This is the much modern take. Simple in shape and colour.

So I basically borrow the idea of painting fabric and used it on my veil.

Modelled by moi, is the veil before Photoshop editing.

This was an experiment really to see what looks like. I used acrylics in primary colour and white to create highlights. I took the brush for a walk basically.

The result is surprisingly very effective. I particularly like the contrast between those colours and texture of the brushstrokes.

It looks as if I painted my face when I squint my eyes.

And this picture is quite good as well-light, composition and so on.

As i LOOOVE making digital collages i couldn't pass making one for this veil. I usually use them as background.

Here I combined every lovely acid coral/orange nature I could find in my photographs. Flamingos, and those other birds with roses and those other flowers-very specific. I then just organised those images and set the saturation sky high! That's how I like it lately.

Defo more acrylic painting for me in future!

I shall post my painted bottles next!!!




Over and out-Cheap&Nasty-Adam   x.x.x

Lights, lights

The other night I was in a real great mood thanks to certain someone. I wanted to make a veil/mask from white tulle I had. I made one out of faux fur a while back for my Final Major Project but this time I was in a mood to make something light and eerie...

Here's the mask on my face before the edit:

I embroidered the mask with silver thread. Initially they were meant to be twinkles but then when I put the mask on, it kind of looked like cracked glass. 

Still following the 'light' theme, I worked in an image of rollercoatser lighting into the picture and set the saturation up quite high- btw that's my photoshop lingo hahah. . . I'm still a rookie so let it go...

The finished piece reminds me of Bjork's 'Hyperballad' Video-the layered imagery and lots of little lights. 

Cheap&Nasty- Ad xxx

Underneath are feet crystals grow like plants . . .

Last Sunday I went to see the one and only Björk !!! She played a little concert in Manchester as part of MIF. It was art!

The Tesla Coil produced beautiful lightenings in sync with the synth, the choir sang eerie, clashing harmonies, and the screens were showing a seal being consumed by starfish, all of which was narrated by David Attemborough during interludes. . . .Fucking EPIC!
I felt like I was having the strangest dream but I definitely didn't want to wake up. . .  I can't wait for the album or the videos!

There's one song already resealed and it's beautifully called 'Crystalline'. And it goes 'Underneath are feet, crystals grow like plants(...)Internal Nebula'. Been listening to the song loads! And been very inspired. . . So decided to make another t-shirt!

Nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust and gases

I found this fabric I had bought yonks ago. The print reminds me of the effect you get when working with brusho inks. ALSO it reminded me of a Nebula and Opals. Very beautiful fabric.

These are some of the pictures I worked into the main collage. I took them in a world museum in London a while back:

Fruit/Folk Salad. . .

Last week I was feeling all creative and alive. . . summer's here-full on! With all that excitement I made a t-shirt. I had about 2 meters of this plain white jersey which I dyed flamingo pink-that name is super gay/Miami/Palms beach/The Birdcage/cool I could not resist! It was real simple to make as I used a batwing pattern. Mmm 80s!

And Just before I collaged it with pictures I took over last week. Insects, fruit and hand-made crepe paper corsages made by my lovely Nana Anna :)

I think this looks pretty cool and will deffo make more. . . maybe print on em or embellish them?! Who knows....

Cheap&Nasty-Adam