Happy 25th To Us!

Thank you, sweetie. I love you, too. 

Wish we could be hanging out here together, tonight...

For all the amazing years...

 

For all the years to come...

Happy Anniversary!

Crossword Puzzles

Here's another cover I'm really excited about!
My birdies are gracing the cover and pages of Posh Easy Crosswords,
available for pre-order at Amazon and at select book stores :)

Zhang Xu Chao Editorial for (France) Grazia Magazine, May 2010

Model: Zhang Xu Chao (Esee China)
Editorial: True Blue
Magazine: (France) Grazia Magazine, May 2010
Photographer: Brian Keith
Stylist: Stephanie Brissay
Hair: Sébastien Le Coroller
Makeup: Tatsu Yamanaka

Source: fashioncopious

Book Cover

Look! One of my birdies landed on the cover of this book published by
Blackie Books from Barcelona, Spain.
You can read more about the book here (in English)

Off And Running!

My three entries for FABRIC 2010 : Handmade Designs on Fabric for Quiltmaking are in the mail and on their way to Columbus. OH., and after a quiet but wonderful weekend at home with hubby, I was back in the studio this morning, chewing up the scenery.

First thing this morning, this large length of cotton sateen from my last batch of hand-dyeds...

... Got the flour paste resist treatment...

... And now waits to dry. It's destined for a textile paint crackle in a mid-ranged green. As is common when exploring a specific technique, I made a small but important refinement to my process this time with the use of a seventy-five cent plastic tool from the hardware store.

The lowly spackle blade shaved time off my flour paste resist application and gave me a lovely, thin coating which not only saved me on flour (because I didn't need as much to get full coverage), but should promote fine crazing that will look wonderful on the finished fabric. I won't know until much later if this is the last layer this fabric will receive or not.

Once the FPR was set aside to dry, I spent some time monoprinting with thickened black dye (sorry, no progress photos for those- I forgot to take them and now the pieces are wrapped in plastic and batching). I used a product called SuperClear, which is essentially pre-thickened print paste (water and sodium alginate mixed together), and wasn't entirely thrilled with it for monoprinting. It was too thin to really get interesting impressions but I think it will make an adequate-if not spendy- paste for deconstructed screen printing. I'll use the rest of what I have and then go back to making my own. 

Finally, to finish the day, I did some more monoprinting with Neopaque onto some hand-dyed pieces. These pieces are still in their "ugly stage" and will get more layers over time until they're finished. 

Nothing earth-shattering, but a solid start to developing themes for my Blurred Boundaries entry in July.

At the end of the day, despite the mess to be cleaned, a cluttered desk = a productive day and a good start to the week. 

The rest of the week promises to be as busy. Hope your week is everything you want it to be, too... happy creating!

Tao Okamoto Editorial for Vogue Nippon, May 2010

Model: Tao Okamoto (Ford) & Daniel Liu (Ford)
Editorial: Pool Party
Magazine: Vogue Nippon, May 2010
Photographer: François Nars
Stylist: Patti Wilson

Source: scanned by MAGstyle @ tfs

Chan Chiu Editorial for (French) Joyce Magazine, April 2010

There is a outcry (in the comments section) for new faces. So I'm introducing you to Chan Chiu from Hong Kong, who lives/works in Paris and is signed with Izaio Agency in Berlin.

Model: Chan Chiu (Izaio/Berlin)
Editorial: Série Mode Radical
Magazine: (France) Joyce Magazine, April 2010
Photographer: Bruno Sabastia
Stylist: Laurence Gounel

Source: Joyce.fr