Monday, June 28, 2010

Wild Graffiti: Berlin artists create street art out of used fur coats.

Female street-art crew Neozoon makes striking works using second-hand fur coats. Their artworks are so popular that they usually disappear within a week of installation. In this video, the pair don masks and install a family of bears at the Jannowitzbrücke junction in the heart of Berlin. The artists also invite us to their studio, where they carefully prepare the fur silhouettes, and show us round a local bear pit, where the symbols of Berlin live a more pitiful existence.



Gypsy Palace hearts this idea, naturally.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Gypsy Palace Couture slideshow of new work

I just created this slideshow for my application to the Artist Trust's Grants for Artists award. I stayed up all night making it, only to find the next day that they mistakenly included video as a medium that people in the Crafts category could use to show their work. So I had to start over and submit still photos, which sucked, but HEY at least I got this lovely little video out of the deal. Even if I don't win the award, which I asked for to help me promote my jewelry and clothing design, I have more promotional material now.



Some of the images in the slideshow are from the "Alice's Dark Mirror" photo shoot project I just did with Karina Elizabeth (Lux Vivens Photography), Molly Friedrich (amazing Steampunk designer), Nikki Reign (makeup artist), Miguel Vigil (hair), and models Kaida Hitomi, Heather Rouge, Andrew Forrayi, Sam Freeman and Chryseph Fawcett. I will have a complete slideshow of that photo shoot on the website really soon--i documented the entire process and will be interviewing everyone who worked on the shoot. Final images from the shoot are still being processed but those will be available on the website and also on the Gypsy Palace Facebook page (which is about to get created. Please become a fan!)

What's new in the studio? Wire wrapping! I am just getting my feet wet in this medium but already I can see that I will love it. I am incorporating semi-precious stones with metals, found objects, industrial hardware and vintage jewelry components. I could solder these things together, but it often makes more sense to attach things together by wrapping and weaving, which wire does beautifully. I will post my new pieces here as I create them, but also check out the portfolio page frequently as I am posting new work there and offering it for sale at my Etsy Shop

Look for a major overhaul to this blog and the Gypsy Palace website in the very near future. Thanks for your support!