Bundle dying using iron and copper mordants with natural materials. Just one of many skills learnt in the Printed Textiles course # morleycollege

day 28 of #fallforcostume is #romantic so i am sharing my textile foundation final project, a ballet costume including a romantic tutu. i made this 6 years ago, and boy can you tell. for those of you saying it doesn’t look much like a romantic tutu, i would have to agree. there is just not enough fabric, i was both naive and cheap. i have fantasies about taking it apart and remaking it in a style more suitable to the character (moth, a fairy), the period (elizabethan), and its purpose (a ballet costume). maybe one day i will. #romantictutu #ballet #balletcostume #costume #costumedesign #theatredesign #fairy #fairycostume #moth #amidsummernightsdream #thedream #frederickashton #shakespeare #textiles #textiledesign #repeatprint #morleygallery #morleycollege https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LECfmA0Vn/?igshid=61yoqlxfl9fh

Inspiration for my Sea Anemone Mask

Petite Ballerinas. A tiny etching. I love printmaking but presently need a press. I pulled this one at beloved Morley College in Lambeth. #morleycollege #etching #balletdancer #balletart #veronicaaldous https://www.instagram.com/p/BqVqRJwHiM7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c3spnx95seh7

VOTIVE - An ACWU project with Morley College and Kaya. After being exhibited at Southwark Cathedral, clay votives were gifted to the River Thames. 30/9/18

Gifters - Duncan Hooson and Stephanie Buttle. 

Photographs ©Steve Mepstead 2018.

Thank you @wandsworthradio for inviting me to talk about the singing courses I run at Morley College and the penny lectures, inspiring music, singing..everything that is good for the soul! Head to soundcloud.com/wandsworthradio to hear it #pennylectures #morleycollege #voice #singing #choirs #education #music #wandsworthradio #angelinaluzimusic https://www.instagram.com/p/BoPCbiCn6xV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10jrypyx23vty

I was modelling at Pelham Hall last night and we unearthed this bust I started (then abandoned) in January. Sculpture isn’t really my discipline but I hope to get the chance to do this again. #art #artist #sculpture #clay #lifeclass #lifemodel #portrait #claysculpture #needpractice #figurativeart #3d #discipline #figurativesculpture #practice #newskill #handmade #craft #claycraft #clayportrait #handsculpted #lifesize #head #sculptureworkshop #morleycollege #pelhamhall #face #looking #manipulating #claymodel #modelling

From the bus #tbt - part of my #Fmp #viewfromtheupperdeck this time last year #morleycollege #textilefoundation (at London College of Communication)

Such a good night last night at our Morley Fashion Reunion 😍🥂🍻👯👯💃🏽❤️ #accesstofashion #reunion #morleycollege #oldtimes (at The Three Stags)

Another cut image from Paul Wells' talk 'A Jeweller's Guide to Mourning Jewellery' next week @morleycollege @morleyjewellery #victorianjewelry #georgianjewellery #antiquejewellery #hairjewellery #navette #pearlborder #mourningjewellery #inmemoryof #rings #deathpositive #sepia #urn #blackenamel

My course @morleycollege

https://www.morleycollege.ac.uk/courses/3208-down-with-patriarchy-feminist-art/4224

I'm taking a course at Morley college in feminist art from 9th March.  In it Lubaina Himid is one of the artists whose work I will explore.  If you are interested the link above should work.

A world of miniatures.

This weekend I had some time to experiment with ideas to create a world. In these images I have used a 20cm wooden box /stage to create a setting for potential ideas. These will help me to form ideas for the show in September.

In the last who images you can see one of my characters The Queen, who lives in Candyland and has a hankering for the sweet things in life. Previously she has followed a tasty apple trail to find an apple tree. Eventually her hunger and desires consumes the health of the tree. It the end it withers away and dies.

My collection of characters represents ideas and or forms of life, things and people I find fascinating. During the show in September I will explore how they interact each other.

Look of the Day: Stephen Jones Millinery

You know what they say: Accessories make the outfit. Accessories Design can be a fantastic pathway on its own, or a great way to round out your collection. I really enjoy making hats; although to be fair, mine never look like this.

What started as a simple exercise: plaster relief from a clay mould, has sparked a whole series of works in both 2D and 3D. I’m thinking about the qualities of surface and working towards the creation of a fictional landscape with its origins in material and process.

running behind on the #fallforcostume challenge but here’s hoping for a quick catchup #favouritetechnique my favourite technique is probably screen printing. this was a trial piece i printed during the design process for the costumes in frederick ashton’s the dream. it’s based on elizabethan embroidery, and was designed for the fairy character peaseblossom. i didn’t end up making her costume but i was really pleased with how this came out. working out the colour separations took a while but i liked the variety of motifs i was able to include #fallforcostumeday21 #favoritetechnique #screenprinting #textiledesign #embroidery #elizabethan #frederickashton #amidsummernightsdream #ballet #peaseblossom #peas #floralprint #balletcostume #costumedesign #textilefoundation #morleycollege #phoebedoescostume

Petite Ballerinas. A tiny etching. I love printmaking but presently need a press. I pulled this one at beloved Morley College in Lambeth. #morleycollege #etching #balletdancer #balletart #veronicaaldous https://www.instagram.com/p/BqVqRJwHiM7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11gv5mcvzdd6z