Hey Its JoSh, feeling sorry for gayle...kinda... so

Jean-Micheal (Basiquat?)... Chaos at the best.

and Kenny Sharf Jungle these are on my mind 

And this is from somewhere in london, i love the organized chaos of broken objects.



SHIBORI

Hello this is EMMA-JANE YET AGAIN. Rawr

Just thought i'd share my evening with you guys and show you the shibori technique. I'm really bored so the pictures may amuse you...

Step number one: I use coins but you can actually use any little object (that doesn't melt) to create a 3d effect for this technique. I like coins because they produce circles and relate to my Octopus umbrella :) Paper clips look really cool too! All you do is lay your fabric on the floor, lay a penny onto the fabric, twist it and then tie it with either wool, elastic or rope. Whatever tickles your pickle!

You then get a metal siv and place it upon a boiling hot pan of water and let it steam for two minutes or so depending on how delicate you would like it and how thick your material is. Then once done, let it cool down and cut off the elastic.

THE RESULT. Its pretty awesome, I love this technique!

BROLLAAAYS

Someone had to do the stereotypical film for a umbrella scene and my brain cells are slowly melting so yes I have chosen Mary Poppings :)

This film is a musical and the woman herself is a mysterious nanny who helps a unhappy little family. She travels by her famous umbrella and is basically a crazy lady. I aspire to be her ;).. WE ALL KNOW THIS FILM!

Different uses of the umbrella, I particularly like the second image and third. Purely because I would totally have that sort of quirky interior for my own home :) For those who love fashion, I found a more simplistic candy cotton type of umbrella dress. 

Obviously you'll look at this and realise this is one of Alexander McQueen's extreme creations, I feel he designed this because it was a obvious statement on his negative feelings toward the fashion industry. I really like the build up of the grotesquely made-up models with the additional features of the umbrella's and the statement lipstic.

To end this post I would like you to take the time to appreciate my umbrella hat :)

Emma-Jane

I'm freezing in the rain...

Famous umbrella scene from the movie Singing In The Rain, the song makes me happy and makes me wanna learn tap dancing. I find this scene really cool because Gene Kelly uses the umbrella as a prop instead of keeping him dry. He twirls it, spins it, throws it, catches it then gives it to a random guy....ahaha simply incredible.

- Jenny L :) xx

thoughts i'd share this sweet picture, op. art beard Bridget Riley would be proud.

and a random picture of my pet frog terrance, Josh.W x

A title with no name.

I have only just looked at the brief for our spinning tops project and I do not understand it either but oh well, i've produced this at home :)

Super happy I only have 1 maths exam and just one project to focus on now. Happy Emma. Our little group did so well for the "dragons den" yay well done you guyyys.

I'm forever posting on this blog and you guys are making me look super geeky, so come onnnnn.

Hope your weekends peachy
EJ x

Spoonflower patterns

Hello another post from EJ...

I just experimented on spoonflower with my photographs from a fireworks display earlier this eve. Just thought I'd do a short and sweet post on the three I particularly like as they're textural and busy :)
Sorry that they're screen prints!