D.I.Y

So on what was probably one of the hottest days of the year on friday I decided to stay in doors all day (haha) although it was productive...I dug out my sewing machine and did a bit of d.i.y bunting.

I am pleased with the results seen as I'm a bit of a beginner when it comes to sewing, although it's a good job you can't see up close as it's v.rough around the edges. I did plan to make it alot longer but after 2 hours of cutting and hemming those triangles I was going a bit made so for the moment it's only a 4-strong bunting...lets call it a 'work in progress'.
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Trunks and Cases

Still dreaming of a holiday reminded me of some dressing I did at work a few months ago.....
The theme was a 'European Tour', I got some vintage trunks and cases and placed some old-style holiday stamps on them to age and give the feeling of fun travel memories. I also got some lovely real second hand postcards from a market (Spitafields market in Shoreditch sells lots of these).

Friday Inspiration Post.

I always love Set Designer Shona Heath's work and this 'Starsigns' piece she did for British Vogue last year is a favourite.

Old award news.

Image from 'Edith' 2010- Northern Film School.

(Production design by moi.)

This is old news but my graduation film 'Edith' was long-listed this year for a BAFTA short film award......Amazing. I am so proud that my final year university film would even noticed by bafta let alone considered for a nomination so I was more that chuffed.

Some work...

With all the wedding fever going on (did you notice) my work joined it and we did a commercial for a ' Best of British' Event. The idea was to create a typical street party, so we overtook a corner of Battersea park and I went wild with bunting, balloons, sausage rolls and all things red, white and blue....Here's a few images of the finished 'set'.



It made me feel very patriotic!

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Stephane TV.

Tonight I am going to watch Michel Gondrys (♥) 'Science of Sleep' because I remembered how good it was. The design is so playful and limitless it is definatley in my top 10 'if i couldve worked on any film i would have worked on...' list. With the art direction being done by Pierre Pell and Stéphane Rozenbaum i love the way they captured the main character's; Stephane (played by Gael García Bernal) slighy blurred reality and his hyper active imagination. The line between awake and asleep is disstorted but wonderful. I love how crafted everything is in the film. It could have easiy had some clever little effects to make it abit different but it doesn't. Everything looks like it is made by hand and that you yourself could make it. The sets are so low tech but great. Stephane's Tv studio is by far my favourite, egg cartons will definatly be making an appearence in a film of mine one day!

I have a film crush on Michel Gondry.