"Your saw piercing is amazing!!! I realy love that damask style, I've been trying to work that sort of pattern into my next tattoo but I still havnt quite got it sorted. Do you know any tatooists in Melb that would be good at that sort of thing?…"
My jewellery is mainly laser cut leather and hand pierced silver inspired by tattoos, the Victorian era, Gothic architecture and culture and Art Nouveau. Most of my work is about achieving beauty through detail and the relationship of a piece to the body. Like tattoos I enjoy creating pieces that are if not a part of the body then an extension of it, complementing the body's lines and forms.
At 4:08pm on September 26, 2009, Phill Mason said…
Hey Clare [I got the spelling right this time...]
You'll be welcome at Chrissie, although I will be flat out, but I'll find time for a cuppa with you.
A Tassie girl, eh... I'm also 'friends' with Emily Snadden, who is also from down here, though currently studying at Wagga. It's a wonder you two haven't become 'friends' yet...
We should start our own 'Group' of Tasmaniacs, both ex-pats and in-pats...
Once again, lovely work...
Cheers,
Phill
At 2:06pm on September 26, 2009, Phill Mason said…
Hey Claire,
Lovely work...! While looking at it I was immediately reminded of Berlin Iron Jewellery from the early Nineteenth Century, only further developed and made contemporary and subject to your own idiom... No doubt you are familiar with that work...
And the disinterested 'Betty Boop' poses of you modeling your work are enchanting, although I shouldn't tell you that, lest self-consciousness replace the disinterest...
Go you...
Cheers,
Phill.
I haven't but my mother was a costume designer for major theater companies. Perhaps you need a good PR company to make enough noise about your 'unique' work and skills and style. Contact all the theatres and watch out for "calls for" at places like ... http://www.artsconnect.com.au/callforartists/0409_callforsetdesigners.htm
Contact NIDA. All of them. And who knows if you could be recognised by entering some costume award like ... http://www.trust.com.au/philanthropy/awards/thelma_afford/
What about this ... http://www.theatre.asn.au/billboard_bulletins/looking_for_set_and_costume_designers_for_a_musical_short_film
Consider collaborating with final year students like these (and showcasing your work through guest lecture programs)...http://www.lg.tafensw.edu.au/creativetafe/costume00/page3.htm
Hook up with the best of them ... http://www.theatrelinks.com/costume/
Spread your talent m'girl, it's too good to waste.
There is lots of stuff you can do on kit and caboodle - put images, news and events up, ask/answer stuff in the forums, join a group, chat and yes, you can even pimp your page. Its easy to move elements around and to change the format, take a look in the settings.
Just remember kit and caboodle is a public network, its aim is promotional, so be sure to only put up personal details that you are comfortable with. There are privacy and email options in the settings.
Kit and caboodle is an ideal place to put up posts about exhibitions or any current news that you have. There is a lot of interest in the network, both locally and overseas. It would be great if you posted regularly in the blog, you can choose to have blog posts on your page and/or on the front page. Add some images and links too.
Anytime you have a problem, or cant work something out, let me know.