I chanced upon Elena Kalis' photography today. I have always been inspired by underwater photography. The way the hair and fabric sways in surreal slow motion gives this type of art a beautiful flow and a special spontaneity. I love these pictures in particular, the muted tones and the haunting, dreamy quality of an underwater world captures my imagination and make me want to pick up my paintbrush and paint. Visit her site here to see more.

Gibbous has taken recycling to a whole new level of artform. From their trunk of stained silks, lace and lost trinkets they create tattered, one of a kind pieces reminisient of something right out of a Victorian novel or fairytale. They make their designs without the use of patterns and have described it as a process likened to putting a puzzle together ~ 'a myraid of different matierals histories forged together in a sea of stitches'. Each garment is sculpted to the body and adorned with flowers, buttons or other treasured finds. For more information on where to find Gibbous garments please visit their site here.

My sister has been dancing flamenco since she was 12 years old. She has performed in over a 100 shows in Canada, Spain and Portugal. I have always loved the beautiful dresses that would be worn on stage, the colours, the flowing fabrics and designs. I had the opportunity to design a bata de cola dress for her that was displayed during my graduation fashion show and more recently I designed this flamenco dress for one of her shows. The dress is made from black lace, satin and pale silver beige under dress.  The pictures were taken by my mom Maria Lawrence and are copyright to her.  

This is Winter in my series of season girls.

Pencil Sketch.

Final Digital image

Hey everyone! I apologise it's been a long time since I last made a post. Between school, various art projects, out of town guests and a trip to Denmark the blog has taken a sad back seat to my other work.  To get back in swing of posting more regularily I will start by sharing a new project.  This will be a collection of 4 girls one for every season Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.  This is Spring and may be produced into a line of jewelry as well as tshirts and art prints. More details will be posted soon.

Pencil Sketch

Final Image