Paper Ribbons

I like art,

The more conceptual, metaphoric, innovative, traditional yet contemporary the better.

The colour and visual aesthetics are exquisite.

Ah Cadbury . . .

These are by Yulia Brodskaya, I like the artistic yet essentially still crafty aspects of these pieces of work

In Holy Matrimony

All the talk with the royal wedding coming up ive been having a peek at some dresses

and some are absolutely beautiful.

This my fave so far,

a wedding anyone?

Ballet/Beauty

arent exactly practical, but amazing hanging on a wall, no?

Material Movement

the way fabric moves with the body, is an art in itself, changing constantly within a second, no photographic capture is the same.

motion/air

autumn/moment

 españa/elflamenco

ballet/fabricbeauty

fabric/drape

movement/flow

pointe/lift

Contempory Traditionalism

Love this.

Holding onto Summer

Warm Skies

Flowers in Bloom

Fun, Friendship and Happiness

Revisiting the Flights of Fancy

On the runway in Auckland

Decisions under pressure, one week till hand in, garment patterns and toile not finalised, lining (5m) not brought, fabric, all eight meters of it, not cut, unsure whether more feathers were needed.

seams not sewn, fusing undecided, thread not brought, machines not threaded, blunt shears.

"Im going to send it to the Villa Maria Cult Couture show . . . "

Friday, finished, hand in.

Friday afternoon, marked. Relief.

Saturday, strategically packed as hand luggage for a 3:35 flight from Wellington to Palmerston North

Monday, dry cleaners.

Tuesday, blurb writing.

Wednesday, picked up from dry cleaners, New Zealand Post Courier to Auckland.