Time for exsam!

Today I will start my exam project! Got the assignment a couple of weeks ago, but have had one last group project, and wanted to finnish that and some private issues before i really started.

The project has been in my mind for a long time, and I am really looking forward to getting it started! I will continue on my "The body as canvas" idea, and will do a full body plaster statue with drawings. There will be similarities in look from the leg I did earlier, but I will try out new techniques and expand the idea further. It will be built up by body parts, to symbolize a story (told through the drawings) slowly growing together to a whole. -Or maybe braking up?

Have found one artist that has done some body castings with drawings, and really love her work! Although pretty different from my own expression, the work of Joice DiBona, an American artist with her bace in Texas, is really an inspiration. Check out her tattoo sculptures. They are really worth a look! (All the below pictures are from her homepage; http://joycedibona.com/.)

Model building and promo - "Money or life"

It has been a busy couple of months.. Do not even get me started on all the private matters that has appeared during the last couple of months... At school we have been working on a group project in model-building and how to promote an art exhibition. It has been a challenging but fun and interesting project to work with, and I think we landed it well. There are definitely other issues and challenges appearing when working in a group compared to working alone, and the process has been both educational and frustrating at times.

The exhibition "Money or life" (works better in Norwegian - I cannot find a good translation for it..) is our answer to the assignment given, -focusing around the concepts of utopia and dystopia, and our synopsis of the exhibition would read something like this:

" Can you get too much of a good thing? In the extend that a conception of utopia turns into a dystopian reality? Could people living in what we might perceive as a dystopian reality achieve their utopia due to different values and the ability to appreciate the small but often significant joys in life? Are we not all human beings with the same needs? If we look deep into our selves, what is it that we really crave for? What do we need to feel good?


Money or life? "

Frontpage/poster

The model, size 1:15

Inspired by the story of King Midas

"the choice"

not so much gold and luxury..

The idea is to show the contrasts between the rich and the poor (yes - we know it has been up earlier...) and what keeps the gap between them. In the middle room - "the choice" - you can help yourself to more wealth by stepping on the poor people on the floor and picking up money, money someone before you left for a good cause. Maybe you don't even notice you have a choice - as the walls are covered in mirrors to remind you of your selfishness...

The body as canvas

Tomorrow I will present my latest project at school. I was going to do the presentation on Monday, but I have been ill, so I had to postpone it until tomorrow. Looking forward to getting it delivered, but there might be more coming in the future. I have some ideas, and I think I will work a bit more with the "The body as canvas" idea.. Keep stoping by my blog, and you will see how it goes!

Bibian Blue

One of my favorite designer at the time is Spanish Bibian Blue and her beautiful corsets! Wish I could move to Barcelona and learn from her! Maybe an idea for my exchange semester in the third year? Dreaming about it is great anyway! Check out the webpage!

Just HAD to buy a corset by Bibian Blue at one of my new favorite stores in Oslo, Manillusion, who by the way soon will open their store no 2! Congrats! Looking forward to seeing the new shop!

My Bibian Blue Lovezip corset bought at Manillusion

Beautiful?! I do not have the bolero, but the corset fits me perfectly! Maybe I'll have to take a picture of me with it, just to show you how nice it looks...!

Project - Art, Body, Fashion

My ongoing project is supposed to be an exploration of the border between Art and Fashion. Is there any? I would say it is, but where the border is drawn should be up to your own mind and feelings.

I have chosen to work with tattooing in this project, and my product will be a tattooed leg, -as a sculpture. Presentation time is really closing up, and I really would like to have had more time on this one. Maybe I will work further on the project, as I really enjoy working with it.

I have really developed my drawing skills during this project, and since this was one of the reasons why I chose drawing for this project, I already feel some goals have been met.

Check out the pictures from the process so far, and wait for more when it is finished up!

Leg plaster - dirty job

Testing gluing on the paper with drawing

Starting to look like....

Final drawing for flowers - thanks to Buffalo Tom, my tattoo artist

Final drawing

Funkle - storytelling through textiles

We recently had an inspiring lecture held by Bente Jørgensen, one of the founders of Funkle, a Norwegian design team on their way up. She told the story of Funkle, a story about making dreams come true.

Funkle designs cushions, blankets and recently also added bed linen to their product line. Their slogan is "Storytelling through textiles", and every design has a story to tell, from stories of industrialization to the story of Adam and Eve... Part of the original idea was to get men to shop for interior soft furnishing, and with their masculine expression I think the goal is in sight. -But then again, what do I know, being a woman and all...

During the lecture she talked about what had gone their way, but also what traps to watch out for and how idealistic thoughts sometimes must be taken up to a second consideration to make sure the results is in line with the original purpose of the principles. Principles and idealism is not much worth if the result is not in consistence with the idea behind..

Listening to stories like Funkle's reminds me to reach for my dreams, cause I'm worth it! Thanks for a motivating and interesting lecture!

From Funkle's Industrial line

Illusion of Luxury

Model: Lene Tøndel

This is the result of the first school project! I have to say I am very satisfied with the result.