the mag



A magazine for the tastefull retiree woman who represents a stong successfull posh life.

The ads represent the strenth and flexibility of a role in society... 

It was a fun project , however, if time perfmitted, there would ideally be editorial and a much more amusing bunch of headlines in nicer text. The pictures are main pages for stories within the magazines.

Writing practice next year ....

alot of work.

I have come across alot of work i do not have up here. All very relative to my design and taste. Thought I would post it !

Shoe made via illustrator with details done in photoshop







photoshop assignment. patterns, shading , grading.

small shirt. big process.

Dyeing attempt number 2.

Once upon a time, Nicole had an idea to handpaint the silk that she wanted to use in her collection. She went to the fabric supplier and spent her life savings. 5 meters of silk was all she could afford.

When she got it home, she decided to paint it a pretty purple, just like the plum rich shades that she had previously seen in the skies of English Bay, as the sun was setting. Her attempt began weak. Neglecting the importance of research and instructions she set out on a tedious task with her stubborn self trying to figure out how to get the results she had hoped for........

The first attempt = washed it improperly first, used old paint on unclean brush, really, could be many reasons for the massive blotch in the middle.

My thoughts here were " When something is not working right, break it to make it bettah" - Drop Dead Fred



so i desperately tried a cover up method that ended up looking rather comical.....





Then i continued down a never ending road of painting ..... Still yet to Google search instructions. I wanted it to be my OWN creation. oh nicole.

Finally I decide i like, so i cut.

And we lived happily ever after.

 

Die. fabric, die

Ok so i want to hand paint the silksfor a few pieces of my collection. I do not have the means or time to construct devices that i need. So being the creative, handy gal I am, I flipped the table and customized the kitchen...... check this out

and the product..... I have done a few samples, first time painting wet fabric... just testing the waters here...

going to research flowers now... apparently it isnt my forte'

accesorization

So my collection is featuring jewelled accesories, specifically simple gold hunks that are the weight for suspension in each garment they attend. They serve a purpose, they are a needed accesory.

Anyways, the original draft was solid gold, and of course, being custom peices, i would either have to make myself, or have them made. After realizing that this is an expensive endeavour when your not the goldminers daughter, i had to sacrifice. Also, time. time time time. i dont exactly have the extra hours in my day to cast metals in the kitchen! Sooo, i decided to take a different route. I made clay peices of all the jewels to begin with , and i was going to paint them gold, but could not find a gold application that would be smooth, shiny and yellow enough to look like a peice of gypsy jewel.

UGH! so at this point i had been a wee bit stressed. The concept has to be there or the whole collection is pointless.

Upon a recent trip to Victoria for a weekend of festivities, i found my good friend had taken up a new hobby. Glass blowing. Glass art. Brilliant! She melts glass and makes things. Sooo the gold peices will be made of glass. This is very much my esthetic, simple and clear, it is a heavy weight , but has an airy presence, I can either fill with gold flecks or a gold backing. Now, to find someone who can make this...

Size samples of peices needed made of glass. New-small and sterling on Granville Island..BEAUTIFUL gallery, very helpfull!!

concept board.

Gypsy Theivery

Glass

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Gold

My idea is to take the gold and glass and merge the two, accesorizing different pieces of the collection. The two together make a pristine, rich understated point. I wanted the gold to represent the abundance of charming ornaments draping the mystic women but still keeping it withing my personal esthetic of clean and fresh using weighted material but aiming to keep a delicate sense to it.