Gaffa tape = dressform

I can't believe I'm posting a picture of me taped up in Gaffa tape but I wanted you to see how I made this dressform.

I'm slowly starting to sew clothes and I'm tired of stabbing myself with pins so I decided to make my own dressform - since I don't have the money for a new one and I haven't found a used one yet. My bf taped me up in gaffa tape and then we cut it up the back. I taped it back together and then added extra tape, this time brown paper/packing tape. Then I stuffed it with newspapers and added an old tanktop.

I had some problems with the boob area and it was seriously disturbing seeing "myself" in 3D.... my tummy is a little bigger than I would like it to be. But it's better than nothing and if it helps, then it was well worth it!

Gaffa tape. Should have layered it more but we ran out of tape.

With the old tanktop and an elastic so the newspapers don't fall out.

My dressform with one of my shirts on. It fits alright, eh?

Another ghost??

What can I say - I like painting abstract ghost-like figures. Acrylics on 20x60cm canvas.

I'm not too sure about this one. It seems kinda dull to me but my friends all love it.

I'm torn.

napkins and paint = super easy paintings

I found some super cool napkins at our "dollar store" and just loved the colors. Very brown, red, orange and yellow. Warm colors.

Anyways, I peeled away the napkin layers and glued it to a brown canvas (18x24cm with acrylic paint). Then I glued a border using string/rope that frays nicely and voila - two paintings that I like!





I couldn't take a picture without using the flash on my camera. But you do get the basic idea, right??

kitchen "paintings"

I needed some sort of decoration in my apartment kitchen and came up with these three small items. Small canvases (15x15cm), grey and blue paint, dried food items and wire.

They fit very nicely in our kitchen - we have grey doors in our apartment and we both like the color blue.



Close-up shots of two out of the three pieces. I used dried orange slices and dried chilipeppers, glued them on and the wire crisscrosses over the center.

stamp shoe update!

I decided to just paint the rubbery part of the clog (the part that was just so faded and dull compared to the shiny stamps). I think it turned out ok, looks at least alot cleaner than before.

(to see what I mean, see previous post)

Family Portraits

I took some pictures from my computer of me, my parents and my brother and photoshopped them so I could use them as stencils. My parents like colors so I did a popart theme using acrylic paint on three small canvases. I think my brother turned out best but that's just my opinion.

These were super easy to make - just need a good headshot, photoshop program and a printer. It doesn't take more tham 5 minutes to create the stencil!

Shoes!

I love shoes. I love funky shoes.

These wooden shoes belong to my friend. They are still in great condition, just very dull and faded. She loves to travel to I found loads of stamps from all over the world and glued them on. I still need to figure out what I want to do with the black rubber part because compared to the stamps, it looks dirty, dull and faded. But if I have to say so myself - these clogs look awesome with bootcut jeans!



These are my shoes. They used to be brown, boring but very comfy heels. I glued loads of glitter on them and painted the strap and heel black. They have been worn out (a VERY festive night out) and needs some repair but I think that after I give them the final layer of glimmer, glue and paint, they will be fine. I like them. Again, good with jeans!


Opinions? Comments?

ghost town

This is NOT my work. I found this picture on the internet (don't remember who the artist is) but I just LOVED the colors and the composition. I let myself be inspired by this piece and came up with my own paintings.




Horrible picture and it's super hard to see the details and colouring. Again, I used acrylics and 2 canvases @ 50cm x 50cm. It was my first work (other than kiddy stuff) where I used a broad range of colors. Colors scared me.

I can't take a better picture because one of my friend's "stole" it. It's wierd walking into her house and seeing my paintings up on the walls.


This is another version I created. Much more soft edges and I used a small canvas - 20cm x 20cm. I personally like this one best.

Ghosts

Pretty simple painting but it was still a challenge due to the size of the canvas. 100cm x 100cm - the biggest I've ever worked with before.

Winnie-the-Pooh

Before anyone starts accusing me of stealing, I just want to make it very clear that I DID NOT come up with these drawings myself. Yes, I found them on the internet and they are NOT my design. But, I did paint them on these four small canvases, using acrylics and outlined the characters using a black marker. They are not that big and fit perfectly in my friend's new nursery.