Long live McQueen

It's been two weeks since Alexander McQueen took his own life, and I have been not stop thinking and admiring his work.  Truth be told, he was the reason that I got into fashion.  Many of his extravagant pieces where inspiration for my senior collection.  It is hard for me to even pick a favorite piece in his collections as they are all amazing

I was bored today and procrastinating per usual and for some reason listening to Lady Gaga I decided to doodle on of McQueen's head pieces.

 

My boyfriend thinks I was a bit ridiculous when I nearly cried when I heard the news of McQueen's death, since I did not know him personally.  It is hard to explain, even though I never knew him,  his works moved me.  With the wonders of the internet I was able to view his collections and see his shows.  His designs where not just cloths, they were works of art, and always made me wonder what he will do next.

The world lost a creative genius, and great artist, and a friend.

Long live McQueen.

It's coming along.

I joined an artist collaboration called Penny Experiment .  It is an "experiment" where one penny will be turned into $1million in food donated to food banks.   More information can be found here, where the original Penny was sold for $10, then changed to 100 pennies.  The first 100 of the pennies are set aside to be placed in the Post card art which will then later be auctioned off for money to be donated to food banks.

There were no restrictions to the collaboration, so the artist were free to do what they wanted.  As long as there was a place where one of the 100 pennies can be attached and that the piece not be larger than an average post card (about 5x7).

Truthfully I was uninspired to design for about month, even having a few failed attempts of ideas.  Then like most artists that I know, I was hit with inspiration late one night.

One of the things that I am good at is hand illustration for Jewelry Design.  I have always love traditional illustration as a media to work with, and sometimes I feel it is a lost art in today's jewelry industry.

I am a huge fan of the art nouveau, whether it is Alphonse Mucha's prints, or René Lalique jewelry and glassware designs, even the architecture of Victor Horta.  So designing a piece that is influenced by the art nouveau style was a given.  As as a jeweler, I also wanted to incorporate a way that the purchaser of the piece can also wear it.  I am happy with how it turned out, and now, I am creating a wall base where the piece can be displayed.