Wednesday, March 14

Exhibition- The Big Shift

THE EXHIBITION IS WELL AND TRUELY COMING TOGETHER. WE HAD ALL OF OUR COURSE IN TODAY CLEANING THE SPACE, FILLING THE MAKESHIFT WALL WITH IMAGES, PUTING THE PHOTOSHOOTS UP ON THE WALL, ADDING ALL THE VINYL TEXT TO THE POSTS AND BOARDS, PUTTING THE WINDOW BANNERS IN AND BASICALLY LOOKING LIKE AN EXHIBITION. IT WAS A LONG DAY BUT NOW IT IS FINALLY COMING TOGETHER. ALL OF THE IMAGES ARE NOW UP WITH THE TEXT (WHICH TOOK A LONG LONG TIME TO GET STRAIGHT) AND ALL THE LAST MINUTE LISTS OF THINGS TO GET TOMORROW ARE ALL DONE!! I THINK EVERYONE HAS WORKED REALLY HARD AND WORKED REALLY WELL AS A TEAM AND I THINK I HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER AN EVENT SO I AM REALLY PLEASED WITH THE EXPERIENCE IT HAS GIVEN ME...NOW MAJORLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TOMORROW AND HAVING ALL OF THE GUESTS ARRIVE!!















Monday, March 12

Girl Crush- Charlotte Free

I LOVE CHARLOTTE FREE EVER SINCE SHE STARTED TAKING THE CATWALKS BY STORM WITH HER NOTORIOUS PINK HAIR...PRETTY MUCH THE HAIR THAT MADE HER. SHE HAS WALKED FOR THE LIKES OF VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, PPQ, JEREMY SCOTT AND TOPSHOP UNIQUE ALONG WITH MODELLING FOR DAZED AND CONFUSED, LOVE, WONDERLAND, PURPLE, V AND AMERICAN AND ENGLISH VOGUE. SHE HAS CAUGHT MY EYE RECENTLY WITH HER FRENCH ELLE SHOOT...SHE IS MY IDEAL PERFECT MODEL FOR MY BOHEMIAN RAVE SHOOT...BUT IL JUST HAVE TO DREAM ABOUT THAT!!
SO HERE IT IS...WHAT A BEAUT!!








Just a load of pictures I love

I HAVE BEEN PICTURE HUNTING A LOT LATELY FOR INSPIRATION FOR MY SHOOTS FOR MY FINAL CAMPAIGN. FOR ONE OF MY SHOOTS I WANT TO GO FOR THE BOHEMIAN RAVE TREND WITH LOT OF TIE DYE, BRIGHT HAIR AND AMAZING COLOURS. IT WILL HAVE A REALLY CULTURAL FEEL WITH LOTS OF BLANKETS AND JEWELLERY. THE OTHER I FEEL AS THOUGH I WANT IT TO BE MORE TONED DOWN COLOUR ND AND OVER EXPOSED SHOT. LOTS OF FEATHERS AND BEACH HAIR. I HAVE ROUGH IDEA FOR BOTH BUT I NEED TO START DELVING DEEPER AND FINALISING BOTH IDEAS MORE WITH LOCATIONS, MODELS, STYLING AND OVER ALL THEMES. I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR THESE, AND THE IMAGES BELOW ARE JUST AMAZING AND HAVE REALLY INSPIRED ME FOR BOTH SHOOTS!!











Exhibition Planning

OK SO WERE PRETTY FAR ON WITH THE PLANNING NOW!!
REVOLUTION IS CONFIRMED AND ARE SUPPLYING SPARKLING WINE AND ORANGE AND CRANBERRY JUICE FOR THE EVENT WHICH IS AMAZING AND VERY GENEROUS. KRISPY KREME ARE ALSO SUPPLYING THE DOUGHNUTS WHICH IS ALSO GREAT THAT WE HAVE TWO BIG BRANDS SUPPORTING US.
THE BANNERS FOR THE FRONT WINDOWS HAVE BEEN DONE AND PRINTED. A GROUP OF US WENT IN SOME TO HAND OUT THE INVITES AND FLYERS AND MYSELF TO SORT OUT THE VINYL TEXT WHICH WILL BE STUCK ON THE BOARDS HANGING ON THE WALLS. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A MUCH BIGGER JOB THAT WE FIRST THOUGHT SO AFTER I HAD STARTED PRINTING THE VINYL WE ARRANGED FOR MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND HELP CUT IT OUT.
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS AS IT IS QUITE A LONG PROCESS BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I COULD NOW DO CONFIDENTLY.


1- YOU HAVE TO SET UP THE ILLUSTRATOR FILE TO FIT THE VINYL PRINTER WHICH IS AS LONG AS YOU WANT BUT CAN ONLY BE 60CM WIDE. YOU SENT THE FILE UP ON THE SIDE AND OUTLINE THE TEXT.


2- THIS THEN GETS SENT TO THE PRINTER WHICH CUTS OUT EACH LETTER...A LONG PROCESS BUT CLEVER TO SAY THE LEAST.


3- ONCE IT HAS PRINTED THE EXCESS VINYL HAS TO BE CAREFULLY PULLED OFF AND DONE IN SMALL BITS SO AS NOT TO RIP ANY LETTERS OFF. THE MIDDLE OF THE LETTERS HAVE TO ALSO BE PICKED OUT WITH A STANLEY KNIFE.


4- YOU THEN TAKE THE ROLE OF THICK STICKY TOPCOAT AND PLACE IT OVER THE TOP OF YOUR VINYL (THIS STICKS TO THE LETTERS/IMAGE SO WHEN YOU PULL THE BACKING OFF THE VINYL IS STUCK TO THIS CLEAR MATERIAL READY TO LINE UP ONTO WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO STICK IT TO) IF YOU HAVE A LONG PIECE OF WORK IT IS MOST DEFINITELY A TWO MAN JOB. YOU PULL THE MATERIAL OVER IT AND ROLLER IT DOWN SO IT IS ALL STUCK. THIS IS THEN CUT OUT AND IS READY TO STICK ONTO THE BOARDS...THIS IS TOMORROWS TASK.