little pieces of aqua

  Here I present some finished double spread illustrations within my retold version of The Little Mermaid: 

  
  More interpretations and illustrations are to be frequently posted, so I hope these images have kept you intrigued.

PS. I am surprised "Blue Jasmine", "Inside Llewyn Davis" and "Enough Said" aren't nominated for the Oscars but they're sure my favourites this year. 

sneak peak

     Some more images I have been working on for my upcoming artbook:

 



 

Ecstasy on having my first sewing machine

      I was lucky enough to be offered a sewing machine by two of my most favourite people. I finally got one, delivered straight at my door. I am sorry C, but I will think of something else for you to give me on my birthday. And for my wonderful mom, thanks for your generosity.

Sneak peak updated

     Fairy tales hold an uncanny enchantment over me, not for their fulfilled 'happy ending', nor 'the white horse', but for they beholds the feminist choice and embraces the rebellious face of adolescents quite charmingly.
     Here I present a few stages of progress for this long-term project, a journey through the philosophy of the oldest of folk tales:

 

 

 

 

 

following the last post...

The illustrator spent three weeks of her summer in Bournemouth

where summer found its heat and where sunbeams found their playground

on the perpetual waves caressing the bleached white sand

The coastal town formed a pictorial textile image

there, the illustrator caught a glimpse for her fashion muse

 

She has discovered the beauty of fashion and its movements of decoration

She is fascinated

by how some simple garments could be moulded into thousands of dressing ideas

by the explicit work of embroidery enlightens a soulless piece of fabric

by the movements of textiles

slight and slender

as the summer breeze

breathing through the salty feel of the sea.

 

Since a picture is worth a thousand words,

she hence presents you this album of her mini journey

A summer weaved by 'textile' memories...

 

 

 

 

Collected real-life sketches from Bournemouth,

Bath Fashion museum and V&A Costume gallery



 

 

 Hope you don't mind her first machine embroidery

 

 



Final piece of model

 

She is thankful for the sun and her friends in Bournemouth,

who have made her summer worth recollecting.

Illustration finds its way into fashion

        In lieu of my absence for the last few weeks, here is my first fashion creation:



 The urban possessed
Designed and made by me
Photograph credit: Carolyn M.
Model: Annika E. Geiger

      This is the final result of my current Textile summer course in Bournemouth. Please keep in tune if you are interested in this piece, as I am going to post more details about the process as well as my art journey in this beautiful coastal town.

" 'I love you, but I belong to the wind', whispered the gypsy"

He once gave his heart to the girl whose spirit belongs to the wind. 

She brought with her the wilderness of nature

filled in her eyes the stream of waterfall

folded in her dress the scent from the cavalier daffodils

And held in her hands, shall his heart be

But as briefly as the nomad kept hold of something, they let it go

“I love you, but the wind is where I shall forever belong”

the gypsy left , and broke his heart in two.
 

"'I love you, but I belong to the wind', whispered the gypsy"
Graphite on paper