3.30.2011

Year past, year to come.

It may appear to some folk that I’ve done sweet FA for the past year. In actual fact the other week, four weeks after giving birth to our second child, I was embroidering a dress belonging to Courtney Love (see photo below). Prior to that I was embroidering for the Museum of Everything, My Sugarland, designing limited edition t-shirts for lingerie brand Freya and making bespoke embroidered bondage wear for Coco De Mer.
And all of this to a relentless backdrop of bitching, moaning and griping.
No, not fashion!
Suffice to say barfing for 9 months solid, no bevvy with a belly full of baby is absolutely no fun for anyone.
Out of those projects Coco De Mer was a lovely challenge. It was pure joy to work with Sam Roddick. Taking bondage wear out of the ‘obvious’ dark leather arena. Creating a more fashionable approach with dual functionality was the key. I embroidered denim bondage cuffs, beautiful leather rose eye masks and tongue in cheek tourettes nipple pasties (with tassels). One for granny’s stocking?
Oh yeah, and I embroidered a big ‘ladies bit’ for Julie Verhoeven as part of her November 2010 show.
So that’s the previous 9 months, what of the next 9 months? Well, aside from collaborations, commissions and the like, I will be running bi-monthly weekend embroidery courses in Islington. Subscribe to this blog and be the first to find out exactly where and when.
Smashing
LLx