eyepatch and magical snatch

For those of you who didn't/won't have the chance to see to Janice Darling in her paper-flesh at Rooftop Art Space, I thought I better include a few 'up close and personal' shots of the works.

 the killer stretch

 waking up nutritionally

the burn

 the positive approach

 exercises for special problems

the natural approach to weightloss

Big thanks again to all who came to the launch, and have been visiting during their lunch breaks and other such things. It has been such a great collection to work on, and now I am finding it hard to stop Jane Fonda-ing. 

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Janice Darling - Opening Night

Hello all! My atrocious hangover indicates what a glorious opening we had at Rooftop Art Space last night. The sun was shining, the weather was clear, and there were beverages and burgers a plenty. Massive thanks to the gorgeous Kirsty and Tom Budge, and Kirsty's brother Adam, who were instrumental in making the install and opening one of the most pleasant affairs possible. If you were unable to make the opening, we have a glorious week of weather ahead, so I strongly recommend getting yourself up there, if not to see the show, to at least enjoy the cheery vibe Rooftop has to offer. 

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Killer pictures by Kirsty and Tom. 

Quote of the evening: "Coz everyone loves a beaming vagina, right?"

Janice Darling

As one show comes down, another goes up! I cordially invite you all to join me for a beer on Monday 12 March (yes, a week from tomorrow!) to celebrate the arrival of Janice Darling at Rooftop Art Space. The night kicks off at around 6pm, and the show goes until April 4.

 'The Burn'

Festooned in a black unitard and an eye patch, Janice Darling was discovered in a Jane Fonda Workout book. Six months before the images were shot for the book, Janice was hit by a car and thrown through a shop window. She lost her left eye, crushed her pelvis and broke both her legs. She maintained that she survived due to her smokingly fit bod. 

In this collection of collage, painting and artifacts, Janice has been immortalised through rainbows, flowers and bright swirly colours. This woman is obviously invincible, inspiring unfit women of the 80s to get off their
arses and work it, Jane Fonda style.

All artwork will be for sale. Please note that this EXCLUDES the Jane Fonda Workout Book. This stays with me forever, as a beacon of hope and joy for my studio. People wishing to view the book will need to make an appointment to visit it in the studio. Hope to see you all there on opening night!

xx

prepare the transit beam

Remember the end of Rocky Horror, where Riff Raff gets himself an epic silver tunic and an amazing top knot hair-do? Well. There you go.

a-shin-shan-shining

SWAPPED!

laser cat #672

 It is my bottomless well of making - I can't seem to help myself, but when preparing for a show, a laser cat seems to wheedle its way in there somehow, like a nervous tic perhaps.

I like this one. 

It seems like it's really concentrating hard on lasering. Go laser cat, go! 

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golden girl

She's so fine.

tiny selections

Apologies for my sporadic posting lately - I am quite confident that my brain has turned to complete mush in the last two weeks - what with jet lag, house hunting, car hunting and now driving our new car to our new house in the country! Ooooo-wee! It's a massive time for change, but my horoscope seems down with it, so away we go!

In the mean time, amongst still living out of my suitcase and mystery taped up boxes (can't wait to see what's in them after 4 months!) tiny little works keep materialising from my workbooks. Hopefully they are small pockets of joy to keep the blog going while I set up my new studio (SO EXCITED!). 

x

laserlamb!

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für deutschland

So, I think my my surroundings are subconsciously leaking into my work. What with lounging around my bed, parks and cafes of Berlin, reading material like The Book Thief and Neither Here Nor There (both with much undertones of Germany, wait, not undertones, how about one book is set there and oh right the other book travels all around it.) is all clearly rubbing off. I didn't even realise the suggestive colours of this lady until Kent pointed it out. (I believe being a zombie with a cold has influenced my lack of attention to anything much at the moment!)

The lady in this image was also found at the Mauerpark flea markets, I think circa 1940s. (I didn't find it in the 1940s, that would be impossible. But I think the photograph was taken around then.) I still feel a bit strange about using old photographs for my work, somehow encyclopedias are much more fun. Goodness!

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are you a man? or are you a mouse?

It sure feels good to be composing again! I love it when components of the craziness that is the contents of my (makeshift) desk, come together in a happy (or bizarre) harmony. I swear those chicken legs were made for that woman. No comment on the lasers.


See? I am amazed that anything comes out of these piles upon piles. The other night I had a dream where I opened a store where I sold collage material by weight. What an omen - a divine one at that.

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takin' it to the streets

Hello! I just wanted to include a few recent images of my latest adventures in the streets of Prenzlauer Berg. Kent and I have had our first mad dash by night to paste up some goodies for the locals - or for us at least!

This one is part of a series of 4 (though I hope to grow this over time) that is loosely labeled 'laser ladies of the night' and is currently being exhibited along the railroads of Schönhauser Allee (yes my tongue is so far in my cheek right now).

This particular one is on the side of a charity bin (I think? When you are a pasting virgin you tend to get quite panicky of every car that drives past, so there is much gluing and hurrying away, like it is perfectly in your business to be carrying a large shopping bag and a giant tupperware container filled with sludge and a paintbrush stuck in it.)


This is one of my favourites - the bandit bird is collaboration with Kent, and the flags are part of my current love of all things merry, with text taken from a Rilke poem: more and more i feel. I have an appropriately German language version in the works.

Anyhoo, if you would like to see the full post of our shenanigans, with loads more pictures, you can on our shared blog, anecdote! More bandit birds are on the way - until then,

x

laser babies in your letter box

well that sounded a lot creepier than it sounded - but then again maybe the images below will confirm this. these are all from old photos I found at mauerpark flea markets near where I'm living. personal photos feel very different to images from books, as they seem to be embedded with a much deeper personal history, and I'm still not sure how I feel about working with such things! luckily these ones are in postcard format, so who knows, they could just end up in your letter box. (So creepy.)





Wanna see some more laser family members? You can see them here, on my other blog which I write with my husband Kent! We did a whole bunch of sneaky paste ups in the streets of Prenzlauer Berg just last night!

party puppy

you would be pissed too, if someone put you in a ruff of such epic proportions. not to mention the little hat.

party pussy (it's not what you think)

or maybe it is ...





















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angry laser puss

look what i found!

another work lurking in the archives!

who knew it could all be so colourful?! oh the joy!

look what i found!

this is another 'cut-out' work - i found it in my archives!
apologies for the tiny thumbnail, i will rectify soon.

if you click on the image and zoom, you can see all the lovely collage detail and little hairs on the cat! tee hee!

laser sneeze

this little guy is so small (5 x 6.5 cm) that i couldn't scan him without losing the quality of the image and the gold, so apologies for it being a wee bit darker than my regular scans - at least this way you get the sparkly goodness of the gold in it!