Pink Plastic

 

Hay bails undergo a drastic makeover on Dartmoor - a great contrast to the ancient surroundings

Plastic flowers

Late night train back to London after a weekend in stormy Cornwall, with some hydrangeas from the garden in tow

Early Morning Jewels

Roman road jewels

Whitechapel Pastels

Framed glitter

Small Glitter Gyron, 1965

Gerald Laing

Liquitex on plastic and gold glitter plexiglass

Starry Night, 1965

Gerald Laing

Liquitex on plastic and blue glitter plexiglass

See these and tons more of Gerald Laing's work at The Fine Art Society, Bond Street. On display until 13th October

Marching in to April

Leaving lots of room on my pinboard for an injection of inspiration with the coming of April. I've heard it said that inspiration does strike randomly but it has to find you busy and working. I think that's probably true... 

I love these photos by Peter Fraser torn from last month's Tate Magazine

 The washing line picture looks scarily close to what I have just experienced over the Easter bank holiday in the West Country.... 

Peter Fraser's exhibition of photographs are currently on show at Tate, St. Ives.

A Gift For The Thinking Woman

A red letter day! After weeks of planning, One Off Style has finally launched its take on Christmas presents - Gifts for the Thinking Woman.

These presents mark One Off's second collaboration, as each set includes a beautiful hand printed book mark by artist and friend Kate Thakara.

Give a piece of art this Christmas!

 

Intrigued?

Read more about A Gift For The Thinking Woman here.

Pink Plastic

I acquired this plastic basket over the weekend, which I am looking forward to using on days when I'm not lugging my laptop or tons of notebooks around. Apparently my friend Molly used to have one of these when she was little which she would use to carry her guinea pig around. Practical, and stylish!

New Wallet

New leather wallet from a charity shop in Shepherd's Bush. Couldn't resist the chance for a bit of shameless publicity.

Plastic Casings

I've written about plastic and perspex before, especially after purchasing a plastic handbag a few months ago. The trend goes far beyond accessories though, as a shoot in ES magazine, which is distributed throughout the length of London's tube trains, proved last week. I really loved this patent leather skirt by Holly Furton - it's since been ripped out and tacked to my desk's pin board.

 

I have to say though that given this was a shoot about sexy poolside outfits etc, the thought of wearing patent leather/plastic/perspex in the baking heat does not particularly appeal.

Imagine if some condensation suddenly appeared?! How horrifying!!! Particular danger of that with this Paule Ka skirt above I feel. Still I love both skirts, especially Ka's plastic/crochet contrast, and at least this mild Summer weather just about renders them wearable... Small consolation. Are you brave enough to bare all in plastic this summer? You can see more pictures from ES's Suit Up shoot here.

Good colours.