Video Killed the Radio Star?

ART INSTALLATION AND FLASH MOB!

So - I love plastic. And, I hate plastic.

One of things that really irritates me about plastic is video tape.

What was once, loved and adored film and TV collections is now 5p junk in every trash store in the country.

Yuk, what do we do with the stuff now practically no one owns a VHS player?

Art? Why not!?

So after a few weeks of freecycling, and shocked by the alarming abundance of unwanted video tapes there are in existence, I managed to collect a large volume of once loved video collections in the pursuit of making some challenging art with the stuff.

Here are some of the ideas that I have so far played about with...

Wow, so I discovered that this tape can become quite beautiful.

Fascinated by this, I decided to try and get other people inspired to play around with the tape.

My focus was to get people to think about upcycling - changing its form and giving it a different or greater use. 

So I organised a FLASH MOB ART INSTALLATION USING UNWANTED VIDEO TAPE!

So in one hour only, approximately 40 wonderful, creative people of all ages came along and weaved, knitted, sculpted, tied, formed, shaped and re fashioned miles of unwanted video tape in to a unique, one-off piece of art.

Cheeky Monkey!

I was treasure hunting at a flea market in Bournemouth a few years ago and I found an amazing Vintage Monkey ornament which I simply had to take home. I fell in love with his super cute face and cheeky smile so much that I had to try and reproduce it in some of my work...

So I decided to make a mould and re-create his cheeky little face in plastic resin!

Each Monkey face has been hand casted by myself using a resin plastic. The delicate system that I use to create my moulds mean that it is only possible to cast an extremely small number of pieces before the mould saturates. Therefore the number is Monkey face brooches that I have created is limited to an edition of 5.

So if you are wearing one of these little cuties it is highly unlikely you will see anyone wearing anything the same!

Each resin face has been securely attached to a corsage style brooch which has been made from reclaimed felt and netting.

The brooch is secured with a security pin on the back.

 

These are avaliable for sale for just £12 (or $20)

from my online stores....

 

www.sisilylove.etsy.com (for worldwide sales)

www.sisilylove.folksy.com (for UK sales in GBP)

Back by Popular Demand!

Yipee! My ever popular Lego jewellery is back!

But for this season I have tried to make them with a slightly different 'twist' - I has sourced some different colour chain and findings, and have started producing necklaces too...

All of the LEGO which I use is recycled – it was second hand, unwanted or unloved. I cannot always get specific colours as particular LEGO colour runs are harder to source than others; this is due to ‘LEGO’s’ original production levels. Some colours are particularly rare and therefore expensive to source, but I do my best to get my paws on whatever colours I can, and rarer/limited edition or discontinued colour groups are reflected in my pricing.

I always ensure that my LEGO products are sent out gift wrapped in a box made from 100% recycled materials - This particular gift box was made from a 'Diana' Annual from 1984, which has been customised with thread and logos.

 

These are on sale in both my ETSY and FOLKSY stores....

www.sisilylove.etsy.com (for worldwide sales)

or

www.sisilylove.folksy.com (for UK sales)

New Stock in my ETSY and FOLKSY online stores...

I love Lychees, and I really wanted to recreate my passion for this fruit in my latest project making ‘corsage style’ flower brooches.

I began by hand casting a lychee in plastic resin. The delicate system that I use to create my moulds, mean that it is only possible to cast an extremely small number of pieces before the mould saturates. Therefore the number of resin lychees that I have created for this project is limited to an edition of 14.

I then sewed a corsage/flower style base to secure the lychee onto. Each flower has two layers, and on each layer there are 6 individually crafted petals. The petals are made from reclaimed fabrics and recycled vintage fabrics that have been stitched on to a felt or denim base.

In addition to the extremely limited number of these brooches that I have produced, each individual piece is made from very different fabrics and the lychees are made from different coloured resins, therefore each piece is 100% bespoke and individual.

The brooch is finished off with a pin on the back that has a security fastening.

Due to their bespoke nature, if you were to wear one of these little cuties it is highly unlikely you will see anyone else wearing the same piece!

If you would like to take a closer look at my Lychee Brooches, check out my ETSY store www.sisilylove.etsy.com or for UK shopping pop by to my FOLKSY store www.sisilylove.folksy.com.

3 wardrobes of clothes and STILL nothing to wear...

For the past few days I have literary been pulling my hair out trying to think of something to wear to London Fashion Weeks' Vauxhall Fashion Scout show....arrragggghhhhh!!!

In times like this I always look towards my true style icon of all time, Debbie Harry.

I decided to go through my old vinyl records and found one of my favorite Blondie albums - Parallel Lines. I LOVE this album and I LOVE the album cover......and then the inspiration came! And with the help of my Sizzix Die cutter (the BEST tool) and my trusty glue gun, I have made my self a gorgeous 100% bespoke hair fascinator....

From This.....

To this...
I am going to pair this up with a tiger print Ra-Ra skirt, a slash neck white T and a red vest, my all time fave blondie-tastic black stilettos and some matching black and white Lego jewellery.

(Photos to follow!)
I hope Debbie would approve! X

RETRO COOL CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!

I have had so much fun making my new range of super cute Christmas decorations from old, unloved and unwanted vinyl records. I just love the the juxtaposition of old and new using traditional materials like lace with modern plastic vinyl.

I am selling these as a 3 pack in my ETSY store for £7.50 ($15.00) plus p&p - a perfect gift for any vinyl lover to hang on their tree or use as a gift tag, key ring or Christmas cracker gift.

A guaranteed conversation piece! x