Rose Power

Life (or death) drawing

Got a bit carried away last week in life drawing...

He turned into a creepy stone angel.

Religion

Some images from my previous project, which focused on the gaudy (and often tasteless) decorations surrounding religion.

As inspiration I watched John Waters' Pecker, which I loved and would recommend to YOU. Watch it now!

Are you a boy?

A short film in response to gender issues in A Clockwork Orange!

Not great quality - I only really made it so I could draw from the stills, but you get the picture.

A Clockwork Orange - some pages from my sketchbook

See the rest here

New Holga

I traded my 120 Holga for a 35 cos I don't have access to a darkroom any more (sob).

This is how the first film came out (I used colour filters)

Poison apple

An ordinary day for me and Hannah: she took photos of me poncing around on a mouldy tomb in Hackney, pretending to be some kind of supervillain!

Dita and a criminal

I met Dita von Teese!

Can't remember where I found this image but I LOVE IT

I love how nonplussed she looks.

Not a real Power

"I didn't even realize I wasn't wearing underwear until the magazine came out."

Chan Marshall aka Cat Power

by Richard Avedon
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Here's a picture I drew of her a while ago:

Time travel

I went back to 1965 to find some lookalikes of 60s icons

to model a (kind of hideous) jacket I found.

Here's who I discovered:

Edie Sedgwick

Twiggy

Thanks to my sister Grace and my friend Alice. And her kitten.

I've recently been a bit obsessed with The Most Cake, which is a bit like Vice but for lesbians. It has articles like THIS , which might as well have come from my own brain! TMC is a welcome alternative to other lesbian/pop culture sites (After Ellen etc) which, although massively successful, seem to be aimed at a much older and more general audience. This one actually seems to have a sense of humour and more emphasis on PRETTY THINGS, for shallow people like me.

So on Saturday I went along to their launch party to hoard free cakes and snoop around.

(We bumped into our friend, the very glamorous CRAIG TEMPLATE)

Moon Milk

I'm currently a bit obsessed with Ryan McGinley, I think he's going to be massive. I haven't made it to his 'Moon Milk' show yet but I can't wait to see it.

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Anyway, I was reading an interview he did with Vice and this bit made me happy

"Do you believe in the healing power of crystals, or anything?

I think they have healing powers because they’re so beautiful. Like, the way that animals can heal. I think if something is really amazing to look at, it can heal people."

...because it's nice to know some artists appreciate things which LOOK NICE rather than having to mean something or make a statement. I believe it's ok for art to make people happy because it's beautiful, instead of always trying to be so clever. That often just leads to misery and confusion.

I agree with McGinley; healing can come from appreciation of something or someone beautiful or talented. There's a reason they have murals and paintings in hospitals.

See the full interview here
http://ryanmcginley.com/moonmilk

Intelligent questions about dairy products

OH WOW
I was having a nice disgusting milkshake from McDonalds today and it reminded me of this website my friend was telling me about so I looked it up.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THESE ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS.
But I couldn't stop reading.

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Mmm, don't know about you but I fancy some lard/beetles/poo.