most people know catalina estrada
by now
she is the kind of girl that wins your heart
at first glance
i met catalina in barcelona
a few times and when i spoke
at the offf conference there
she is kind, humble,
talented and just plain
fun
sugar and the art of little things
my trip to new zealand was a success
i had the chance to meet with a lot
of interesting people, do some
great work, and sneak in some
sight-seeing, always a rare treat
i met with the folks from saatchi & saatchi
who i have had the great pleasure of
working with in the past
i love the questions people ask
after a presentation
i am grateful for the feedback
they give
because working freelance sometimes
is like wandering inside plastic snow dome
romantic but a little
stifling
on certain days
candy sushi
a few weeks ago i did a little test-shoot
at my friend kaye's house
and look what happened
candy sushi
coco chanel
sometimes i think
my relationship with coco chanel
is unhealthy
and then i remember
where
it came from
lost red
i photograph every day things
every day
some of them seem
extraordinary and some
seem out of place
there is something
very sad
to me about this piece
a lost red hanging
on the wall
like
it should be somewhere else
somewhere
warm
nice
one of my favourite things about travelling
is the people you meet.
there were 2 lovely girls
staying on my floor at the hotel
they were studying to be make-up artists
and would practice their craft in the evening
on the boys.
nice.
rococo
as you may know
or this may surprise you
but it is true
so i don't mind the ritz
or the st. regis
or even the W if i am feeling
anachronistic but
this time
i tried a budget hotel
just to prove i could do it
and i failed
miserably
so i dressed it up
instead
anna church
and another ultra-pretty stylist from new zealand is
we are meant to meet this week if things go
as planned. i adore her homepage
and the phrase she uses
to describe her work:
"art of aesthetic arrangement"
doesn't that sound good?
a feisty cherry
i think i am drawn to small things
because i travel so much
this sexy little cherry fell off the set
into a bed of blue feathers meant
to be kept pristine
i like its style
this cherry says
no one controls me
i am marachino
i am the cherry on top
suck on that!
sugar power
i am working on a photo shoot
here in auckland and always
like to set up test shots
before the real ones
happen
they are often blurry, slightly
off-kilter and messy but
they are fun
nonetheless
like a little night out
on the town
with the girls
all dolled up
with your best threads
and costume trinkets
and a sense of
perfect
spontaneity
katie lockhart
another brilliant thing about auckland
is the wonderful katie lockhart
she is pretty punk rock in my estimation
of stylists, using all sorts
of materials that would be conventionally
frowned upon
taxidermy, bruised bananas, cardboard,
sexually charged gouged papayas,
and beautiful silvery slimy fish
courageous
she manages to pull a sad beauty
from everything she touches
and i look forward to meeting her
very much next week
things i like about auckland
- the garbage bags are pink
- it is lush and green and that tropical kind of pretty
but there are goths everywhere
- people sound nice and some have tattoos
on their faces
- places that should be swarming with people
are all tranquil and almost twilight zoned
- it reminds me of someone i knew once
but lost contact with. someone special
crawling toward love
did you ever feel like you were crawling
toward love, like everything you did
was happening on all fours
like you were grappling
grasping at strings
and incompetent
like you had to drag yourself through
mud to get there
even though it was the
prettiest place on earth
it no longer came easy
it was no longer a ferry ride
just over there
it was something you had to crawl to
and lay flat on top of
just so
you could never lose it
again
learning about the art of styling
emerge from the foam, rise
above the green and spray
iridescence everywhere
into fractured light
this ocean
loves sea creatures
and being nowhere
i know nothing but
i am learning
thankfully there are other sailors
out there who do not hide
their ropes or make secret
the art of knots
one girl i am particularly enamored with
this moment
is jen gotch
it seems everyone i contact supports the idea
of me becoming a stylist, even near-strangers
again, the ever-so-lovely deborah mclean
who i had the pleasure of working with
sent me this treasure trove
of delights
martha rich
martha rich makes me crazy
always has
her sense of humor
sophisticated use of color
and lovingly rendered
techniques
i can't imagine a painter
i'd more enjoy
having over for dinner
at my place
i love the circus
especially arthur's circus and i am not the only one
luckily, i got the chance
to meet natalie and
the little man
arthur himself
she and i will be collaborating
later this month and i am
all butterflies in the stomach
over it
wish us luck
in 7th heaven
aka arthur's circus
mr. galliano you are killing me
just when i thought i could have
a relaxing evening in front of
the television
dressed as a simple show-girl
you had to taunt me with your
regalia
now there will be no sleep
under so many lids
and petals
what to wear tonight
trying to decide what to wear tonight
not going any place special, just
like the idea of getting all dolled up
to watch television
like a true show-girl
isabella blow
isabella blow makes me feel sadhappy
sadhappy because she was amazing
and now she is
gone
a houseboat in amsterdam
i finally had time to sink my teeth into
the layered world of pia jane bijkerk
and lord am i better off for it
pia is that kind of girl who has the
midas touch
and masters everything with
the ease of any virtuoso
making the most complex things
appear a light breeze of effort
to an untamed hand
a little story about james jean
one lonely sunday i discovered james jean.
i was at home alone and felt suddenly much like
the girl in this picture. glow-soaked.
i was so overwhelmed with his work that i had to
write him a letter.
like many letters i've written, i wrote a kind of poem
in the dark. not thinking he would reply. just
wanting to send an arrow of love.
you know
a billet-doux
but suddenly the sky opened up and the
best thing happened. a thousand butterflies
not only did he reply in kind
but complimented me on an interview
he had just read on pixelsurgeon.
wild luck, i say
wild luck.
european rooms
in researching stylists i found pia jane bijkerk.
her blog is wonderful. as is her work.
this image is pulled from a magazine called
inside out and leaves me breathless. it reminds
me of traveling through europe and walking into
rooms that take your breath away. i always feel
closer to ghosts and being haunted when i am
there but in a really, really pretty way.
pip & pop
pip & pop make me happy.
their work is incredible. it is ephemeral,
detailed, delicate, enthusiastic, surreal,
sweet and sticky.
i would like to be a tour guide.
my friend kaye
my friend kaye is great in many ways. too many to list
here. plus you might get jealous.
she is pretty and nice and she can speak japanese
and she is funny and her paintings will make you
cry and levitate at the same time.
i am going to build a magical website for her to
showcase all her uber-beautiful work.
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lovely lucy
i just discovered lucy and her wonderful world
her interview with sibella court
makes me feel inspired
a long pretty sigh
deborah mclean
she embodies it. and i have got a taste for it.
plus she is one of the coolest people i have met.
a strawberry cake
a fascination with food and prop styling led me to
start experimenting with my props in my
own illustration work.
i built multiple microcosmic still-life images in
my studio, lit and photographed them, and then
began to play with the images graphically.
you can see more
at the new and improved lint museum
the art of little things
my name is sugar. i have been working as a freelance
award-winning illustrator for many years. i have illustrated
for ad agencies, book publishers, newspapers, magazines,
film companies and the music industry.
i am an avid traveller. a bit of a gypsy, really.
i have a master's degree in animation and a bachelor degree
in art history. i put myself through school cooking for swiss
catering companies and making elaborate treats
at swiss bakeries.
i want to find a way to combine all my loves and recently
unearthed the art of styling.
it is like it was in front of me the whole time.
like some kind of fairy-tale.
my aim now is to work with food and prop stylists to learn
about the aesthetics of arrangement as well as the mechanics
of the business as a whole.
i'd eventually like fold that knowledge back into my own artwork.
you can see a spark of that at my new site
my new mascot for my new website
everyone loves a pretty mascot
so let's start this out on the right foot
THE LINT MUSEUM
version 2 is now live.
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