Our Studio Cat

Welcome Moggy, our new studio inhabitant :





Moggy was adopted in Ikea, very recently (this trip was for work, a serious trip).
Ikea has an interesting section that sells stuff for pets, there was Moggy, looking at me, ready to jump in the cart.

It will keep us warm and furry.

He likes the sofa here but we shall see in what places he will end up with along with our studio life. Interesting post tag, for further reference :)

Puff and Flock mid Summer crit

Because we try to be serious and because we often get stuck on our own stuff, there is nothing like meeting and use fresh eyes. Man, we really needed that one !
Thank you Kathy for hosting (and feeding, or that wouldn't be a proper Puff & Flock meeting)

Elisabeth and I with our Godzilla looking inflatable test... no comment

Jenny's fascinating magnetic mutations

Melissa's metal lace WIP (warrior princess style)

Kathy is going UV and EVIL (apparently)

MA Textile Futures at CSM : Year 1 Final Biomimicry group work sample

Hey this is Amelie reporting live from the teaching world... I would like to show here some absolutely great work by my group of students in MA Textile Futures year 1 at CSM... They worked as a team of 9 people, under my supervision, like a trend agency to produce inspiring imagery linked to Biomimicry (taking inspiration from nature's principles to inject into design solutions and surfaces). This is only an extract from the great work they produced. Most of them had never done any video work before... :

Anemone Hands : a visual definition of biomimicry

The braided suit : inspired by bio-luminescent underwater creatures

ideas for these clips by Dana Haim and Laerke Hooge Anderson.

below : the students team of 9 called themselves TOTEM 9 and came up with a nice trend book display.

work by Seveen Muneer, Ginna Lee, Suphichaya Vanasarikul, Siwen Huang, Lucy Hall, Francesca Warren, Dana Haim, Moon Young Lee, Larke Hooge Anderson.

more on the MATF website home page : www.textilefutures.co.uk

Puff and Flock at Birmingham Interiors, Jan 2009.

TED Origami Performance!

Check out this paper-folding performance from a Google programmer.







Oh, and if you think something is hard, imagine doing it blindfolded.