Preserved Specimen

I was always interested in the jarred up little creatures in biology class. I also think of the
"Abby Normal" scenes in Young Frankenstein. But this is dedicated to a friend known as "bunnie", who collects preserved specimens.

Sneak Peak at New Corsetry!

Hi guys, here is a sneak peak of a piece in progress. I am just adding the finishing touchs to this deconstructed vintage inspired corset! I just love the eerie undertones in this. I have hand dyed it too which gives it gorgeous soft shade changes.

This will be available soon from my etsy shop too!

Another Vintage Jeans Jacket

This will be the second jacket in my vintage inspired jeans jacket series, coming soon to my etsy store! this jacket is a blend of many vintage/antique textiles and has a really romantic deconstructed layered edge, not to mention those gorgeous shiny gold antique buttons! quite a find from my etsy pals vintage supply store! http://www.bohemienne.etsy.com/ A must visit for vintage fiends! but hey don't go buying up all my faves either ya hear!

x

bonzie

New Stock Ahoy!

Finally........................

I have gotten around to working on some new stock for my etsy shop update which will be happening soon. I have being working with some vintage spring influenced fabrics as the season draws in. I wanted to create a jacket that could be worn any day with a pair of fab jeans but yet kept that designer/couture appeal. So here is a sneak peak at whats in store for the first of the vintage jeans jackets, which will be available soon from my etsy store.

xx

hope you like!

Bonzie

Collaborative Effort With Skulladay!

For those of you who are regular visitors to that blog, you saw this yesterday. I just checked it out after being gone for a few days, and Noah did a fantastic job with his end of the collaboration. I hope you'll check it out here.


[edit] Here are the characters on my back porch as I was making them.

New York, New York! Part 1

So............where to begin describing my recent adventure to New York City! it was exactly that, I suppose...an Adventure!
I have so much to tell you all about that I have decided to do it in a few parts. I am going to describe the highlights in bullet point format as to keep from rambling on (as I often do once excited about something! lol)

* Note to self ~ Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT try to bleach your own hair the night before you fly out. yes my friends, its true the very worst that could possibly happen any blonde the night before her holidays! A bleaching accident. I was doing it myself to save on time and money and all I managed to gain was a big curly mop of yellow hair. did you get that guys Y E L L O W. it was the colour of a little chicklet and my face was the colour of snow when I saw it. No hairdressers opened that late at night and no time in the morning to get it fixed. So there I was hysterical the night before our big adventure and my bf and his mum plastering tomato kethup all over my hair in an effort to take the sting out of it! Well lets just say I got a lot of interesting looks at the airport, no doubt people were trying to figure out which starship enterprise I had just come down from. I had decided (mostly without choice) to embrace the yellow fro and head off and enjoy my vacation! But it was an interesting start to a week that got even more strange!

* The flight was lovely ( coming from someone who is petrified of flying) they just filled the time by playing nice movies and feeding us quite regularly. what more could a girl ask for! It was blissful to have to spend those hours without a phone, without work, without anything really, so I have decided now that I rather enjoy flying!

* Upon arriving at our hotel the receptionist informs me that I have post...............at this point Im looking at my bf in sheer shock wondering what the F%&*. I was really thrown by this, kind of expecting to be pretty anonymous in New York having travelled halfway round the world to get there! But alas, it was my very clever, resourceful office buddies who had sent me a birthday card to the hotel I was staying BEFORE I had even left Ireland! And they managed to find a card in Waterford, Ireland with a fabulous picture of an awesome building called the Flat Iron in New York, a building I was later to find myself sitting in front of and giggling at the sheer ingenuity of my office buddies! It was to be a lovely gesture to start the week!

* The first night there we made the subway journey into Manhattan to get a taste of the big city. We were knackered after the travelling but somehow adrenalin kicks in and your ready for everything once your excited.

* After the 2 day of absolutely walking me arse off I had to give into buying very dull but oh so comfortable soft walking shoes (the kind I wouldn't be caught dead in at home, and the kind of pair that are already covered in shite and paint from using them to diy with as soon as we got home) however, these ugly foot thingy where to become my best friends that week and all glamour was chucked out the window having realised just how much walking we did on a daily basis. On some days we would calculate that we had been walking non stop for 7 hours, that this deserved a trip back to the hotel for a nap and a wash before heading back out that night for another excursion! Im pretty sure we should have gotten a few sponsorships card filled out before we embarked on such lengthy walking adventures as many people have raised funds for less effort!! lol

* We ended up eating lots over there too as there was so much choice and we were so keen on trying so many things that meal times became quite plentiful over there! Even to the extent that my dear bf commented one evening that the ol BM's where making quite a regular appearance! that made me laugh as I had to agree with him too. I questioned whether perhaps it was the change in water, or the pressure of the air in the air cabin, (deluding myself of course) to which he laughed and replied, as only he could, " For feck sake, I don't suppose its all the eatin were doin, no ?" guess it makes sense, what goes in must come out right! lol

I will keep posting about my observations of NYC but for now, just know that it was an awesome trip with much fun to come.
x
Bonzie

"Time's Up"

Carpe Diem!


Also-
I'll be away from the blog for a week, so tune in next Wednesday or Thursday. I have a series of shots coming up that will be dedicated to a movie coming out soon. I'll need the ability to play music with the post for the full effect- How do I do that?




On another note- the winner of last weeks free underwear celebrated with this cake that his wife made for the occasion. In exchange, he says that he'll let her be the one to wear the free underwear.

An Oldie but a goodie - "Ghost" Oct. 2006

I was going through some of my older stuff and I came across this piece. This is from October of 2006, when I was still creating with more of an idea of "sculptural" pieces rather than working towards photographic images. I made it for Illustration Friday (the word that week was "ghost"), and I think it was one of my first narrative pieces.

Figured that many haven't gone back that far in the archives, and I always liked it. It now resides somewhere in Australia.


The question of Honorable (Un)Mention(ables) was brought up by a commenter who calls him/herself Skormos. I didn't do that, because I'd still have to leave some of the ones that I liked out. But after some thought, here they are.

Honorable Mention #1

Katie Alender said...

When overtaken
by romance,
you may forsake your
underpants.

Honorable Mention #2

Sara noH said...

Working in retail is a bear.
Customers make me tear out my hair.
You can whine all you want,
You can yell, scream and stomp.
But you can't return used underwear.

Again, thanks for all who participated! I enjoyed it a bunch.

The winner, plus an image in progress.

It was a difficult judging. So many good entries. See, this is the magical thing about this internet thing- the coming together of people to share their talent, creativity, and knowledge. I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of the entries, from the beautiful haikus, to the twisted limericks, to the very entertaining short poems. Great stuff. I hope you all had fun, I know I did.

My wife and I disagreed slightly about our favorites, which goes to show that this is truly just one persons' opinion. I thought the winner was both beautiful, and had a wonderful little twist at the end (not unlike a pair of panties when they get up in a bunch).

sharonmattnadia said... Sonnet

Beneath a cotton cloth of purest white
The yeasty dough is set aside to rise
The goddess of the hearth approves the rite
The towel's swelling shape elicits sighs

The shrub that Flora tends upon the sward
that wafts a fertile springtime fragrance fine
in winter yields the eye its own reward
as wind-borne snow distills its graceful line

The goddess of the night divides the dome
of starry heaven with her perfect arc
She smiles upon the baker in her home
and dances on the snowdrift in the park

Such forms inspire but merit not a glance
beside you in your cotton underpants



Again, thanks for all the entries. There were several worthy of free underwear!




Also, I'm teaming up with Skulladay for an image. Here's one of the characters that I made for it. I'll be mailing my end of it to Noah so he can add his special magic. Of course, I'll give you a heads up when he posts the finished piece.

Bent Objects Underwear Give-away

Wow! Where else can you go on the internet and compete for underwear? New ones too!

I'm giving away this card/coupon that came in the mail yesterday. All I ask for is a haiku, limerick, or short poem about underwear.

This is an especially short contest. Entries in the comment section will stop being accepted at 11 p.m. Thursday, April 17th, 2008. (No more entries being accepted! Thanks to all who participated!)



(this was just too silly of an idea not to follow through with)

A Cheesy Sea-doodle Monster

Yes, yet another cheese doodle/poof/curl image! Aren't you guys lucky!

I post this one in honor of choosing the official date of SOSAD (Strangely Orange Snack Appreciation Day) - JUNE 21st! Which not coincidentally is also the longest day of the year, otherwise known as the Summer Solstice.

I keep vacillating on the acronym for this day, from SOSAD to OSNAP. The latter is much catchier, but celebrates the eater of these snacks maybe, instead of the snacks themselves (or maybe I'm just thinking about this waaay too hard). Whatever you want to call it, Hallmark can create silly days to celebrate, so why can't I?

By the way, has anyone out there had some good (or bad) experiences with Cafepress? I think I want to create a shirt to go along with all this nonsense.

Everyone, please feel free to join me in paying homage to all the orange foods and drink, and the strangely orange snack foods in particular!

Variety is the Spice of MY life!

One of the things I adore about being a designer is the variety in my life. I love how I can be making a mother of the bride outfit one day and the next day, grappling with thousands of diamantes on a dance costume. Well this week was a week of a first of a kind (if you get me meaning)

I was asked by a super nice etsian to create something "in my signature style" for a doll! I have to say making something in minature is a bit of a challenge for me , its as if my brain is used to one dimension of spacial awareness and sizing! I gave it a lash as I firmly believe challenges are there to push the boundries as a designer and sometimes the results are surprising.

I tried to keep it very whimsical and romantic. ;)

A little cat doodle

Inspiring Ulla!

Ok, before I ever stumbled upon etsy and got my boutique up and running I used to spend endless hours scouring google for anything remotely related to design, fashion, craft, romantic, deconstructed, baroque, renaissance.........yada yada yada, basically all the things that I enjoy and find inspiring! one of the things that kept coming up in my searches was a blog by an absolutely inspiring lady called Ulla! I spent a long night reading through her entire blog (and trust me guys this lady is a prolific blogger person), I was totally blown away by the abundance of inspiration throughout the blog not to mention the fact that Ulla seemed to blog about all the things that I am really drawn to but can never quite manage to find!

Well a short while ago I was just shocked to find a message from this very same lady in my inbox in my etsy store enquiring about a couture scarf to be made! Its such an awesome feeling to be asked by someone that you look up to, to make something of your own for them! This was definitely a highlight for me and made me think about how small the world is! In particular the crafting community online! which is fantastic!

For sure if you appreciate fine design and whimsical inspiration go check out http://www.ullam.typepad.com/ and don't blame me if you become an addict! (I know I am!) ;)

Whisk Broom Bird

I seem to have gone absolutely bird crazy this week. I think my recent illness has made me bird-brained. I just don't know.

Red Wine Pistachio Bird

Attention Visitors! There is no joke here! Move along quietly. Go on, back to your homes and places of business...

There may be something of humor here next time. No promises though!

Mind Your Fingers!

Edit- Sometimes, I get too close to an idea, and the story has written itself in my head, and I think that others should be able to figure it out. I've slowly learned that there are times where this is a good thing. There are other times when I want to let others in on "the joke" (Although mostly this isn't a "joke". It's just part of a weird story.)

Vulture Feathers

It's a fact that these particular characters are very hard working. They take such enjoyment from wiggling their tail feathers over dusty furniture. They've been bred to act this way I suppose.

Anyway, ours has been worth its' weight in raw meat, which makes up its' three meals a day. Just be careful around it will you? It also has an appetite for pinkie fingers.




I didn't include the previous story until I woke up early the next morning thinking about this post. Kudos to the Crafty Mama, Carol, anonymous, and kjaere, for commenting even before I added it.

Todays' Dr. Seuss moment has been brought to you by the Bent Objects Corporation.