oddness...

odd

beautiful timing (or not)

alot of weirdness right now...

however ...
I have just finished the most beautiful campaign for the wonderous Trelise Cooper of New Zealand and I am so happy with the final works ...

and then ....
my professional photography monumental website and archive of all my work and exhibitions history and its Italian designers have disappeared into the ether ...
and at the same time I am temporarily here in the disaster zone
Christchurch New Zealand and earthquake after earthquake ...... since the Feb 22 2011 disastrous and all my camera gear is munted (as they say here ) and unusable ...
it is quite bizarre and must mean it is time for some dramatic changes ...


I am very particular ...but if you are up for a web design challenge for a fashion photographer/creative director with 25 years professional experience ...visit my agents sites and see my work there
www.internationalrescue.com/#/photographers/francesmelhop/_overview
www.paolasciarretta.com/ 

then let me know your ideas ....
and a quote ...


meanwhile ...latest works ... for Trelise Cooper NZ 

a most FAB designer
 

a-mazing !!!!!!! songs in the key # 4

a perfectly brilliant day !

*rain stops
*cue the sun


*sun comes out

*bellbird sings off key
*postman arrives with the most incredible papier mache door and props for the puppet, from Kallia in Greece of Kalliaswonderland

(photos tomorrow! I need to keep playing with it and opening and shutting it today!)

*the owner of the abandoned house In Milano gives me the go ahead to use the images for the short film backgrounds

*Maurizio Fiumefreddo ,my all time favourite hairstylist, that I work with in Milano agrees to make a teeny tiny wig for ..."her"  
( we will have a naming ceremony when her face is done )

*Carin Campbell (amazing tailor and purveyor of all good things tweed)  sent photos of the crinoline in progress... love love it

*Inger shows me the first image of the little slinky body femme fatale that she has made ......
holy malarky that is one feisty Victorian dame .... :D        ........... look out!

and I buy an electric glue gun ...and get to work on the bathroom set that I have been painting all weekend .......................

gluing the curtains on upside down ....

by accident ...you understand...

having to scrape all the paint and curtains off and repaint the stripes on the walls...

songs in the key ... part 2

so,
...where were we ........?

ah yes ........music clip,
"songs in the key." ..........puppet construction with eyeballs that are moveable within a very tiny constricted set with a big hairstyle over the open head surgery part....

first test: - solid clay head 

character :

female

insecty

victorian

big bug eyes

mid 20s-ish

sweet

creepy

threadbare

 

 

 

and so if anyone has any fantastic ideas about workable eyelids at this stage ...feel free to ...let me know ..!!!!!!!!

the little hands were weird...as I was making them they were wrapping creepily around my finger .... odd little life-signs coming out of cold wet clay.............................................................

now ...armature for the body ... proportions ... to head size .... I want the head quite big like a child's head is,    ... too big for the body ... a kind of innocence of character...

the wire is an aluminium armature stop motion wire from the UK, specifically designed for animation ... twisted to add strength with brass jointings that are tensioned for ample but restricted movement in tiny increments over a long period of time ...

the feet have joints and points for nut and bolt "tie offs" on the set so the puppet doesnt fall over from shot to shot .....

......

armature running off to Ingermaaike in Norway for a victorian felted body encasement ....

ahhhhhhhhhhh.............. if only it were that simple ............

:D