canvas friends

I painted and bewigged my cousin. And then he fell to earth!

Les cousins coastal

breakneck break.

maison d'être lookbook, Fall 2011

maison d'être is the collective title for my artist's armory. I experiment with a lot of creative methods and individuals (government name: "art whore"), and the result is a lot of things that are not rooted directly in traditional media. Textiles tend to factor heavily in these experiments, and so I decided to fashion an umbrella under which all of these projects can fall. maison d'être is the haus of everything that isn't a painting.

After months of conceptualization and dirty hands, I have launched my first official wearable collection: a selection of repurposed vintage jackets and sweaters. It is an evolving set, with new pieces slated for release throughout the season. Which basically means that I had an attack of ideas after we shot, and so there are more dogfight styles comin atcha.

These styles are available for a brief pre-sale at the weekend. Go to my shop for them details!

location shots by Keith Moore

product shots by Garet Watters

eastern seaboard tour

This year, there was a family reunion for my NYirish side which is YAY because those relations and cousins are very fun. Us frontier folk went out trundling through the states where our eastern seaboard friends and family are, and eventually came together in Buffalo, NY. And then some of us wandered into Canada.

Some scenes from:

_DC

air and space (museum)

_Eastern Market, DC

cousin Emily's crane tutorial.

_Brooklyn

dumbo troll.

_Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

It was hotter than an Amazonian orgy in New York, so I sliced up some H&M thing with our host's kitchen scissors. Instant knot dress!

_Brooklyn, NY

This bathroom elegantly matched my outfit.

_:)

lost and safe

_LES, Manhattan

Burp Castle. Where the beer is sweet, and they shush you. For real.

_NYC

mint.

_LES, Manhattan

Outside. Bar too loud. I am old lady.

_Clarence, Buffalo, NY

Reunite soooo good.

_Elmwood Village, Buffalo, NY
presenting: BUFFALO CATS! (ft. Great Floors and Moulding)

_Buffalo, NY

Elmwood Village.

_Buffalo, NY

There are a million old buildings in abundance, with all their killer details. It's kind of quiet during the day.

(outside a building)

(inside the building)

_Toronto, Canada

"faith was mankind's first curse; doubt, its first virtue."

_Toronto, Canada

mais oui.

_Niagara Falls, NY

Siblings and cousin! More cousins, more time, please.

4th, old school

Some inspiration shots from lighting up the way-back hood.

rest, earthbones!

Sauvage: the last BotE installation for awhile. What's next? Saturation??

Bones of the Earth

The Penultimate installment: Sweet Chariot.

At 4ft x 4ft, she is a ship.