spiral fossil

Not too long ago a very good friend of mine, sent me this picture of her new tattoo, in progress at that time. To my surprise it was inspired by an old painting of mine. I can't imagine a more honourable way to appreciate some one's art. So, it really made my day, I'm glad she liked the painting enough to put it under her skin and I really hope it made her happy. It definitely made me.

Thank you Alice! ♥

This and more HERE.

reis - details

I thought I could post some cropped pictures from my latest fashion illustrations, just some details I liked or thought to be interesting. I hope you find them to be so as well. ♥

medium:
coloured pencils and markers on paper 21x29,7 cm

reis

First and foremost, Happy New Year everyone! This is my first post for 2012 and I thought I should celebrate it in a fashionable manner.

Therefore this is an illustrated collection I made for a local competition. The concept revolved around the idea of travelling, mixing cultures and styles. So I got my inspiration from the African culture, just because of their geometric patterns, fibres and textures and maneuvering those materials, which all resemble to traditional customs used in my country. It's a slow-fashion concept, I've put a lot of my attention to the shape of the clothes (reminding of African sculptures), the fabrics and their manipulation, the dyeing of the fabrics and so on. The name is actually the word "travel" in Afrikaans, it sounds so mystical and magical in my opinion.

In a way, I'm happy of how it turned out, I'm glad I finally got myself drawing again, and I hope it was not just an isolated event (although I haven't drawn since). Please someone give me a kick in the back. But until then, you can tell me what you think about the drawings.

when we fall

I love autumn. It has such lovely colours, it gives you a kind of calm and sweet melancholy. It's just so sad it ends so quickly nowadays. In the short time of sunny autumn days, me and my sister managed to photograph some portraits that capture all those season's moods. We took the pictures just before I cut my long locks, I think it was the longest I've ever had them. Well, I hope you like the photos. Here's my autumn soundtrack that goes with them:

Erik Satie - Gymnopedie no.1

Photographer: Ina Muntean
Model & editing: me

november features

I'm still having a hard time coping with the cold outside, I feel I didn't even hear the last song of the crickets and today I woke up with white trees and rooftops outside. So I guess "November rain" feels out of place this year.

But anyway, I got a couple new features from ShoppingNews.ro with my fluffy monster pillows. Because we need to cuddle our soft cozy pillows in these tough winter days, right?

Thank you so very much for this and for the kind, kind words, and for even thinking about me!

(You can view the articles by clicking the photos.)

my little working space

Most of the times I don't really enjoy talking about myself just because I think that what I do says enough. But a couple of weeks ago, I was featured on Breslog with an article about my petit atelier so I had to let everyone in my tiny space. In the end I received wonderful feedback and I was really grateful for that.

So this is where I work everyday, my ever-growing artistic corner. I hope to make it bigger one day, more spacious, more organic, more organised and more colourful.

And here's the Breslog article, if you want to find out more details about me, my work and my working space.

I'd love to know what you think about it. :)

the robbery photoshooting

A while back I had the opportunity to showcase one of my corset-blouses from the SkeletOn-SkeletOff collection in a fashion photo shooting for Aimi. The concept was more on the cinematic, high fashion side so in the end, I think all the elements blended quite well together. Therefore I'm thankful for the privilege and thumbs up for all the people who were involved in the process. Here are a few photos from the shooting, you can see more on Aimi's facebook page. Hope you like them.

Photographer: Radu Carnaru
Mua & hair: Cristina Cioca
Concept and assisting: Octavian Mot