Batty Irish

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Party Time

What a ridiculous(ly amazing) print for a jumper. A weekend of wedding celebrations and a jumper to fit it, found in a supermarket in Killarney. Yes mate.

Bargain Basement Meets Art Deco

Another day, another project. Tomorrow will see the installation of our next piece, an opticians window display. Gold, black and fluoro, a slight Christmas tease but holding off until a more suitable time to put the actual Christmas display in (Christmas is still over a month away for those already packing stockings?!?!).

The photo shoots at the weekend were top banana. I wish I could display the results but they are strictly secret until the first issue of Disclosure Magazine comes out in December. I was in the BIGGEST mood ever because after setting everything up on Saturday afternoon for the front-cover shoot, a sky-full of moody clouds reared their ugly heads. Luckily for us (and everyone/thing in my war path at this point) we were thinking of packing up and sacking it all off, when we decided to do a couple of face and compositional shots anyway. Much to our disbelief, the sun started seeping through the grey and we were flooded by the most beautiful golden light you have ever seen. Ask Will Robson-Scott how bloody hard it is to try and make gliter sparkle on demand...not easy and extremely frustrating. As if by magic, the sky cleared completely to a vivid blue colour and we were bathing in crisp, winter light. The glitter sparkled its little toes off and our (very patient) models (thanks Lucy and Becky!) hung in there and sorted us right out with some well nice shots. Top wicked. Chip-Shop whoppin'.

SALE!!!!

Grab a bargain. Chilli and a jacket spud - £2.99. Great hat - £1.99. Sweet.

Oh Lovely Clouds, Please Do Not Rain On Us this Weekend.

Onto the Next Job.

No more Piñatas for a while. Now we are making props for the next photo shoot and buying colourful ribbon and loving some of the vintage finds in our magic shop of wonders (thanks Ruairi). Oh Yes. Nothing shall be disclosed (?!) as of yet but watch this space later in the year.

More of this (sneeze...sniffle...cough...)





and less of this for now (...ahem) Work to be done and winter to be survived. Isn't it all lovely and crunchy-leaved now eh?

Fascinating Fireworks.

Why do they never cease to impress? These photographs are from the Thames Festival Finalé last month. Anna wondered whether Ken Livingstone had something on his mind when he oversaw the choreographing of the fireworks in the last photograph...ooooohhh, aaaaaahhhh, ooooooohh. Hmmmmm.

Piñata Sandwich Anyone?

This is about a third of the collection and our life and soul over the past weeks. Each one individually designed for
someones (??!?) needs!

Piñata Challenge!

Because we have loved working with the YCN guys so much, we have prolonged our involvement in the Piñata project. After deciding to photograph and name each piñata individually, Nick came up with the idea of setting a challenge and awarding a prize to the person/people who could break open a piñata in the most interesting way...click here to chart the progress and/or get involved yourselves. We are VERY excited to see what people come up with!

Live Webcam in the YCN Office.

Come and watch us online here, at work in the YCN office as of tomorrow. This is our latest project and a collaboration with YCN. We have spent the last few days having fun, getting inspired, collecting bits and pieces to go in the piñatas and sourcing materials to make them with...now the factory operations begin. We will be starting our production line of piñatas tomorrow with the helping hands of some kind volunteers. Each piñata will promote the 'Call for Entries' which includes a selection of exciting new projects, tasks and competitions, set by various companies, for young creatives to get involved in. Visit the YCN website here for more details about how to get involved.