Women's wear project

Oh my.

I am kind of tired. But really, in that positive way ( heh, how could being tired be positive in any way? :) ) 2 weeks ago we started another big project called women's wear. It's just all about good research and developing own collection.
My research was poor at first as I was lost between 60's and 70's, so i asked the teacher if it's okay if I focus on eskimos. I love native ideas in fashion so why couldnt I ? She said if I feel that this is something i want to work with then I should go for it. So I did!

And today I've constructed this jacket. It looks quite simple, right? Believe me, it was not at all. I struggled  a lot with dropped shoulder and armholes. Not to mention a hoodie, i guess I made 4 attempts in total, everytime ended up looking like a total fool!

UPDATE

So much work ahead. But that's not the worst thing.

So damn hungry all the time, so sleepy, so powerless, so so sooo...!!

I don't know if I am sleepy because I cut on eating meat, or is it because my body has already changed to winter time.  I wish I could do my stuff at school, because at home I am tempted all the time by little snacks and stuff alike. Soooo hard to keep the diet. I ordered bikini to kind of  keep myself in one piece, it will hang on my wall just in front of the bed so everytime I wake up it will scream - YES YOU CAN!

I already made a huuge change in my life, well, I am more this salty persona than a sweet tooth and each shopping ended up with a big bag of crisps. That is something I cannot live without. I mean, I couldnt, because I made an enormous progress - now I never stop by the crisps  place, I am even able to look at them, but i am not buying, YAY! okay, once in a month, maybe two, this power is disappearing and i end up with a little bag in my hand :-)

Right now I am finishing the last order of woven tops. Of course something went wrong and I had to start over. You may think that this is really simple job, just weave as you want.. Oh how wrong you are!! It's an unstoppable process of thinking. I nneed to make 15 minutes break because at some point I got stucked and I just cannot move. It's not a pattern that you follow, I am all the time creating.

And my father cheered me a little saying that this intense thinking process envolves lots of energy, so I must eat more. But, I don't believe him as he is obese himself :P

Halloween

I love costume parties but to be honest, I've never done any bigger effort on my costumes which I always regret. It was similar this time.

A mask? or maybe a decent skull make up? Well, my idea came just 2 hours prior to the party. I bought little finger spiders and also a big fluffy one. I attached them all to my black dress and put some quick spider web make up on. Tadaaaa!

Again, not that big effort made. 

But I am getting better since last halloween party I was no one :)

I was invited to a friend for a pre party, and I made little mummies- sausages, and green chick peas muffins with olives :)

Also, I have finished and sent another woven top! 

And just one more thing to show you, about my denim electives- this is the cover of my processbook..:)  

How was your Halloween time? did you go to any party? :-)

Denim electives

Hi People!

I am going to complain, complain a lot.

First of all, why is it so windy here in Denmark? Okay, maybe not why, but why there is this rule that the wind is ALWAYS straight on your face? So going down on a hill  meets with making bigger effort than riding up?

Secondly, why am I freezing like it is a winter time already? I ordered sweatpants and new hoodie, and I cannot imagine my life without EMU boots. Say whatever you want to say, they're the warmest shoes ever.  And, I accidentally ordered them 2 sizes smaller, so they're not looking rusty, after 2 weeks they're just perfect. 

And, last complaint, where is my energy? I haven't seen it for a while. It's just gone. In summer I could wake up at 5.00 and now I cannot open my eyes at 7. It's so dark outside, it begins to be OK at 7.30. I heard about those anti depression lights that are programmed to wake you up whenever you desire with the "natural light". Mum, please!!! That would really help me..

Anyways, we started denim electives. I love denim, still I regret I couldnt do both re-design and denim at the same time, It looks super cool what guys are doing there!

The topic for my inspiration is Amazonia. We are supposed to discover as many denim fabric manipulations as it is possible. I am still in process and lacking the time hehe :)

From my personal projects, I am still weaving. This black is the finished order I made, I just sent it today, hopefully the customer will be happy:)

And yay! I can finally see !

Heh, I had some little troubles with seeing things that are far away. My image was a little blurry, now it's amazingly sharp..:)

Knitwear + weaving

After a short break in Poland I fot back to my business in Denmark.

Besides my studies I am having several own projects, which I wish I had more time to focus on!

That's a really nice change after doing literally nothing in Belgium, I again feel that world needs me. In weaving and knitting at least. Having busy life is much better, when I have a lot of things to do I can schedule my time better, for instance in Brussels I had plenty of time but not a will to do workouts, and there I am on my last legs coming back from my projects and sweating with DVD fitness movies between 22.00- 24.00.

I have really good sleep after.

So I like my life in Denmark. 

And I like my bubble sweaters and weaved tops!

Currently I am working on a black weaved top which has to be similar to the white one. I already did one in black but I got so concerned that it has to be perfect that it stopped being original anymore, hehe :)

Baby bubble white sweater 

Big bubble mint sweater 

Weaved white top 

Olga Kincel- Creative Form

:)

I promised to show photos I took for my friend, right?

So ladies and gents, today I present you the final photos of Olga Kincel's creative form project!

As a model we had beautiful Kristine from Denmark. She was incredibly amazing. She behaved like a real professional model. Cold as hell and standing with barely no clothes? No problem for her. Going in to the cold water? No problem either! 

Her poses... everything exaggerated the lines and shapes of Olga's garment.

I was really glad with the photos I took, I hope Olga is as well :) I really like these friends collaborations! Although I asked her for nothing for this pleasure, she bought me my favourite wine... So kind :)

Now, let's be quiet, I encourage you to take a deep look in these photos. It was raining and cold, but we did it... Enjoy!

Photos : Me

Creation : Olga Kincel

Make up: Olga Kincel

Model: Kristine Kahler 

Throwback to: Bieszczady

This summer I had this great opportunity to meet ( again, after 17 years I guess ) my family from my father's side. They live in Bieszczady, place where magic happens, place where lot's of people escaped from the big cities and they started from nothing, learning how to milk a cow, building their own houses, developing little farms. 

I  was deeply touched and astonished when I met some of them and heard their stories. 

My aunt is an artist and she provided me to the art world as much as she could. She is an amazing person. Her head is full of valuable information about history of art, she was our guide through all the art museums and galleries. She also knows the great stories about our family and also about the people who lived in Bieszczady.

We tried to take as much as we could from the time we had,

and I really have beautifull memories:)

I wished I photographed more though!

Solina 2014

My love <3!

Bieszczady 2014

Czar PGRu, najlepsze sery w Bieszczadach i najfajniejsze kotki :) / The charm of PGR, best cheese in Bieszczady, as well as best kittens :) 

My BF, we took a train ride :)