Nick Cave's Sound Suits

My brother in law just sent a link to me about these glorious Sound Suits by another Nick Cave than the one who comes immediately to mind... A former dancer with Alvin Ailey Dance Company, this Nick Cave makes extraordinarily intricate, wildly creative, shamanic (to me), thrilling sound suits - suits that when worn make sound. It's that simple and that magical... check him out!

Cherine Fahd & Todd Robinson

Cherine Fahd and Todd Robinson and their delightful young daughter Rei make up my favourite trio (after my sister and her little family!!). They are very dearest friends back home whom I miss!

Cherine is an award-winning photographic artist, represented here in Berlin by Gitte Weise Gallery. She and I lived in an apartment in sunny Bronte, Sydney, for a couple of years and there we shared a very artistically productive period, culminating in a joint exhibition called Musing in 2002 at Gallery 4A in Sydney. My work from that show The Missing Muse is featured on my website (link at right). I modelled in a many of Cherine's photos of that early period, such as Soft Sculpture, and the photo used in the bus shelter where Cherine sits, pictured above.

Todd, whose portrait I took above, had a successful, also award-winning, self-titled menswear label, when I met him during my fashion school days, (pictures above I took of his work that were published in Oyster Magazine), and then went on to become a wonderful artist. He also teaches design studies and fashion at University of Technology Sydney.

Harry Alexopoulos

My dearest friend from fashion school many years ago, Australian born Harry Alexopoulos works as a magazine art director, stylist and writer. He has lived in London for many years since we studied in Sydney in the late 1990s.

http://www.millndoll.com/artists/styling/harry-alexopoulos

Edwina White

One of my nearest and dearest from Sydney is the fabulous illustrator extraordinaire Edwina White. Everyone who has the pleasure of knowing Ed finds her a true treasure among those on earth. Her work delights with whimsy, cheek, wit, grace, fun, beauty, style and a whole lot more! Edwina is based in New York and exhibits frequently there and in Australia and elsewhere. You can also dry your dishes with her work (I do) with the Musical Chairs tea-towel, available through Third Drawer Down in Melbourne.

Emerald Pillow

Nina Field (Tim Kliendienst's wife) makes the most beautiful, sexy, to-die-for lingerie under the label Emerald Pillow. Her designs are truly exquisitely erotic, with great names too, and make you feel like a sex goddess! Let the goddess out to play, I say... You have to go to the site to see the raunchy pics.

Nina also makes beautiful bridal wear under the label Petal. She is one to watch!

Paul Clark & Tim Kliendienst - Alphabet Studio

One of my closest friends back home in Australia is the very talented Paul Clark, a graphic designer/illustrator, who works in a partnership with equally talented graphic designer/photographer Tim Kliendienst under the name Alphabet Studio. Their work is often seen about town in bus shelters and illuminated street ad boards, advertising theatre and dance in Sydney, particularly for Belvoir Street Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, The Sydney Opera House and Bangarra Dance Company, among many clients in the arts & entertainment industries...

Check out their beautiful, distinctive work on the link above.

Patricia Niven

Patricia introduced me to Jan von Holleben in the previous posting... Patricia (right in the above pic of us) is a Brisbane born photographer, who lives in London. I love her fashion photos of men (one pictured above)... Alongside her fantastic photographic work, she also belongs to a collective of superwomen called Container Plus. Read their blog below and check their site on the active link of their name.

http://containerplus.wordpress.com/