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Final Major Project: Initial Research + Designs
Here are a few beaded pieces inspired by the Pearl and embellishment imagery. I wanted to create something beautiful and out of the ordinary...
Final Major Project: Initial Research
Embellishment Inspiration: Pearls Beads.
Throughout my research Pearls have played a big part in the image of Marchesa. She always adorned herself with layers and layers of them. The following images inspired my designs....
Throughout my research Pearls have played a big part in the image of Marchesa. She always adorned herself with layers and layers of them. The following images inspired my designs....
Final Major Project: Initial Research
Considered the original female dandy, Léon Bakst, Paul Poiret, Mariano Fortuny and Erté dressed her...
Final Major Project: Initial Research
An old newspaper article featuring the many faces of Marchesa from Man Ray, Augustus John, Jacob Epstein, Leon Baskt, Eugene de Blaas and Giovanni Boldini.
Final Major Project: Initial Research
My starting point for my final major project was the late Italian eccentric socialite Marchesa Casati (1881-1957). She was at one point Europes most notorious celebrity and was painted, photographed and served as a muse by some of the world's most influencial artists.
"I want to be a living work of art" - Marchesa Casati.
Such artists included Man Ray, Giovanni Boldini, Cecil Beaton, Fortunato Depero and Augustus John.
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