Porcelain mosaic dress

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Alexander Mcqueen a/w 2011



Li Xiaofeng


The pieces of a broken plate will never look like trash again after seeing the Alexander McQueen collection for the upcoming winter.
The Master used to amaze us every season with something new so does Sarah Burton who has the difficult task to take over the maison.
She presented dresses made of porcelain pieces.Every piece has been used like a bead and sewn over the dress.I can only imagine what is needed to plan a dress like this one i mean look at the perfect fit of every piece!
Sarah's runway remainded me of another designer who also created dresses out of broken porcelain,Li Xiaofeng,whom work already surprised the web.

Se durante un litigio siete solite tirare i piatti,dopo aver visto queste immagini penserete due volte prima di buttarne i pezzi.
Seguendo gli insegnamenti del mitico Alexander Mcqueen il cui talento era solito stupirci ogni stagione,Sarah Burton propone per l'inverno 2011 dei vestiti decorati attraverso un intricatissimo mosaico di porcellana. Ogni frammento è stato cucito sul vestito come fosse una perlina.Pensate alla progettazione di questo capolavoro, guardate il perfetto incastro delle parti!
La collezione di Sarah Burton mi ha fatto ripensare al lavoro del designer Li Xiaofeng i cui abiti in porcellana avevano già stupito il web.

Artisanal

Artisanal is the name of the most visionary collection by Martin Margiela.
Unique pieces made with recycled materials or with materials not commonly used in fashion industry. His works show that a designer is both an artisan and an artist in full spectrum:there are no rules to create a cloth,all materials are allowed (as it happens in contemporary art).The idea of a cloth can start an develop from an ordinary object.

Artiginale è il nome della più visionaria collezione di Martin Margiela.
E' costituita da pezzi unici realizzati con materiali riciclati o con materiali estranei al mondo della moda. Il suo lavoro ci mostra che un designer è sia un artigiano che un artista a 360°.Non ci sono regole fisse per realizzare un abito,tutti i materiali sono ammessi (come succede nell'arte contemporanea).
L'idea di un abito può scaturire e svilupparsi anche a partire da un oggetto di tutti i giorni.

DIY:broken keyboard jewelry

What to do with a broken keyboard?Make some jewelry with it!

Is it possible?Never fear to try.
What i've tried is to make a pretty necklace,the fun thing is that you can write a message with it
Today message? I'm out of control
How is it made? Follow me

take a broken keyboard

Gently pull off the selected keys
With a finger press a key and insert a pencil under the one nearby and pull

This is how the key looks like upside down

With a paper trimmer cut the part that comes off the key

repeat for all the chosen keys


Now fill your keys with silicon you can find it in every hardware stores




Let it dry

Now take a colored plastic cover or a plastic sheet


and glue wour keys onto that with a superglue


Decor the borders cutting them as you like
Make two holes at the border of the necklace so you can add a chain to it
and you've done!


Now you have your broken keyboard necklace! Enjoy!