pyjama jeans

tired of changing in the morning? getting strange looks on the street? have you been banned from tesco? i actually think i want a pair, but they don’t do mens … yet.

measure up

one of the designs for australian underwear company grundies

stand up

BeLonG To irelands lgbt organisation for young people have started a new advocacy campaign, Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Week!

Stand Up! is aimed at creating positive understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people and their issues. it is the first ever lgbt awareness week in ireland and will run from 9th to the 18th of april 2010. show your support by joining the facebook group here and by adopting their logo as your profile picture/avatar on social networking sites for the week.

don’t stand for homophobic bullying!

twilight star in bel ami film

the disappointment in this title is too much. firstly the twilight star in question is not taylor lautner… it’s robert pattinson. then ya say, well that’s not too bad, at least he’ll get his cock out… but the second disappointment is that it’s not that kind of bel ami film.

although if you do want to see him in a gay themed film with minor nudity, ‘little ashes’ a film based on the early life of salvador dali, is pretty good.

‘bel ami’ is a film directed by declan donnellan and nick ormerod. set in paris, it’s about a young mans rise to power by manipulating wealthy women, sounds kinda meh, but it also stars, uma thurman, christina ricci, kristin scott thomas and colm meaney.

pubes kinda fauxy

love them or hate them… personally i like a bit of hair but under control. i’ve had a bsc for experimental purposes and it was interesting, but not for me full time. what if you shaved/waxed and you missed it? here is a fun solution, well for the girls anyway… you can buy your winter coat here

what? miley cyrus a gay man?

i joke of course, but miley cyrus tells parade magazine that she doesn’t watch much on tv these days but she never misses rupaul’s drag race.

“there is one show i’m addicted to: rupaul’s drag race,” miley says. “i love me some rupaul. i love rupaul’s motto. it goes something like, ‘a real lady is never bitchy, a real lady is sassy.’”

she also talkedabout her godmother dolly parton and her love for lady gaga, saying of the latter, “she’s really smart. i caught her on oprah and she was really chill. i used to be like, yeah, i guess she’s talented but how much is she really singing. but i’ve become a convert.”

AMI going… i am.

tomorrow is the 16th alternative miss ireland (ami) or “gay christmas” as it’s also referred to and i can’t wait. it will only be my second time going, last year was so much fun. it’s for a great cause, raising money for irish hiv/aids organisations. what i’m looking forward to most, panti hosting and her outfits, anne doyle as one of the judges and bláthnaid mcgee. each contestant is very unique so i guess i’m looking forward to seeing them all… but go bláthnaid!

if you’ve never been, you really are missing out. happy christmas.

behind under the influence

when it came to thinking what to do for the exhibition, other than family and friends, the main person that kept coming to mind was panti and why? because she “never fails to inspire me with her presence, eloquence and wit. i’m in constant awe.”

i also wanted to get in other influences or artists i admire. i picked out a photograph of panti by fiona morgan with mouth open referencing edvard munch (also as a printing artist) and francis bacon. i wanted to do a relief print with lino using the reduction technique, said to have been promoted by pablo picasso as a serious medium for artist.

panti by fiona morgan

i reflected the photo so that when i drew onto the lino it would print similarly to the photo. i selected areas of light to dark and marked them out.

i cut away the lightest areas from the lino, leaving other areas untouched. i mixed ink to create the tone i wanted, registered my paper and printed the second colour (the first colour being the paper)

while prints were left to dry, i washed and dried lino. then prepared for the next print by cutting away the next lightest tone. when the first prints were dry, i mixed ink for my third colour and made the second print.

finally i cut away the rest of the lino that wasn’t my darkest colour and made final print. estimated time for the print was 12hrs excluding drying time.

bliss