Two Face

For the party my boyfriend, Casey, decided her want to be a villain. After debating he decided on Two-Face. 

Supplies

• Old Blazer
• Button Up Shirt
• Pants
• Old Tie
• Paint (acrylic & puffy)
• Face Paint
• Various Brushes 
• Time 

The girls and Casey helping with the jacket. 

Casey before I worked my crafty magic.

Let the birthday girl help with the initial painting of his face.

The finished face paint by me. 

Harvey Dent side.

Two Face with his Mother dressed as the Joker

Two Face. 

Myself (Hippie Wonder Woman) Two Face and his nephew still in his soccer uniform

She-Thor !

My boyfriends niece, Aliyna, had a super hero themed birthday party for her 5th birthday, (being as its Super Hero September) and she requested everyone where a costume to her party. Naturally my help was requested by some to make a few costumes for the party. One of the last costumes I started and competed was She-Thor for Aliyna's Aunt Bobbi. 

The Various Costumes Hung Up Drying

The supplies, The Process, The Finished Product 

The Supplies 

• A Bra
• Glitter Ribbon 
• Brown Ribbon
• Mask
• Glitter Foam Paper
• Grey Foam Paper
• Duct Tape
• Pants
• Apron
• Felt
• Puffy Paint
• Paper Towel Roll
• Shoe Box 
• Hot Glue 

THE HAMMER I made

Arielle testing out her Aunt's accessories 

The Finished Costume 

Fun With Aunty Leni !

My boyfriend has two nieces and they both LOVE to do arts and crafts with me. So I have to think of new crafts and fun things for them to do. (You can only draw pictures so many times before it gets old) Strolling through the kids section in various stores I found a few plain pieces and decided I found my next craft for them. 

 First I found this dress for the oldest, Arielle, seeing as she wants to be an artist someday I figure she should look the part. lol

In action creating the first Arielle Quinn original 

The next project I did with both girls and their cousin. I bought plain black skirts and paint one detail for each of them myself then told them to go WILD. 

Arielle 

Amaura

Arielle's friend joined us and asked if I could make some shirts for him and his brother. 

All Three Skirts

Arielle, Amaura, & Aliyna

Cheetah Print, Spider-Man, & Captain America

Screen Print IV: Foster

Oh Frosty. 

This is Foster, and yes that is his real name. This is us at this Toga party me and  my cousins hosted the beginnign of my last year at Towson. I don't remember what he said before we took this picture but it was, as usual, HILARIOUS. 

The text transparencies.

Layer 1 

After adding the second layer, achieved by exposing fabric on my silk screen instead of using a transparence. 

Layer 3 achieved by exposing a different fabric then the one iused in layer 2.

The Finished Print. With the "Foster's" beer can addition. 

The Elephant in the Room...

Various paints I have made all centered around elephants. Many ask me why elephants, whats is so great about them? The truth is I have always LOVED elephants, there my favorite animal. As I got older elephants remained one of my obsessions. They comfort me when I'm down and bring me joy. Elephants to me are peaceful creatures. They raise families, the fall in love, they remember. I feel like I am an elephant, or as my bestie would say Lynelephant. 

First Elephant Reduction Lino Print

First Elephant Calligraph (un-soaked paper)

Elephant Calligraphs (un-soaked & soaked paper)

Mounted Elephant Calligraph Print

Second Elephant Calligraph, printed on tie-dye cotton fabric 

Various Elephant Prints, calligraph & lino 

Version II  of Elephant Lino Prints

Version I :Calligraph Pattern & Lino Elephant

Version II: Calligraph Patterns & Lino Elephant

Version III: Calligraph Patterns & Lino Elephants 

FragAd Dress

This dress is made of fragrance ads from all the magazines i'd saved knowing they'd be useful one day. As well as various recycled pieces of fabric to create the structure for the ads. I made to dress to reference the fear I have of smelling bad in public, its one the few things I constantly worry about. The dress's skirt was constructed  to flow away for the body , keeping people from getting close. The dress also smells great.

Wore this as part of my final presentation in my drawing class. 

Close up detail of the top. 

Photos By: Chris A. Smith

Dress By: L. Phillips (me)

The Scavenger Dress

During my final year of college I tapped into something in me that had been there all along, my love for fashion. After being given more freedom with the direction of my work I decided to grab hold and go with it. The result the Scavenger Dress. I started by gathering all the scrap pieces of fabric around my bedroom and all the Arizona drink can I could find and got to work. . . 

Later I got a friend of mine, Nova, to take photos of me in the dress to give its full effect. The dress and the photos go hand in hand as a cohesive piece of work.  

Photos By: Chris A. Smith 

Dress By: L. Phillip (me)