Pascale Bric-a-brac

Alice’s article about a photoshoot we did together. A really lovely and talented stylist… Hope to work with her again soon.

alicetimms:

More shots from Matteo Patocchi scrap book shoot. I was inspired by Images from Mark Borthowick and wanted to create images that would work together like a scrap book of captured moments and working with the beautiful colours from the spring 12 collections which are really vibrant and with beautiful kaleidoscopic prints. We shot into the clouded skies which bleach out behind the model Sophie and allow the patterns to jump out from the photo. Matteo has given the images some interesting effects as well to add to the experimental style of the colours merging.

so clever ! that gives me hope.

underpaidgenius:

Bottle-brick building, upcycling a surplus of plastic bottles to construct buildings:

Steven Shoppman, Plastic Bottles: 20 Times stronger than Bricks

if you don’t have what you need make do with what you already have. A surplus of empty plastic bottles is something that not only affects Africa, but the entire planet.

In a small village in Nigeria, a solution has been applied to not only provide shelter in a poverty stricken country, but find a use for refuse. Packing sand into plastic bottles is a technique that started nine years ago in India, South and Central America.  Named “bottle brick” technology, the compacted sand inside the bottles is almost 20 times stronger than bricks.  The best part is that in a region that does not have much money to spend on building materials, the houses are estimated to cost 1/3 of a house made of concrete and bricks.

Adding to the appeal of the simple technology, the houses are ideal for the hot Nigerian climate because the bottle bricks buffer the house from the intense heat. Also, in a place known for violence, the houses are completely bullet proof. Bottles are mostly sourced from hotels, restaurants, homes and foreign embassies, so the 500 million bottles that are discarded each year in Nigeria alone are literally finding new homes instead of landfills or the ocean.  The circular houses look cool too with the exposed round bottles producing a unique design.

Could be a great use in the US too.

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just amazing. prove 2 things : you can be elegant with tattoo, and you can be old, with tattoo and look stunning. 

paradisaea:

wifelife:

For all the idiots who ask “but what are you going to look like when you’re old and wrinkly with all those tattoos” and variations there of.

Like this only more caucasian.

These photos are beautiful.

What she said.

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