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| <Wednesday, 7th October 2009> |
| No place like home . . . |
| In the last 7 days i've given Subtraction Cutting Masterclasses at the Arts Institute of California and at the Arteleku Gallery in San Sebastián in Spain, as well as given a talk at the Center For Pattern Design conference in San Francisco... the travelling has been pretty HECTIC: Brighton---> London---> Detroit USA---> San Francisco USA---> Minneapolis USA---> London---> Bilbao SPAIN---> San Sebastián SPAIN---> London---> Brighton |
| i'll create some content when i'm rested, until then . . . here's some pics |
| <Wednesday, 30th September 2009> |
| Last week i gave a Subtraction Cutting masterclass in Brighton UK, at a wonderfully creative fashion & textiles studio called 'Larch Rose'. This week im cutting in San Francisco USA and San Sebastián in Spain . . . |
| . . . here's a little video taster |
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| Click here to find out more about the Larch Rose design studios: http://www.larchrose.com |
| <Wednesday, 23rd September 2009> |
| To the Last |
| I'd like to turn the 'glass-half-empty-half-full' idea on its it head for a moment. Contrary to common belief, it is not pessimistic to think of life as being half-empty. A glass half-empty anticipates filling, it has potential and space to grow into, it looks upwards towards the brim and believes in the future with great optimism and hope. There is always something new to learn, absorb and experience, until the bitter end. People who consider life as being already half-full are quite likely to think of themselves as already being complete, and so their dreams and ambitions become half-hearted, they feel in decline, and look to the future more cynically as life continues predictably down well-trodden pathways. Negative spaces need not be negative. |
| <Wednesday, 16th September 2009> |
| Some people already live in the future. |
| click here to find out more ! |
| <Wednesday, 9th September 2009> |
| Tipping Points 1: Can't go anywhere these days without seeing mens check shirts everywhere, it's become a uniform. Time to escape the grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| No Map, No Plan, No Guide : My Guide to London Fashion Week |
| click here to download a printable PDF version of this guide |
| Sub-Cut Dance Video |
| First fingers angling, walking finger tip-toe along paper creases and folds, flipping zig-zag fans like a croupier, then pivots of the wrist, electric-shock-like up the arm to the elbow, then shoulder, body rocking, measuring with finger-widths and walks, hops, skips, jumps, pointing, gesticulating, this much, that much, shoulder widths, arm legths, strides, leaps into the unknown, picking the fabric up, spinning it round and over and inside out, at a flick of the wrist, like pulling a cloth off a dining table or a bouquet out of a sleeve, 2D to 3D, falling with gravity and against, floating to the ceiling, impossible and real, a stop-motion dancer subtracting space, creating room to manoeuver, jumping inside and vanishing from view, rabbit into hat. |
| (Private pattern cutting tuition in Winchester, UK) |
| Lines of tribe dissolved. |
| Sat in an attic studio in the historic cathedral city of Winchester, ancient Saxon capital of Wessex. Discussing religion with four wide-eyed women over buffet lunch, heresy in the air. My mind spins backwards through time by candle-light, King Alfred reigning statuesque over a grey rain swept August, rooks, knights and bishops plotting their deadly moves, Doomsday books and calligraphic scrolls drafting territories, pagan Celt to Saxon to Viking and Norman, island invasions tattooing blood red crosses far across the waves. Eating bread and wine and Belgian white chocolate mouse, i'm reminded of the inauguration speech of another great leader, the ruler of the modern world: "For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers". . . The Achilles Heal of an otherwise brilliant speech, i remember feeling a little pissed-off at the moment of Change, lumped together under the vague heading 'non-believers'. Religion spoils belief, it lowers it to a mediocre set of standards. I don't need a brand of God to have great faith, spirituality and belief. I believe in the world, in life, in people, in nature, in science, in art, in language, in human endeavour and ingenuity, in striving to be kind and caring for others, and wanting the best possible outcome for every imaginable situation. Above all, i believe passionately in myself, and people with skills. |
| "What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?" |
| <Wednesday, 2nd September 2009> |
| Dart Manipulation |
| (above - Dart Manipulation by Rachel Poulter, September 2009.) |
| Life is yours alone |
| i don't think in words, but what thoughts remain become them. what spaces left by absence will all be filled, no table, box or utensil will remain unreplaced, what goes will forever be gone, tomorrow is today, time isn't so devisive. |
| (tomorrow always feels like yesterday when you go to bed an hour before sunrise) |
| <Wednesday, 26th August 2009> |
| Spot the difference |
| http://julianand.blip.tv/file/2547011/ |
| Kiss, Marry, Kill I would love to cut garments for and in the presence of: Erin O’Connor Alber Elbaz Riccardo Tisci Daphne Velghe Tess Frazer Iris van Herpen Kate Moss Susie Lau Diane Pernet Pixie Geldof Katie Grand Kiera Knightly Liela Moss Chris Addison Sarah Lerfel Rebecca Pearson Caroline Broadhead Queen Michelle Natasha Khan Vasilisa Forbes Sasha Grey Bernard Arnault Megan Fox Junya Watanabe Alexa Chung Rachel Poulter Michelle Obama Frida Giannini Sophie Madeleine Anastasia Vouyouka |
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All garments, video, graphics, websites and text are copyrighted to Julian Roberts (c) 2009. A lot of the images assembled above came from Google or somewhere, and are the copyright of their original owner. But their assembly together is very much my own doing, it's difficult to say really where creative ownership begins & ends, i'm certainly not averse to creative trespass. So no reproduction without permission, unless you're feeling subversive, punk.