Hawaiian Mermaid Body Paint shoot

 This is one of the Mermaid shoots for the Mermaid Festival calendar. I was aiming for a kind of kitsch vintage 50s Hawaiian idea hence the props and the ukulele lent with kind permission from my daughter.

Had fun with this paint, created a neat scales effect with fishnet tights and some stenciling to create different size scales.

Hurray for boobies!! But not Facebook booby Nazis!!

As a body painter I have painted loads of boobies of all shapes and sizes and colour. For me the body makes the best canvas for an innovative and interesting piece of transient art...all physical beauty is transient really isn't it!! What surprises people are the models that sit for me aren't what you'd define as 'perfect' but they have the confidence that I wished I had to bare all and get painted.

There has been a spate of reporting on Facebook owing to people being offended by nudity even though the nipples are covered. It's okay to gawp at the over inflated bosom of barely legal girls on page 3 then...fair enough!! Only it isn't, is it!! I'm under no illusion that boobs are part of a girls sexuality and allure but when they're only made available to view in adult magazines and page 3 it kind of makes it seedy and gives them purpose for objectification only and then (stupid) people get the wrong idea when they see boobs in the context of art or breastfeeding.

The kind of boobs our children are seeing and aspiring to are these weird airbags that don't respond to movement. My daughter doesn't need shielding from seeing boobs thank you very much Facebook, I breastfed the little lady for nearly 2 years myself. I want my daughter to be exposed to more bodies of all shapes and sizes and not one type of body. I don't want to see less body painting on Facebook...I want to see more, and not just on Facebook....everywhere!!

Krishna and Rahda body paint

A paint from today's jam in Kent inspired by a painting of Krishna and Rahda. I embellished it with freehand glitter body art with good effect. Made a blingy headpiece and incorporated a couple of peacock feathers...not bad!!! Could have finished the peacocks off properly and added a bit more detail to Rahda's face...got bored and lazy, what can I say it was just a wee bit of fun.

Close-up freehand glitter

Close-up freehand glitter

Close-up freehand glitter

Some things can not be explained!!

Baby keepsake frame

I made this a wee while ago but it's a great idea way to keep hold of sentimental items and display them rather than stowing them away in the loft to get all dusty. I got the frame from Wilkinson's cost about £5 and they have them in all different sizes. I decoupaged the frame with a newspaper from the day of Cherry's birth using the date of the newspaper multiple times and used some of the bits that came from congratulations cards. I secured the stuff inside with dressmaking pins.

The outfit is what we dressed her in to come home from the hospital in, her wristband, a Father's day card and her first shoes bought by Granddad...which she didn't actually wear (don't really see the point of putting shoes on a baby until they can walk). I thought it was a nice idea!!