Showing posts with label macabre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label macabre. Show all posts

Monday, November 17, 2014

Macabre Gadgets

Just happened to stumble over a very cool jewelry designer - Macabre Gadgets. The handmade pieces in their collections have this blend of beauty and the macabre I love so much, and they are created from diverse materials like pressed coral, pressed bone, industrial polymer plastic and inlaid precious and semi-precious stones, pearls and metals.




"Macabre Gadgets is inspired by the infernal aesthetics of the dark side, which is inherent by the world view of mankind at all times, epochs and styles, from the early Middle Ages to progressive postmodernism."

Some favorites of mine:


Coral crown ring. Pressed coral, cultured pearls.



Bifacial skull ring. Polymer plastic, amethysts.



Raven skull ring, black. Polymer plastic.



Carpathia collar, black. Polymer plastic, silver, caoutchouc.



Black snake earrings. Polymer plastic, silver.



Octopus ring, white. Pressed coral, cultured pearls.





Caprinae notebook. Leather, paper, polymer plastic.


To see what else Macabre Gadgets has to offer, please visit their website here!









Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Katarzyna Konieczka

Polish avant garde fashion designer Katarzyna Konieczka creates costumes you would only find in your dreams. Often the type of dreams called "nightmares"... Her creations have won several awards, and been seen in fashion magazines. She says herself that her creations "are mainly to be viewed on a stage or a catwalk. The main aim of my designs is to create an impact on the viewer and evoke feelings. The costumes are not for everyday use. Each costume has been created as a one off, the techniques used to create them have been developed by myself, by experimenting with textiles, fabric and paint........I never use fabric straight from the shop. The main motifs in my designs are asymmetry, destruction, dramatism, macabre."

This is what I call "fashion as art"!


Photo: Elizaveta Porodina Photography


Photo: Katarzyna Widmanska


Photo: Sylwia Makris


Photo: Sylwia Makris


Photo: Katarzyna Widmanska


Photo: Katarzyna Widmanska


Photo: Marcin Szpak


Photo: Marcin Szpak


Photo: Katarzyna Widmanska


Photo: Katarzyna Widmanska


Photo: Katarzyna Widmanska


Photo: Sylwia Makris


Photo: Sylwia Makris


Photo: Sylwia Makris


Photo: Sylwia Makris


Photo: Christian Martin Weiss


For more, visit Katarzyna Konieczka's Facebook page!



































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