Maude Allan

an exotic dancer

the dance of the seven veils

scales
reptiles
serpants
cold blooded
cold hearted

starting to build an army

netting is fabulous but it's not always right

there is something predominantly important about edgings

The Femme Fatale
A seductress at her best.

What is it that I need to depict?

The obsession of adornment.
Danger masked by beauty.
The allure 
a touch of skin

battle armor 
prepare for battle

long expanses of fabric
the dance of the seven veils   

What is it that I need to depict?
 
Battle armor masked by beauty.
a foolish scent
Battle armor deceived.




armor |ˈärmər|(Brit. armour )
noun
the metal coverings formerly worn by soldiers or warriors to protect the body in battle: knights in armor | a suit of armor.
• (also armor plate )the tough metal layer covering a military vehicle or ship to defend it from attack.
• military vehicles collectively: the contingent includes infantry, armor, and logistic units.
• the protective layer or shell of some animals and plants.
• a person's emotional, social, or other defenses: his armor of self-confidence.
verb [ with obj. ]
provide (someone) with emotional, social, or other defenses: the knowledge armored him against her.


I intend to use strong materials, masked, an armor contained, trickery, a Trojan horse.

weight is important too, so is sound

Jan van Beers - Souverance

Costume design for the ballet Blue Sultana Scheherazade

Orientalism

A taste of the exotic?

I have built a chain



A Femme Fatale is a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations.
Meaning "Deadly Woman" in French.
Maenads

Findings on Klimt
Dressed in Adornment, Symbolism, Myth, Gods and Goddesses, Sphinxs and Maenads and Sirens 
Gorgons
The Femme Fatale

Findings on Adornment
Netting as a vessel 

Findings on Design
Orientalism and the Byzantine

with Klimt
I think it is the combination
of obvious patterns with intricate faces

the flowers may be obvious but they are contained
off topic


to find a way to make body armor 

the decorated woman
the adorned woman

trinket adornment to fabric
trinket adornment to armor 

I am no good at taking photographs

building for buildings sake

there's a hole in the sky

I want to make trinkets
but
where to begin?

polymer clay?

everything is illuminated
collectors paradice
gangsters paradice

I want to learn how to make these

there is something about Klimts flowers
everything needs to be organized

thoughts unchained

 Sister by Sibling