RP/E Selfridges Window / Bright Young Things

This year has kicked off to a really great start. This month I was selected by one of the UK's most prestigious department stores: Selfridges as one of 20 "Bright Young Things" they thought were "the most creative and exciting new names from the worlds of fashion and art".




For those of you not familiar with Selfridges: this is a really big deal, and a stupendous honour!

We installed the RP/Encore window last week, and if you find yourself in London, why not stop by and take a peek? Mine is on Oxford Street, four windows down from Duke Street!

Here are some behind the scenes photos from that eversohandsomeandtallented Mr. Houser:







More photos to be shown soon!

Big big thanks to Jack and Josh from Devise London who loaned me the video wall, re-edited the video content specifically for the display, installed everything and made the RP/E logo! You guys are the best! Also big thanks to Flick for staying with us for what ended up being a 13hour over night install shift, and Tom for helping out in spite of having come straight from working a full 8.5 hour workday!

NEW: Encore Skulls

Here are the newest members of the "cast" collection.

I call them the "Encore Skulls"
(because... you guessed it! They have an "E" for "Encore" on the back of them)

Hand cast and finished out of the same Lead-Free Pewtre with Silver that I used on the Pigeon Foot Pendant... now is your chance to
be one of the first to purchase one of these little beauties!

They've got a great weight to them, and go very well with *ahem* the Pigeon Foot Pendant on a chain or keychain, or whatever you fancy really...


Here's an image of them (l-r: back, front and side views) next to a 2p coin for scale:

They cost £45 each (not inc shipping) and they are worth every penny!
(or... "pence"? hmmm confusing...)

Get in touch if you would like to purchase one: info@rpencore.com

PIGEON FOOT PENDANT

Today I met up with a good friend from my Saint Martins days...

The ever-so-talented-and-witty Tom Hauser!

What joy... coffee... cake and chatting was had! *Sigh*

We were even able to mix in a bit of business with pleasure, which I thought I might share with you...

Tom bought one of my pigeon foot pendants, and I thought it would be good to indulge my readers in some more images of the pendant, as well as some images of the packaging
(because beautiful packaging turns me on, so I thought it might just do the same for you? No? Oh well...).

Close-up of Pigeon Foot... it measures roughly 64mm x 24mm


Here it is in it's little black organza bag with black drawstring ribbon...


Then it's put into it's little 100% recycled box, filled with shredded waste paper...
(not of the fecal variety mind...)


The official sheet with your edition number on it (out of 100)


I LOVE sealing wax! Urghhhhh... SO satisfying!


And, here it is... ready to go... in it's also very satisfying/tactile clear pack.

Now, there are still quite a few pendants left for the taking... so get in touch!

With only 100 editions, these little beauties aren't going to last long...

Mmmmmmmmm... tasty packaging...

Light

Check out this light sculpture
I just finished thanks to Jack's masterful light wiring capabilities:

Pretty great eh?
It's made from a bull's skull that my mother found for me.

Apparently it was de-fleshed using a traditional "Mexican Method" which (from what I understand) seems to mean it was simply left in the desert until all flesh and fur was eaten or burned off by the sun.

Works for me.

Unfortunately some sticky fingered postal service person helped him/herself to the beautiful horns of this creature on it's way over.

Bastards!

So I've made my own horns ... a sort of "brushed silver" version.

I like the way it looks like he's actually "looking" at you---
and the way the light picks up on all of the intricate cracks and thinned bone of the skull.

Disney Happy Happy

Here are some images of a commission I've just finished for someone who wanted some shields made up like ones I have made previously for art exhibits.

The only catch? Instead of having creatures snarling and gasping off the face of the shield, this person wanted them to have "Disney happy happy faces".

Never one to dodge a challenge, I was happy to oblige.

After months of trying to source all the right critters (who knew it would be so difficult to get a hold of a duck with it's feathers still intact?)
and going through a few duds
(rotten duck x2 anyone? two words: mouldy tongue)

I have finally finished them, and they are going to be shipped out Monday Morning!




Aren't the shields delicious colours? Expect to see more like this...

Rat Coin Purse: The Second Coming

This is another style of coin purse I've made out of rat fur. The skin is from one extremely large feeder rat which had a strange problem when it went through the tanning process. The skin separated from the hands, feet and face of the animal, forcing me to come up with a new design.

I'm quite pleased with how it came out, and it's given me some thoughts for the next collection.