About this project

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Jewelry for Weird Garden shoot - Oct 20, 2015

Fresh made! Pure gold leaf, glass, concrete, and cardboard. Post modern Chanel channeling.

Friday, October 16, 2015

Test shot for Weird Garden Scene

To be performed and filmed live on November 28 in the afternoon/evening at Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia St., San Francisco.

Monday, August 17, 2015

Lisa Chaney's Texture of the Present - Aug 17, 2015

Interesting thoughts from "Coco Chanel" by Lisa Chaney

What Gabrielle said

The very worst book has something to say to you...

...From the serial novels to the greatest classics, all novels are reality in the guise of dreams...
-Coco Chanel

Power vs Influence

 From Coco Chanel | An Intimate Life by Lisa Chaney 





Friday, May 15, 2015

Monday, April 20, 2015

Test Pages

Beginnings of graphic layout.



Friday, April 17, 2015

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Sierra's mom starts to melt down

Sierra's mom clutches at her validation. Set, style, concept, direction by Claire Bain. Frame from video. Camera: Alfred Hernandez
Interesting process--exactly the same as doing a film shoot. Culling stills from the video later is a very different aspect. Doing so causes me to view the video footage differently than when I'm making a film.


Thursday, March 12, 2015

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Styling a Costume--Look Closely


Necklace: hardware store chain $5 with found black cord threaded through; t-shirt: $2.50 Walgreen's; belt: found cable from printer; clock "buckle" from plastic spinning scene lamp: $2; earrings: see above: $1.20; purse: found; bauble on purse: same source as clock buckle: .$50; jacket: hand-me-down (but still has high-end designer tag): free; leggings: Ross $23; pumps: Ross, $18.

Upon closer inspection, we see that the "earrings" are made of a lump of plaster covered with real gold leaf, a wire, an "s" hook from the hardware store, and a plastic circle mirror from a crafts store. Cost: plaster-free (found a bag of it) + gold leaf about $.30 + wire-free (found it) + "S" hook $.40 + mirror circle $.50 = $1.20


Necklace: hardware store chain $5 with found black cord threaded through; t-shirt: $2.50 Walgreen's; belt: found cable from printer; clock "buckle" from plastic spinning scene lamp: $2; earrings: see above: $1.20; purse: found; bauble on purse: same source as clock buckle: $.50; jacket: hand-me-down (but still has high-end designer tag): free; pumps: Ross, $18.






Monday, February 16, 2015

Sierra's mom tries way too hard--no, she's just proud.

Even with all of the challenges, I know I do my best.
After a night at the mall with the kids.

Saturday, February 14, 2015