'You are what you eat'

(Pentlands Prize winner: 2003) Sarah BeetsonDecember 5th‘Maverick Showroom, 68-72 Red church Street, London, E2 7DP’(7.00pm) Circling the drain, the usual esoteric beats of size zero and outrage amongst the peers echoing………Room 1- ‘You are what you eat’ illustrative graduate, Sarah Beetson, brings to attention our own vanity, reflected in colour and shape; as if lulling in our own magnificence, ironic how something so controversial can be moulded.Australian based illustrator, Sarah owns a fiercely creative mind, with a coherent personality to match. Turning back the rock clocks and reliving the works of that ‘Warhol’ so cleverly conjured. Favouring ‘possessiveness’ to describe her work ethic, pulling inspiration from the early punk arts- (one for Vivienne to keeps her eyes on), Pop culture from the 80’s Status Quoe, Vintage and revolution. Safely set in stone is her fervour and compelling nature to deliver uniqueness in controversial form. Working charitably in the likeness to drive awareness of ‘meningitis’ and ‘anorexia’, Sarah has gain much acclaim for her ‘pezaz’ –yes it’s a word, for titivating post modern harshness. (8.00pm) Wandering further along the kale corridors, frivolity leapt from the sketches and even a slight grievance amongst the cracks in Sarah’s smiles shone through ‘edible self’. Revising what appeared as happiness, it came to me that serious metaphors laid within Sarah’s work.Proudly commissioned by Stella McCartney in 2003, Sarah threw her brains at a project to create a space of philosophy, punk and vividness. Other endorsed works include, yellow door fashion marketing, pop magazine and L’Oreal, as well as designing illustrations for the likes of converse and ad-shirts, her caricatures are instantly distinguishable.(9.00pm) I come to the end of the row, draped ‘gleefully’ in front of a geriatric dusted statue was colour colossal controversy. Utilising symbology relevant to sickness, mouths and eyes reach across the canvas, clawing at my personal morals. - Certainly gave me a second opinion regarding finishing that ‘McDonalds’.(9.30pm) ‘Talented in volumes, Sarah Beetson- Beautifully bold.’(9.45pm) ‘Reality’Claire Levick

Losing the Plot

LOSING THE PLOTDistantly squinting through the turgid rims of her metallic red spectacles, Lisa had an epiphany. Amongst the multitude of grey distortion appeared an apparition of beauty. Who knew numbers could stimulate such fascination that resulted in creativity, style and elegance? Collaborating commodity and beauty, collection ‘The Plot Jewellery’ transpired. The noticeable piece from this collection simply had to be ‘Beautiful up’s and downs’ a delicious paradox of sensibility and artistic creativity. With a soulless surround of enamel, the rounded framecaptures a snapshot of history, refreshing the mind of human evolution and our glory within. To the amateur eye these pieces would read nothing but metallic lines surrounded by a choking shell. Reaching deeper into the collection origins, one would find that each piece represents the industrialised price of each metal over a specified time period. Each bespoke piece is a factual representation into commodity living, spanning over two decades. The irony lies within the colour contrasts of each piece, monotone harshness of metallic element meets femininity and innocence of enamel, a beautiful juxtapose.Merging with advertising giants Wieden and Kennedy in2005, Lisa’s concept of creating a ‘wearable visualisation’proved a storm hit as a contemporary jewellery line. One might say even ‘Gauss’ would marvel at, smitten at the ideal oftransformation from figure to form.Outside collaborations with jeweller Hannah Havanna spurned this collection to life. Producing over 30 styles withthe imitative generic influence, Price truly is the master of numbers. Welcome to the statistical revolution. By Claire Marie Levick

ApparelJunk welcomes KG Green!

Excuse de jouner! 'Pardon my absence guys' been on a little fact finding, blog noting journey for fab new download, Sketchbook magazine, and in my very chic absence KG has scouring her fashion brain to see what you guys should be getting involved in for this festive season ooooooooooooo dare I let you take a look ekkk!!!Kelly EwingI absolutely love this corset. It has such a ‘glamorous vintage’ style to it. From the understated ruffles to the overly large buttons I feel this is a totally wearable and effortless style. The design of this corset to me is really unique and would make a great statement piece. You wouldn’t even have to accessorise this to make it anymore exciting which makes me want it even more.ThakoonNow it’s nearly Christmas so I had to bring a bit of sparkle and these mirror mosaic shoes defiantly do that. They’re great for the up-coming party season. They almost have a Lady Gaga, space age feel to them which I love, totally individual. Who cares if you only get to wear them once a year when they look so great.Vivienne WestwoodIt’s not very often a dress stands out to me but I am totally in love with this one as well as most of the Anglomania collection Vivienne Westwood has created. The twisted fabric really gives it a choreographed edge. It’s a great evening gown that would really make an impact with a few key accessories.Post in you thoughts fashionistasChic you all later for a sneak peak into what I wrote for Sketchbook mag x