We were never one for motor car racing. So the name Ayrton Senna registered little & the desire to watch this doco about the Brazilian Formula 1 racing driver, widely regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all times, was fairly minimal.
There is something though about getting a glimpse into the life of a prominent figure in our generation no matter what their field. & the fact that he was a bit of a dish didn’t hurt either.
Stitching together never before seen footage, this doco takes us on a journey through Senna’s career, following his struggle on track with his french nemesis Alain Prost & off the track with the heavily political sport, & through his 3 F1 world championship wins. Humble yet with fiery determination, his spirit, passion & love for racing and his spiritual relationship with the sport not only brings tears to the eyes but inspires & captures the heart.
Although the doco itself, with its little narration, assumed we knew more about both Senna & F1 than we do, it was still great because, well, we can fill in the gaps with Wikipedia can’t we! Senna, the doco, three and a half stars. Senna, the star himself, a big incredible five.
‘This is an ongoing series of constructed photographs rooted in the forest. These works, carried out in Surrey, Hampshire and Wales, involve site specific interventions in the landscape, ‘wrapping’ trees with white material to construct a visual relationship between tree, not-tree and the line of horizon according to the camera’s viewpoint.’ Zander Olsen
thank you so much for those who took the time out in the wonder filled markets to visit us!
for those who didn’t make it, we thought we would share some pics of our stall which we were so happy with- thanks to the incredible work of our very clever friends!! (sorry the pics aren’t the best, we had to steal quiet moments so were a little rushed!)
as we really wanted to reflect the custom-made concept of our online store, we had a section of our stall where you could choose a me & oli print, match it to one of the shapes on the sample rack & we measured you up & started the process of custom making the garment! we felt like this went most smoothly & were really blown away to find so many embracing the concept & really taking part in our interactive stall!
of course, we didn’t forget we were in a market environment so had got fun things made up just for the occasion- like illustrated & digitally printed scarves, tees, tanks, totes & chrissy cards.
for lovers out there who didn’t make it to the market, rest assured we have put some of these ‘off the rack’ products aside for you. so stay tuned as we start posting up lots of these goodies this week… starting from today (just in time for your chrissy shopping!)
& the day is almost upon us!! for sydneysiders, do not miss the sydney finders keepers markets tomorrow night & saturday all day… it is going to be incredible (& perfect timing too as it’s the place where you will be able to do all your chrissy shopping in one hit!)
do pop by our stall in the fashion room where you will not only be able to get your hands on all sorts of wears (digitally printed tote bags, scarves, tanks, tops & dresses) but you will be able to also view our range of digitally printed textile artwork & our range of easy-to-wear shapes… pick a combination, get measured up & we will start the process of lovingly making your outfit TO ORDER!! yay!!
check out our finders keepers count down on our facebook page for some of the products that will be on offer at our stall.
as some of you know, we will be holding a stall at the sydney finders keepers markets next friday, december 2 (yay!)
our stall will be like a pop up tailor shop, where you can come, choose a print, choose a dress/top shape, get measured up & we will make your chosen dress/top to order… exciting!!
so, we have been busy brewing up ideas for how to set up our stall. we thought we’d share here some of our tailor shop inspiration… we’re looking forward to bringing our set to life!
yet another powerful & devastingly moody piece from danish director nichola winding refn, comes the film drive. driven by ryan gosling’s captivating ability to say little but express so much, he is driver- a stuntman by day, a getaway driver by night and a loner all his life. until he falls in love with his neighbour (carey mulligan). not such a girl next door, because it is from her connections & past that trouble comes for driver as he falls deeply in love & gives all he has for her.
gripping, sexy, moving and downright violent, & with a great soundtrack to boot, drive will take a firm hold of your breath & not let it go for the next 24 hours. four and a half stars.
we used to call ourselves i-hate-nature girl. all that itchy, scratchy grass. little ants that throw themselves at your feet (& in your pants). all those bushes with snakes no doubt hiding & ready to pounce on you because that’s all they have to do all day.
but then one day a friend said to us ‘but you must love nature because everything you draw has to do with it’. & then we realised… well, come to think of it, it is probably our biggest source of inspiration. we DO have a deep love for it at heart! we just have to, um, get used to being in it.
& that, we’ve found as we grow older, is oh so very easy to do! the rugged, the rocky, the peace, the majesty. how can we have had anything but love for it all this time.
simple examples of this are pictured above. these shots are taken from our recent trip to the Flinders ranges, South Australia.
from top: the western side of wilpena pound mid afternoon; the same side at dusk; different choices for shoe attire on our impromptu hike (mt ohlssen bagge hike) yes there were thongs on the rocky, linear climb & descent; just hangin’ with nature.
how good are old record covers? we stumbled across a café in adelaide that had covered their walls with… well record covers. we had a grand old time staring at each & every cover, reminiscing as well as crying ‘oh my god, look how young so-&-so looks’. a good old time was had doing this whilst waiting for the gorgeous bagels that were being served up at the café! a fine combination one would say!
can you believe we are 2 months away from the new year? which means, christmas is just a little less than 2 months away!
for those of you who are organised & have already begun your christmas shopping, we’re excited to let you know that we have illustrated a set of 6 chrissy cards for La La Land.
Available at many shops around Australia… including Made590! We shall post you a full list of stockists over the next few days.
