Awareness & Love All Nighters are the fun loving, political conscious, charity fundraising event troupe from London and once again they’re hitting Brighton hard with their eclectic style and mix of all things bouncy and rhythmic. Coming to Hectors House … 
Jane de Lacey – luxe lingerie for the screen siren within you Have you ever ached to experience that old Hollywood glamour à la Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth and Veronica Lake? Ever had visions of yourself swanning around draped in …
We are just uploading and putting the finishing touches to the new and improved Brighton Collective Web site. Please bear with us as we slot everything into place!
Nicola of my-shell-me-shell.com is looking for some people to share desk/table space. She owns and runs a knitwear company and a leather goods company, both with very exciting opportunities and prospects. Because she mainly works alone, she is left with …
Fascinated by her impactful jewellery designs and the subtleties of her enamel work, I decided to track down maker Elizabeth Anne Norris to find out more about her practice. We met over a large slab of ginger and orange chocolate …
The sculptures of Coachwerks artist-in-residence Josephine Dimbleby will be taking over the front area outside 19 Hollingdean Terrace for the duration of the May festival. Every day, you’ll find her scouring the streets, harvesting discarded rubbish from the pavements and roads to use in transforming her ‘human chrysalises’.
After a month of transmogrification inside the tape shells, the rebirth of a new creature is likely to occur conveniently during a performance at the final show on Tuesday 31st May, 6pm-8pm. All are welcome to attend.
The month-long metamorphosis of the sculptures from simple shell to their elaborate conclusion will be captured on time-lapse video, which will be available to view on the Coachwerks website from the beginning of June.
Community workshops during May
Josephine is keen to teach others the simple techniques she uses to make her sculptures. (Please note – under-14s are welcome to join the workshops, but must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.)
Tape people workshop: Come along on Sunday 8th May, 1-5pm to learn how to make your own tape person or object. Once we’ve made our tape sculptures, we’ll take them on a mini-tour, exploring how we can place them in the environment to make street art. All our masterpieces will be photographed for display on the Coachwerks website.
Suggested donation: £3
Chrysalis workshop: On Sunday 15th May, 1-5pm, Josephine will be hosting a workshop to show you how to make a chrysalis for a creature of your own design – even better, she’ll show you how your chrysalis can be set to burst open of its own accord, releasing your bizarre little critter into the wilds several days later. Intrigued? Make sure to be there!
Suggested donation: £3
Josephine Dimbleby is a Brighton based artist who works with junk and biodegradable materials to create both inhabited and uninhabited suits. For upcoming performance dates or more details about her work, see her website and blog at www.josephinedimbleby.com
Luxury and decadence can come in many forms, from the pristine white of lead crystal and linen sheets to the opulence and colour saturation of jewels and tropical flowers. Of course, each person’s ideal of decadence will vary from the next, but I think that most will agree that the craft and deliciousness of the artisan chocolate falls lushly into this category. And at this springy time of the year, what could be better than combining the two – true decadence of the eyes and the taste buds.
Choccywoccydoodah in Duke Street, Brighton solidifies my own ideas of decadence in a way which borders on Continue reading
I was drawn like a moth to the flame by the powerful, colourful and spiritual oil paintings by Brighton artist Annett Bank. They are awe-inspiring and joyful expressions of the female form, a celebration of the body and movement. The life force within her artwork is so compelling, it is as though the graceful forms on the canvas are literally dancing and leaping before your very eyes.
Annett’s motto is ‘to make the world a better place, by making oneself a better space…’ Her striking paintings have the ability to Continue reading
The Auction has ENDED.
Our Friends at Brighton Bootcamp are organising a charity spinning ride for Cancer Research UK. John Lindsay our Director here at The Brighton Collective will be taking part and riding for 2 hours!! If you would like to send a donation to help this worthy cause then the Justgiving web link is here.
We have been given 9 Jewellery templates by the nice people at www.isomars.com to Auction off and the proceeds from the sale will go directly to this event as a donation. They have been the leading manufacturers and suppliers of all kinds of Technical Drawing and Fashion Designing instruments since the year 1959! They ship world wide with no restrictions on minimum quantity’s.
The Jewllery Drawing templates are pictured above and have a combined retail price of £100, send your bid to info@thebrightoncollective.co.uk with BID in the subject line, with your name address and contact details. I will update the highest bid on this post and to all bidders by email. The Action will close on Wednesday the 25th of may at 7pm.
Thanks for reading this and happy bidding 
Okay, so I write for the blog in a totally separate capacity but this is an unashamed plug for my event business Doily Days! John (head honcho) suggested it and who am I to turn down free publicity? Especially at this time of year when the evenings are getting lighter, the daffodils are ready to pop open and we’re all looking forward and planning for the summer – cakes piled high at garden parties, champagne glimmering in the sunshine at weddings. Hmmmmm…
Doily Days is a vintage/country garden event business. We provide the following services:
You’ll also find recommended marquees on the website – The English Tea Tent and The Cornish Cream Tent. Two marquees that we love and are perfect for Doily Days weddings.
I like to call myself ‘Creative Director & Event Stylist’. I have a real passion for vintage and retro, I enjoy creating the wow factor for relaxed events… and I really love cake! The business has evolved since I set it up in 2009 and has taken on a life of its own. Friends often refer to things – cafe’s, furniture etc – as ‘very Doily Days’ and it makes me feel very happy and proud.
I regularly update the facebook page with pictures from events, links I see and love and exciting news from the Doily Days world. ‘Like’ the page here http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Doily-Days/129453690398292
I’m a Twitter newbie but finding my feet.Find me @DoilyDays or click the bird!
Visit the website www.doilydays.co.uk. The gallery has been updated with all the best pictures from the events we’ve done – so if you like something you see, get in touch!
By Helen Ruff
I really like the simple paragraph on Angela Chicks homepage. I think it sums up her dreamy, creative style nicely:
My name is Angela and I like to do drawings, sometimes I sew things as well, yeah that’s right. Usually when I do drawings I try not to look. I like surprises. Nice surprises.
I cant remember now how I found out about Angela but, interestingly, she is one of the founders of the Handmade Co-operative shop on St James Street. I featured fellow Continue reading
Kevin Rozario-Johnson is a photographer, friend and fellow Shoreham resident. Ive seen his photos on display in local cafes, at Ropetackle, the new arts centre and have been kept informed of his exhibitions and open houses (although embarrassingly I havent been to any sorry Kev! New Years resolutions and all that). I am always impressed with his passion and drive for photography and fell in love with his amazing picture of Ipanema Beach in the shadow of Two Brothers Mountain. The lighting is just beautiful. Kevins photography business is called Images Everything (www.images-everything.co.uk). He does wedding and commercial photography and sells his incredible Continue reading
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Memories seeped into the very essence of consciousness. Found in the most abstract of places, they provide us with a contextual framework for our own humanity, our very own subjective understanding of the world. But far from enduring, memory can evade us, blurring at the edges. Eventually all these afterimages dissipate, leaving little more than a faded reality.
Alex Priors understanding of memory, and the concept that it lingers in the very places we least expect it is what has led to his latest exhibition Parallel Horizons, debuting at the Artist Residence Hotel & Gallery (AR) on Saturday 5th February 2011.
Alexs two month residency at AR followed a trip to Continue reading
When I research designers for The Brighton Collective blog I’m always intrigued to find out about their inspiration, background and how they’ve got to where they are today.
I came across afterWARD by Wendy Ward, a growing collection of clothing and accessories made from recycled clothes and textiles, and I delved a little deeper to find out more about the products and the designer’s background.
Wendy’s collection consists of neck ruffles and capelets (decorated with laser cutting and hand embroidery), neck pieces (made from fragments of fabrics) and tops and dresses made from Continue reading
When I was younger I remember we had an absolutely hideous sofa in our lounge – it was green and brown, flowery and swirly and I remember being acutely embarrassed when my friends came over to play. Looking back I think it was Sanderson fabric and bang on trend for the 80’s! Fair play to my stylish mother…
Paisley Fox aka Helen Price from Brighton collects and cherishes vintage fabric and turns them into stylish, unique cushions for the home.
She works for Jo Franks at Love Frankie in Kemptown (featured on the blog January 2010 http://www.thebrightoncollective.co.uk/blog/2010/01/you-gotta-love-frankie/) where she sells the Continue reading
When I came across the Wu & Wu website I know I liked it. I liked it because it was kitsch. Hello Kitty Kitsch.
Fiona Hewitt is the illustrator and describes herself as “Brand Creatrice and expert in Asian Kitschology”. What a title! “My illustrations are inspired by years spent living in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong, endlessly trawling the flea markets and junk shops for inspiration” explains Fiona.
Wu & Wu is primarily concerned with creating unique, fun products to make your home a Continue reading
The Sunday before christmas the downstairs at Komedia was taken over with crafty types people selling their handmade wares along with second-hand clothes and bits and bobs.
The Brighton Collective were there, networking as usual, spreading the word and encouraging designers to get on board. There were also four Brighton Collective designers myself, Helen, chief vintage cake stand maker and Brighton Collective roving reporter. Then there was Tess Robinson-Lane, it was a pleasure to meet her as I wrote an article about her for the blog back in June. She was selling her quirky Continue reading
Things are slowing down here for the Christmas Period so we want to take this time to wish everyone a Happy Xmas and a prosperous New Year. Thanks for everyone following the blog, the designers on the website and the friends we have made this year. We are looking forward to thrusting The Brighton Collective into 2011 so watch this space.
Imyme: Cue the Pyrotechnics.
Sometimes you come across something that you love and enjoy so much that you feel you need to share it with the world. Luckily for me I have the ‘Brighton Collective’ to do this.
I came across this album through a group of friends, that I have actually known for a very long time and we go way back. It was this group of friends that have worked on this album and created it and the mastermind behind the whole project was Joe Isherwood.
This album is so beautifully produced and the level of Continue reading
Josephine-Poppy Marcellas’Valentine Hello lovers of the handmade! I am working with a wonderful voluntary run group called CompARTment to host a Christmas Arts Bazaar in the London Road Old Market, Brighton, this and next Saturday (11th and 18th), the market will run from 10-6pm. I am looking for local artists and crafters to get involved, stalls are only £10 per day. Also we are looking for anyone who would like to host any kind of performance/acoustic music set or art installation to join in with the days seasonal festivities! If you are interested please contact me asap on sisilylove@hotmail.com for more information and payment details xxx
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