The Memphis Group and the design they spawned has always been a deep passion for me. So when I was asked to create some paper sculpture recently, I jumped at the chance to reflect my take why I love the style so much. Here are the final sculptures installed in the gallery in Melbourne as part of the 2010 Midsumma Festival.
And below some working shots in my studio
I’ve lost my camera, so sadly, I dont have any better shots of this work yet…
Wings plus Birkin
Wings plus Scarf
Wings plus Porcelain
Wings plus Saddle
Wings plus Ready To Wear
Photography: Murray Fredericks
Hey paper nerds!
Have been enjoying my month off for summer… blissed out Sydney = beach, food, beer and friends (esp my visitor from Sweden)
I’m working on two projects – one for the Midsumma festival to be unveiled in Melbourne next week _think Memphis geometric shapes_and a new package for Smirnoff Black Vodka.
Will post some images of both projects soon to keep you interested, but in the meantime follow me on Twitter here:
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http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/view/5523/benja-harneys-hermes-christmas-window-.htm
Pedestrian.tv put my wings on their site, which is kool of them!
Here they are finally, after all my hard work! *phew*
I shot these on my iPhone last night during installation, so they’re a bit blown out in places, but I’ll have some professional shots taken so we can all admire them in their full beauty. Better yet, go and check them out for real - corner of Market and Elizabeth St’s, Sydney.
It has been an honour and a privilege to engineer these wings for Hermès.
Wings plus Birkin
Wings plus Scarf
Wings plus Porcelain
Wings plus Saddle
Wings plus ‘Ready to Wear’
And on that high note, I’m off to Japan for a well earned holiday!
Wings for Hermès. Can’t wait to see these paper beauties in the windows. I’ll post some more images once we have completed the installation. Capitol!!
So my paper sculpture project for Incu and Topshop opened last night – what a party! Ouch me head O_o.
Please come past if you are in Sydney over the next 6 weeks to have a look at my creations. Everything I’ve engineered for the project has a distict English flavour working under the title ‘Best of British’. They will be dotted around the store.
The Topshop mothership has put us on their blog too! Too good!
http://insideout.topshop.com/blog/2009/10/incu-presents-.html
Below are some snaps of ‘High Tea’ and ‘Crown Jewels’ taken last night. Ill get some proper beautiful studio shots of all the work when it comes down but this is just a little sample of whats instore.
Hope you enjoy!
Getting there – three more pairs to go…
Its hard to tell the scale here: but she is big and beautiful!!
This is a pair of wings that I have been engineering for some Christmas windows due to be installed in a month. They are for high-end luxury brand Hermès – are a rather exciting client! Its been a challenging process so far, but I’m almost in the final stages. I will have to construct 8 pairs in total. Lots of work ahead!!
Some paper cities I just made for a Harpers Baazar jewellery shoot.
