Art Lamp News

Found on a Mannequin Reclaim Farm in Lincolnshire owned by Roz Edwards who has a company called Mannakin, my male abandoned very Russian Looking chap sat around my studio for quite some time. Then with a germ of an idea and several pieces of reclaim that was sitting around in my studio, I set to work with my Bosch hand tool to cut out sections of the body, this is important for me as i like to think about how the light will work. I used fibreglass resin then. to make it look like the cut outs had a stone...

We all seem to be viewing the world behind a wall or a window in this sad pandemic of Covid 19. Because i can't photograph anything at the moment I have been trawling through the many shoots that I have in my back catalogue.  I wanted to express an air of beauty and pathos with the unreality of all that is happening in this strange new world. I hope you enjoy viewing them through your computer window in my new shop section Fine Art Prints. Stay Safe Mel 

Using a vintage mannequin, some string, feathers  and everything else all found in my studio. Then I added some human eye and that's when the image came to life using digital manipulation for that half dream half reality feel that I love.

I've loved making this one to the music of Frida in the background of my studio. A bit of relief in lockdown to make something joyous and free. 

Little Alien started life as an abandoned mannequin. After cleaning years of neglect she was opened up by way of a Bosch hand tool. Then a paint layer, then another and another and another!! A wooden base was applied to the bottom for the fitting of some very tall hairpin legs. I made a wire shade and fitted an animal skull which I painted to the back, this gives such an amazing projection on the wall. Finally a long tubular bulb and here she is. Little Alien so very cool and quirky! The only one in the world! www.melsartlamps.com