Scooped-back Red Dress

I love this red dress…it came out with such a sweet shape & soft drape.  Plus, the back is fairly dramatic.

This image makes me think of a cherry-bomb marie antionette….very confectionary.

Model: Janey Cho Makeup: Kenya for Ruby Envy Felt Dress: Jenne Giles for Harlequin Feltworks. Photo: Moja Ma’at

The Feltettes!

I mostly make felt dresses for fun & creative challenge.  Please enjoy these musical fruits of my fashion folly!

Model: Janey Cho Makeup: Kenya for Ruby Envy Necklaces: Jenne Giles for Harlequin Feltworks. Photo: Moja Ma’at

Pocket Smock

love these new photos from a recent shoot!

 Pocket Smocks  by Jenne Giles, Harlequin Feltworks ©2012, silk & wool

Model: Janey Cho Makeup: Kenya for Ruby Envy Styling Hair Dress: Jenne Giles for Harlequin Feltworks. Photo: Moja Ma’at

FilzFun Photo Credits

The beautiful images included in FilzFun 35 would not have been possible without the collaboration and collective talents of our photo teams:

Moja Ma’at, Photographer

Angelica Garde & Jenne Giles, Stylists

 Kenya Aissa from Ruby Envy, MUA

 Diana Regua, Hair

Monika & Sara, Models

Moja Ma’at, Photographer

 Kenya Aissa from Ruby Envy, MUA & Hair

Jenne Giles, Stylist

Amber, Model

Moja Ma’at, Photographer

 Tamra-Marie, MUA

(Rose Dress styling by Mil U Ranon & Jenne Giles)

Ana, Model

More fun images

Here are some more fun images from our recent shoot.  We had run out of daylight but persevered to take a few more photos in the more challenging night-time environment.  I love the photo above of the Mona Scarf on our gracious model Sara.  Our models really deserve some kudos for going the extra mile.

In honor of Lady Gaga using a parasol, here is one of our own night shots.  I love the mystery of this image and how the shape emerges and blends with the shadows.  This was taken at the St Peter and Paul’s Church on the very same steps where Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe posed for their wedding photos.  Our lovely model, Monika, looks so glamorous like something from a movie where Fellini’s La Dolce Vita is blended with a Hitchcock or film noir.

Our team:

Moja Ma’at  -  Photography

Angelica Garde   –   Styling

Kenya from Ruby Envy   –  Make Up

Diana Regua   –   Hair

Monika & Sara   –  Models

Sorting through images

I just picked up the disk of images from our last photo shoot in North Beach, SF.

Now is the hard part of sorting through them!!  Decisions, decisions.

Here is a lovely image of our model model, Sara, in the first plastic raincoat.  I love the look of the plastic and the floating lines that recall a child’s simplified drawing.  I think feltmakers will appreciate the waterproof nature of the raincoats with the felted appeal of the finished dress underneath, as much of feltmaking involves using plastics whether in the form of waterproof shoes, aprons, buckets or plastic resists.

Lesson learned: you don’t want to go too thick on the plastic!  Drape matters

Getting some place

a beginning….