Marionette

//Second City //number 3//

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:29:00 +0000

On Saturday the 5th of December will be the third edition of Second City. Come along, it's again gonna be a great night! Also don't hesitate to vote to tell me if you like the poster!

New Drawings

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:13:00 +0000

Screen printing, punching, colour pencil are the techniques I currently use to create tone on tone detailed drawings. Those drawings are the starting point of my inspiration for my masters fashion collection.

The Berlin Wall : 20 years later

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:58:00 +0000

Today Germany is celebrating the 20 years anniversary of the fall of the wall. For this occasion I took part in a competition organised by easyjet where I was ask to illustrate the event. It represents the map of Berlin in the background, the black ribbon embodies the wall being open by two white doves. Above it all I've drawn a flight of birds with through them, the colour of the german flag. Let me know if you like it!

Anorak Competition

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:06:00 +0000

I took part in a competition organised by my favourite magazine, Anorak. The brief was to design the magazine cover for the winter issue and it was open to students or recents graduates from all around the world. My design represents a circular grid in the background to illustrate game with snowflakes in some of the boxes (a winter board game!) and on the foreground an army of happy kids all laughing away and saying 'the happy mag for kids'. Even though it's a winter issue, the colours are bright and playful for a celebration of this holiday and festive period of the year. Let me know if you like it!

Second City with Marco Bernardi

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:32:00 +0000

Next Saturday Second City is coming back! I've been asked to design the poster again, check out! I've drawn the front of a record shop in Paris called Stereorama, spray painted the pattern from the shutter and stamp the name of our DJ on it. Now we have our own Second City shop! Anyway, last month we had a great time, I am so looking forward to next week!

Birds Embroidered

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:30:00 +0000

I have realised some new embroidered samples. Here are a few details of all the types of birds I have been stitching the past few weeks.

Exclusive handprinted fabric

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:38:00 +0000

I spent the start of the week printing a new range of fabric with 3 other designers, Iain, Vala and Clemence. The reknown boutique K1 Yarns based in Glasgow and Edimburgh has launched with us an exclusive range of fabric under the name of K1 Cloth. A couple of months ago, we printed for the summer the first collection based around the combination of three colours and three designs. For this autumn collection we hand dyed our fabric with mushroom, grey, and nude tones and screen printed three designs in teals, aubergine and blues.

The fabric will be on sale soon.

Second City

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:11:00 +0000

Second City is a club night organised by my friend Lee who asked me to design the flyer for it. Sounds like it's going to be all house and electro games, come and dance with us!

Stereo, sat 5th of september, check it out on myspace or facebook!

New Designers - London

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:09:00 +0000

Last month I went to New Designers with my class. It was an amazing week, I met loads of interesting people from companies, universities and schools. They gave me plenty of feedback, advice about my work and I got interest for work and sold a sample. The following week I went to a few interviews resulting with the show and I am now working freelance for an agent/textile studio in London.

I am also getting ready to start in september the Masters at Glasgow School of Art Textiles as Fashion for a year.

Ciara in a dreamland

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:08:00 +0000

Photographies illustrated of my final 4th year collection.

femme noire brodee

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:39:00 +0000

As you know I haven't posted in sooo long! This is only because I am graduating in a few weeks ( 3 to go now). The work load had been increasing like crazy but it's going well, can't wait to hand in! Also, I kind of want to keep my work as a surprise for the show which is why I am not posting new stuff. However to give you an idea here is one of my sample still to be made into a final piece (print and embroidery with black silk ribbon on calico).

front shop

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:07:00 +0000

Maisons et fenetres

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:41:00 +0000

This is a drawing of a builing that I did yesterday. It is reversible, you can walk into this maison from top or bottom, look for it in Paris!
Then I transformed it that way,
and maybe it could be come an embroidery that could be like a trim, an edge, une bordure. I am going to embroider it today.

Couple inconnu

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:51:00 +0000

Yesterday I embroidered this couple (drawing at the top, embroidery at the bottom) who is the starting point of a story, a narrative for my project. I think the duality that they represent is a current theme in my work that I am going to follow. I still need to cut the circle and stitch it onyo a heavy ticking cotton. voila!

l'homme aux graines

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:57:00 +0000

This is the inside of a shop Place D'Aligre in PAris, near Bastille. This little epicerie is amazing, from muesli, pasta, sweets, plants to birds and baskets... You'll find everything. On week ends you can find a huge market, for fruits, food to old stuff, this shop is then even busier. The guys are really friendly, pop by and say hello!

Chaise Longue

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:47:00 +0000

The Chaise Longue (not a deck chair, a chaise longue in Francais!) in Paris are scattered around the Canal St Martin during the summer months. Keep going after the cinemas and you'll find a very enjoyable bank. You can grab a drink at one of the cafes, take it with you on the side of the water and enjoy it on your chaise longue. Watch out for the men playing the boules, you don't want to interfere with their game, they would throw you their cochonet! (which is not their baby piglet but the tiny ball in the game!)

Paris Project sketchbook

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:26:00 +0000

Those images are from my sketchbooks and my samples that I started to do since january. They are the first drafts for my Paris project that I am currently working on. My themes are people, bikes, patterns, buildings, flee markets amongst other things...

Valentines Boutique at the Art School

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:07:00 +0000

Special Event this week at the Art School, The Valentines Boutique organized by me and my pals! Come along for some lovely, crazy, funny gifts for your loved ones and yourself!

xxx

Bike and drops / leaves

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:02:00 +0000

I am starting to finding ways to translate my drawings (top) into embroideries (bottom). This sample was realised with free hand stitch for the bike and hand stitch for the drops.

Paris Illustration

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:10:00 +0000

I have been working on my final 4th year project based in Paris. I have done a lot of illustration, I am now transforming them into design ideas (above) to finally make some embroideries. I really need to make a real start at sampling next week. It is so exciting and at the same time scary!!

Lovers Candles

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:42:00 +0000

If you lit this candle, the lovers will for ever part! Lovers candle, cinammon scented, available in white and red, £3

Mini heart candles

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:27:00 +0000

Turn round one of those wee heart to lit it up as each of them is a mini candle! x

New Earrings!

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:27:00 +0000

New range of earrings created from vintage french buttons. I have always been collecting buttons but recently I acquired an amazing amount (about two truck loads!) from a knitting factory which just closed down back in France, in my

mum's village. They are absolutely gorgeous as the type of knitwear created by this company was of a very high quality, then they also used fantastic buttons! the designs go from sophisticated shapes, engraved motifs, faceted surfaces, marble effects, sprinkled textures... Nearly every single colour is available from bright to muted shades and many of one type comes in different colours and shapes. How amazing is that? I am so excited about it, I can't stop playing with them! Just now I have been making rings and earrings (silver plated backing by the way!). Available on Etsy! x

----Made in the Shade (last saturday) ----Art School (this week)

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:34:00 +0000

Last saturday we were at Made in the Shade, at the Lighthouse. We had a great time, we hope you did too. Here is a picture of our lovely Ruth in her hand made polky dot dress (If you fancy one of those fantastic killer outfit or one of her cool t-shirt let her know at ruth@ruthansell.co.uk)

We also had tea cup candles, french vintage buttons rings and earrings, berets, headbands, feather headpieces. My other friend Jemima put some of her jewellery on display and launched a new exciting range of printed scarfs. How exciting!!

If you missed Made in the Shade, join us for a sale this week at the ART SCHOOL this wednesday, thursday and friday in the VIC gallery. XMAS is coming, get your presents sorted! x

TEA Cup CAndles!

marionfirst@yahoo.fr (Marion Parola) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:20:00 +0000

Some new exciting TEA Cup CAndles, flowery, colorful, bold and pretty! Pop by Boxwood or E&A to get your own one!