Camden Passage

When I recently visited London I also made a trip to Camden Passage in Islington which is home to a variety of small vintage/ antique shops and stalls. It's got a great atmosphere and is full of fab finds like old brooches, necklaces, hats etc, however my favourite place in Camden passage was a cute vintage shop called Annies who stock everything from 60's flower power dresses to tophats.

photographs by Alexandra Knight

Anthropologie London

Here's a few photographs from my visit to London, these were taken in Anthropologie a great store on Regent street whose visual merchandising and interiors are like no other it's an amazing shop and well worth the visit.

Photographs by Alexandra Knight

Photographs of final pieces... continued

Photographs of final pieces

Here's a few pictures from the photoshoot I did today featuring some of my final pieces, I collaborated with a photographer called Lindsey for the shoot, these are the initial images I'm yet to photoshop them so hopefully they will look even better!

Presented Research Book

Got this great professional scrapbook from hobby craft as I thought it would be perfect to put my presented research pages in as its got that vintage look with the blue Victorian pattern and can be personalised in the space where the picture of the two girls are on the front.

The Tell-Tale Heart Display

This is again one of my finished pieces based on another of the Poe short stories this one being The Tell Tale Heart. The heart is small plastic replica of a human heart donated to me by my sister (explained in an earlier post) I have attached the heart to a gold chain making it a wearable piece the small blood stains were created by melting a red wax crayon, the text at the side is a quote from the book which I think is one of the most famous quotes from a Poe story and instantly recognised by most people.

Poison Bottle Display

This piece is centered around the 19th century serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, Mary killed around 21 people many of which were her immediate family she also murdered three of her husbands all by the aid of the poison arsenic. My display contains a small poison bottle, around the neck hangs a gold chain which holds three gold rings symbolic of the three husbands she murdered. I have placed the bottle inside a wooden lantern that I picked up from a junk shop last week, I also connected a blue LED light to the top of the lantern which I think highlights the bottle and jewellery inside even more.

The Gold Bug Finished piece

Here's a few photographs of my piece based on the Edgar Allan Poe story The Gold Bug, the display includes the tree, skull, buried treasure and of course the bug itself which all feature in the tale. Both the chest and tree are adorned with decorative gold chains symbolic of greed and excess, the treasure chest also contains a large gold ring, this is the primary accessory that is being promoted.

Specimen Jars

This piece is based on the famous British murderer's and grave robber's Burke and Hare who sold their victims bodies to Dr Robert Knox for the purposes of medical science, each jar contains a small severed foot, hand and ear which all display their own piece of jewellery.

More Presented Scrapbook

Presented Scrapbook

To form part of my final display I have made a cute little scrapbook using mainly decoupage techniques, lettering and transfers containing old Victorian imagery. Here's a few photos of the pages....