Last Full Moon of 2016

This Full Moon/Super Moon is also known as the Full Cold Moon or the Long Nights Moon, being that it falls so close to the Winter Solstice.

These long dark nights summon story telling and so it seems an opportune time to reveal, at least in part, the pink tale "Be The Pink Panther and Your Loves will be like The Wasp and The Orchid, The Cat and The Baboon." The rest of the story can be found in The Laboratory (Arts Collective)'s edition of BUILD.

And so we begin.........

"Be The Pink Panther and Your Loves will be like The Wasp and The Orchid, The Cat and The Baboon" by Lisa Z. Morgan 2016. Embroidered text, linen.

BUILD

"Be The Pink Panther and Your Loves Will be Like The Wasp and The Orchid, The Cat and The Baboon" is included in a beautiful publication created by The Laboratory Arts Collective.

BUILD is the theme of this edition and launches tonight in London at the BFI following the screening of 'The Carnival of Dreams'. Gary Oldman and Gisele Schmidt will be present for questions and answers.

The artists included in this edition are as follows:

ALEX CHINNECK
ANNABELLE FILER - SCIN
BETONY VERNON
BLAINE HALVORSON - MADEWORN
CLAUDIO REIS
CAMILLE HENROT
GARY OLDMAN
GISELE SCHMIDT
HUGO ARCIER
IAN RUHTER
JACK ENGLISH
JAMES TURRELL
JANE SOUTH
JASON deCAIRES TAYLOR
LISA Z. MORGAN
LOUISE SALTER
LUKE FROST
MARIA SVARBOVA
MARIE LOUISE SCIO
MARK BRAZIER-JONES
NERI OXMAN
NICK CAVE
NIGEL DALY
RA FRIEDMAN
RAFAEL GONZALEZ MORENO
SAM FIELDING
SIGRID CALON
UGO RONDINONE
USMAN HAQUE

FILM - THE CARNIVAL OF DREAMS
LAUREN VANCE
WILL EICHELBERGER
ROBIN FENLON
IAN BEAUDOUX

In bud.......

........roses.........
..........scene..................

Be the Pink Panther and Your Loves Will be Like the Wasp and the Orchid; the Cat and the Baboon by Lisa Z. Morgan, 2016. Embroidered text, linen

Remember "Love is Love" - 9th November

The words of my son seem to nail what is beautiful in this life. In starting from the place "love is love," the forces for change will encourage/push/shove us in the right direction.

by Edwin, 2016

Mouth Was a Pink

The story unfolds......

Be the Pink Panther and Your Loves Will be Like the Wasp and the Orchid; the Cat and the Baboon by Lisa Z. Morgan, 2016. Embroidered text, calico

Veined in Lightning.........

.................was a pink channel......

Be the Pink Panther and Your Loves Will be Like the Wasp and the Orchid; the Cat and the Baboon by Lisa Z. Morgan, 2016. Embroidered text, calico

And it is lightning in the distance tonight........

Mr and Mrs Chairs (Ms Chairs)

"Mr and Mrs Chairs" is finally underway. Although this preliminary sketch may well be "Ms Chairs"?

"Mrs and Mrs Chairs" sketch by Lisa Z. Morgan, 2016. Cotton batting, suede

Perhaps it is timely that "Ms Chairs" comes into being at this Full Moon/Super Moon as Eris gives voice to the Venusian delights of sensuality.

A Look Back at Strumpet & Pink

It is rare that a blogg post resonates as strongly as this one from The Lingerie Addict. Not only was it serendipitously written only a couple of days after the anniversary of Mel a.k.a Strumpet's departure from the physical world but the accolade, or rather the beautiful compliment, that is credited to Strumpet & Pink touches a wistfully tender note.

I do miss Strumpet & Pink’s creativity, sense of playfulness, and willingness to push the boundaries of what intimates could be. The world of luxury lingerie is a little less luminous without their presence, and I imagine we’ll never see another label like them again.

Cora Harrington: The Lingerie Addict

The Flower of Balay by Strumpet & Pink. Antique lace, buttons and jet beadwork, 100% silk crepe

Thank you Cora Harrington!

Tossed Salad for Mel

It is a year since Mel a.k.a Strumpet died. It is difficult to fathom that she is not here. But in celebrating her and marking the outrageous laughter that we shared in the creation of most of our knickers, I present 'Tossed Salad.'

This piece is very much from the hidden archives and the brief was 'The Allotment.' Vegetables came to mind, of course, and so we created a pair of knickers with a frisee lettuce complete with a velvet carrot, carried in a jade holster at the front (for the woman's pleasure) and a velvet radish, carried in a jade holster at the back (for the woman's pleasure). Each root vegetable was attached to the lettuce by a string of seed pearls. The frissee was 'open' between the legs and this entrance was also surrounded by seed pearls.

I can certainly hear Mel's laughter now.............

A Pink Tale

A Pink Tale is complete. The narrative is generated/created by the assembling together of found sentences. 
More will be revealed in the not too distant future. But for now a peep into the window of the story:

Her confident bearing, her supple waist, her pink flared nostrils, her large eyes faintly ringed with blue, all pointed to one of those passionate natures which give out a bouquet of sensuality, just as flasks from the Orient, however tightly sealed they might be, allow the fragrance of the fluids they contain to escape.

La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas

September 11th

A day to be marked and remembered by many different people and for many different reasons. It is also the day that my Mum was cremated three years ago. The following words, I found tucked away while packing my boy's room. Although scribbled onto a piece of toilet paper, the words carry a message to live by.

By Edwin

Cabinet of Curiosities

The Laboratory Arts Collective invited me to be the guest curator for their Cabinet of Curiosities. Although the post is only available, I believe, to their 'divine subscribers,' I will reveal the following sub-headings.

HEAR
READ
SEE
GO
PONDER
OBJECT

And one element from the post:

OBJECT

"Lipstick Belt." This piece is a durational piece in a way as it began around 15 years ago. I wear the same lipstick all the time and have done so since I discovered the colour when I was 20. I use on average 2 lipsticks per year and remove every last drop of the pigment with a brush. Apart, from losing the occasional lipstick, each empty 'cartridge' is now housed within the belt. It began I believe, around 2002 and now in 2016, is finally complete.

Lipstick Belt by Lisa Z. Morgan 2002-2016

A film by The Lavender Hinge (in 2012 Lipstick Belt was incomplete)

RISD Museum's Lavender Aquisition

"Eleven (Buttoned Painting)" and "Pants (Labour of Love)" were created during my time with The Lavender Hinge. Both were recently acquired by the RISD Museum and now reside happily within the permanent collection. For a multitude of reasons, these two pieces are amongst my personal favorites.

"Eleven (Buttoned Painting) by The Lavender Hinge, 2012.
Linen, linen covered buttons, cotton lining. 36 x 42 ins

"Pants (Labour of Love)" by The Lavender Hinge, 2012. 

Acrylic and scarlet work on linen over wood supports, 62 x 30 ins