Madeleina Kay
The Hate Dress at CSM & Grotto
I wanted to submit a video about my "Hate Dress" to the UAL Future Fashion Film Festival and also for personal documentation purposes,...
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'Jeanne d'Arc of Post-Modernism' - Handelsblatt, 2019
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 293 min read
Johann's Flag
I was telling Johann about my MA research project, and my intention to create individual flags for the participants I am interviewing....
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 243 min read
Potato Painting ... Is Surprisingly Hard
After discussing during a drop-in tutorial which work I should submit for the Grotto print fair - we decided to go with one of my "Troll...
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 202 min read
Post Grad Community Family Heirloom Displayed at Central Saint Martins Library
I had to make an unexpected work trip to London (for a currently undisclosable purpose) on Friday, but since the Post-Grad Community...
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 91 min read
The "Hate Dress" Garden Photoshoot & Social Media Response
The "Hate dress" is a nightmare to get into / out of an renders me practically imobile. So, I decided to take the dress out into the...
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 53 min read
Assembling the "Hate Dress"
Once the paint work on the bodice was dry, I was able to attach the "straps" - I decided to use blue ribbons, since blue is a healing...
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Madeleina Kay
Sep 131 min read
UAL Post-Grad Community Family Heirloom
I'm really excited that my textiles square has been included in the UAL Post-Grad Community Family Heirloom Patchwork Quilt which is...
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Madeleina Kay
Sep 82 min read
Starting work on the "hate dress"
I wanted to make a dress out of the pieces of fabric onto which I have been painting troll comments . But I think I have been putting off...
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Madeleina Kay
Sep 22 min read
Kurdish People's Democratic Assembly at the SNP Conference, Edinburgh
I attended the SNP conference representing the Young European Movement (YEM) last weekend, and got talking to the stall opposite - the...
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 281 min read
Narcissistic Abuse
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 281 min read
The Last of the Troll Comments (For Now)...
Here are the last of the (recent) troll comments which I have received since starting my MA degree. My intention is to stitch the pieces...
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 172 min read
Some More Troll Comments...
I have been persevering with my "Troll Comments" painting - where I am writing out shit people have written under my social meia posts...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 252 min read
"I wish I were less straight" cushions
I bought enough of the ballerina-princess fabric to make two cushions (for my bedroom) as well as the wall-hanging - I just had to come...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 212 min read
Making Wings for "CarnaLivia"
My Brazillian friend invited me to her 40th birthday "carnival" - so I decided I would make a special costume for the occassion. I had...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 182 min read
"Who took away your sparkle?" cushions
Knowing that I had two spare cushions in my attic with very tatty covers, I bought some extra pink-glitter-princess-ballerina fabric so I...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 151 min read
Troll Comments - "Everything is Material"
I've been collecting troll comments with the intention of using them in an artwork - after all, "everything is material". My initial...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 141 min read
"A Very Middle Class Sort of Trauma"
This blog post is available upon request. I really hate drawing and cutting out the letters, but it's worth taking time over to make them...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 251 min read
"Blood Stains Like Ink"
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Madeleina Kay
May 2313 min read
"A textile duet of tactile empathy" - Threads of Life by Clare Hunter
This book by Clare Hunter was fascinating but I found it difficult to get into its rhythm. It felt quite jolty in terms of abruptly...
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Madeleina Kay
May 85 min read
If it’s a “culture” then we should have clothing and jewellery
Well, it looks like I’ve just ruined a perfectly good and brand new jacket with more of my protest-y nonsense (for the record, I scoured...
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