Laura McKellar

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Masks & Crowns

I recently worked on a really cool project. I was asked to make some wearable masks similar to the masks I usually embroider onto people in my artwork. I was super excited because I've been wanting to do it for ages! So I ended up doing a woodlands masks, a butterfly mask and a bird mask. I embroidered small areas of each mask. They are going to be used as props for a photobooth at a wedding reception. I'm hanging to see some photos!

I also made some paper crowns for the same lovely ladies to be used in the photobooth. They were so much fun to make that I am going to whip up a few more and put them on my online store.

Monday, February 4, 2013

downtown, la

It took me 4 months in LA to make it downtown during the day. At night, it was a dead city. My impressions and judgements of the place were over crowded by the amount of homeless people I'd seen. I had spent a few nights there, eating at Bottega Louie (which has an impressive sweets display and always order the mushroom fries), rooftop bars and the basketball games.

When my friend came home from a day spent downtown I realised I had to see it during the day. We wandered past the most beautiful, empty old theatres and marvelled at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (designed by Frank Gehry). And further on to a shopping district that reminded me of markets full of hasslers in Morocco and Turkey. My favourite area was the flower district, streets and markets with every type, colour, shape and size flower you can think of. The smell of fresh flowers was so unbelievable, I could have stayed there all day.

I ended up catching the bus downtown a few times more and finally discovered Little Tokyo. With one giant mall which had a huge Japanese grocery store, many cafes and restaurants. I can happily admit that I ate the best Japanese I have ever had in that mall! I've been to Japan and this food was out of this world amazing. The restaurant is Shojin, a Japanese vegan and macrobiotic restaurant. It is in my top 5 places to eat in LA and a must for any visitors! Check it out here. There was also some cool little bars, design stores and traditional food places in Little Tokyo.

If you ever get a chance to check out downtown LA I totally think it is worth the time. Wander around, eat some amazing food and remember there are some particular areas that you don't want to accidently find yourself in so do your research and keep a map on you.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

so call me in the morning 'cos i never liked myself without you

i miss you

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

las vegas

During August I spent some very hot days driving through the states.
I've never wanted to go to Las Vegas. I can honestly admit anytime somebody mentioned going to there for a holiday, my stomach churned. Actually visiting the place... I still would never choose to go there on holiday! Don't get me wrong, I was open to finding the appeal of the place. If so many people like it, there must be more to it than money & alcohol..

I actually ended up having a great time, staying at Hooters - so American! Saw Beatles Love cirque du soleil show - amazing. But my highlight of our stop over was finding the old Vegas side of town, beautiful old signs with amazing lettering, and cute little wedding chapels. We also found a really great raw food cafe, definately worth the drive out of town. (Go Raw Café (Eastside Location) http://www.gorawcafe.com/locations.html)

I am dedicating this post to the old Las Vegas. Most of these photos are snapped from the car, it was unbearably hot out.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

kitchen collection

some illustration work I did for the extremely talented and lovely wicreate guys.
The illustrations were used for the Robert Gordon Kitchen Collection, launched in November 2012.
All photographs copyright Wicreate and Robert Gordon Australia 2012

http://www.wicreate.com.au/
http://www.robertgordonaustralia.com.au/