Gemma O'Brien - Drawing from Fashion's Labyrinth

Faction Records in Leegate Shopping Centre, Blackheath. The last day.

The last operational shop in the Leegate Shopping Centre, Faction Records was closing down on 28th September 2024. Below are photos taken from that day.

Oct 28, 2024 • 

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January 2024

An interview with Annie Nightingale - 2005

This interview is from a print magazine I made as part of my course (FCP) at CSM and was titled WMN -an acronym for Women's Music News.

Jan 15, 2024 • 

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Books, films and exhibitions - re-entering the SubStack sphere

It's been a minute yet I am inspired to pick up with SubStack again and write about things that have caught my interest of late. I wish you a happy…

Jan 7, 2024 • 

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May 2023

Talking about Fashion Illustration, Painting and Textiles to FIDA

I had a lovely time chatting with Patrick Morgan of FIDA (Fashion Illustration Drawing Awards) about my art life from youth all the way to the present…

May 5, 2023 • 

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April 2023

Needle and thread does an image make.

I spend the majority of my studio time illustrating fashion images when the fashion seasons are in full flow, however I also spend time painting with…

Apr 18, 2023 • 

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January 2023

Outsiders in Art and Place

'The Art That Dare Not Speak It's Name' exhibition and 'Dreaming Walls - Inside the Hotel Chelsea' film

Jan 23, 2023 • 

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Remembering David Bowie

A short recounting of a memory

Jan 8, 2023 • 

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December 2022

Matty Bovan's 'Ribbons', Delia Derbyshire and The Horror Show!

NOW Gallery, Rio Cinema and Somerset House.

Dec 4, 2022 • 

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