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Showing posts with label Lynette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lynette. Show all posts
Divy and Navin get Hitched
Monday, May 31, 2010
And they lived happily ever after.......Congratulations to both of you! Here is a taster of me behind the camera.....my happy place, sometimes I wish I could marry a camera don't you?
La Buena Vida Opening Animation - Season 2
Friday, January 8, 2010
La Buena Vida is back on Triangle Television and Stratos on Friday Nights!
Here is the Opening Animation we created for Season Two!
Keep an eye out, theres more to come!
Discover Padang
Sunday, August 16, 2009
I was extremely lucky to have the opportunity to go to Indonesia and film a few travel promotions. With a weeks notice before I'm due to fly out, and a bit of a panic attack with organising everything, my first destination was to Padang, West Sumatra for the annual travel fair. Being a Jaffa from Auckland with no knowledge of Indonesia at all, I was excited, rearing to go with absolutely no idea what to expect. Three flights later, my pal Andrew and I are in Padang, welcomed by a team of smiling faces, my first impression was wow! yes that's all I could come up with! leaving the crisp chill of the beginning winter months in New Zealand, to be exerted into the 33 degree heat of Indonesia was incredible. There is a unique sweet smell in the air of Indonesia, that I couldn't quite place at first. Andrew tells me its the the cloves they mix with their tobacco, who would of thought.
You don't have to look long to see a smile here, the traffic is chaotic, almost everybody owns a motorbike and, your not unlikely to see 3 or 4 people on one bike, but nobody seems to mind. I was quick to realise that Indonesia is a far more tolerable nation than New Zealand, when it comes to traffic. I was surprised why everybody wasn't in fits of road rage. There is a constant and strangely peaceful sound of horns beeping . They beep when they pass you, and stop if somebody pulls out, its just the way it works there.
We stayed at Pangeran beach hotel, just out of the city centre of Padang. The service is second to none. It sits right on the beach, with a gym, a pool that is great for a refreshing morning swim in the Indonesian heat. A fantastic restaurant and bar, serving delicious traditional and European food. With all the comforts of home and more as well as a warming buzz of culture I would definitely recommend Pangeran Beach Hotel to anybody. Our first night we spent exploring the streets of Padang and talking to the locals. At night when all the shops close, many little carts come out selling all sorts of delicious foods from satay chicken to martabak manis (a huge crumpet filled with chocolate and walnuts mmmm) I really couldn't believe how cheap it was. You can expect to spend $1.50 NZD on dinner, and find your self in some very interesting conversation with the locals.
Our first day we spent on Sekuai Island, just out of Padang, a beautiful Island with nothing but a small resort on it. Life there is like a never ending tea break where you could spend all day kayaking, snorkeling, reading or planting Coral. Its the perfect escape. (for my fellow twilight fans, its just like Isle Esme, and I'm sure you wouldn't have any trouble finding a Indonesian Edward Cullen either, there are plenty chivalrous boys there, it was really hard to get used to people opening doors and wanting to carry your stuff )
Culture is alive and breathing in Padang, with many different influences from Dutch colonialism, Minangkabau traditions and many more work together harmoniously, providing a tr
eat for any explorer. I found I could just stand in the middle of the markets with a camera all day, the people are so fascinating and I don't think they even realise it. Any good cook knows that the secret to life is butter. And the butter of Indonesia is the people, their hospitality, generosity and constant smiles are infectious. Life there really makes you reconsider how we live here. Therefore my approach to making a travel video for them was to capture the essence of Padang, the people, the day to day lives and culture, not make another fake and glossy video that shows only what we want to see. Padang has a tremendous 
amount to offer, only a short travel takes you to the white sands and clear waters of Sikuai island and Bukittinggi known for its shopping, to the vibrant atmosphere of the traditional markets, delicious foods,traditional weaving, performances, Minangkabau architecture and more. After leaving Padang I only left wanting to explore more of what Indonesia has to offer.
I would like to thank Allan for all your efforts in organising our trip, Pangeran Beach hotel and The Hills for hosting us, and to all the beautiful people I met while I was in Padang. Thank you for your incredible hospitality I cant wait to visit you soon.
Saya mengucapkan banyak terimakasih untuk uda Allan, untuk semua yang uda buat dan atur perjalanan kami, terimakasih juga untuk Hotel Pangeran Beach dan The Hills yang menampung kita dan tentunya para kru yang baik hati selama saya di Padang, terimakasih untuk kerahmah tamahan kalian untuk kami. Saya tidak dapat menunggu menggunjungi kalian segera.
For more information on travel to Indonesia, visit http://www.bali.co.nz/
La Buena Vida - The Good Life GOING LIVE!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Alphalayer is proud to announce that
La Buena Vida - The Good Life will be airing on
Triangle Television on
Friday 12th of June at
8pm
La Buena Vida is a show produced by Interview no.7 and we were lucky enough to make the Logo Animation for the series.
So tune in, and keep your eyes open!!
kraftbomb.first experience
Monday, April 27, 2009
Hello hello,
Our first Kraftbomb has been and gone. Sunday was fun, and a wee bit of an eye opener. Sold a few things, but have heaps of ideas and strategies for selling more stuff next time...hopefully we were good enough for the lovely organisers to let us back in! Heres Kraft and Candy first stall ever.YAY! Long Live Kraft and Candy. xo
La Buena Vida - The Good Life
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Below is the Logo Animation we have created for Interview No.7.
Their new show La Buena Vida - The Good Life is due to air in New Zealand Triangle TV in May 2009!
Keep and eye out for it!
Idea books
Friday, April 10, 2009
When your a maker get this irresistible tingling feeling and you have to make, Know the feeling?? 
I needed to make, so one day I thought about how I really love textures and patterns, material and ....typography! And theres something incredibly exciting about felt type stitched onto yummy material. mmmmmmm candy!
Something else I love is a really cool visual diary. I think it started at the end of my second year at uni when I could only use black ink pens to write with because they looked neater and there was a consistency. Then I would stencil titles every where and do random drawings every where. By the time I was in my last year I was covering the inside selves with cool patterned paper, material, ribbon wall paper, whatever floated my boat at the time. A fellow student said to me, you know you don't get marked on that right. I knew, but I really didn't care! When I was bored and annoyed, staring at the wall because my work just wasn't working this is what I did, and then I found playing around with decorating my visual diary made my work, work in a strange way, it became a part of my creative process. So I've started making idea books for my friends, books to jot down those secret family recipes etc who knows where they will go but here you go hope you like them, if you would like one flick me an e
mail or txt. 
Logo Animation
Friday, April 3, 2009
We have recently had the opportunity to work with Interview No.7 on a new show called Buena La Vida translated to mean The Good Life. We have been designing an animation for their logo which we will be putting up on our site very soon.
The programme is due to go on air in May 2009 on Triangle Television, New Zealand.
We will give you the exact dates when we know!
Keep your eye out for it!
Guinness commercial
Friday, March 20, 2009
I was really lucky to have had the opportunity to work on the art department of the latest Guinness commercial. It was an awesome experience and I met a lot of awesomely nutty people. I worked with the fabulous people at Gyro constructivists for a day, making a rocket ship for the commercial. The theme of the commercial was ''creation'' well that's what we were guessing anyway. The rocket ship was made to look like a little boy made it from spare parts in his back yard. I've got to say that the rocket ship looked amazing! I only made an extremely small part of it, which took me ages! I'm not sure if it even made the final cut, I was such a little baby snail in comparison to these awesome prop makers who have at least 25 years + experience under their belts, and can whip up anything in a matter of two minuets. The workshop at gyro is very cool with a large wood work area, a metal room and resin room....mmmm candy!
For the rest of the time on the commercial I worked on the grass. It was a pretty huge and tedious job of two 8 by 4 metre pieces of ashtro turff hung from the ceiling and about twenty or so of us on either side cutting holes and threading longer pieces of grass through and gluing the back. The aim is that it would look like wild uncut grass.
Although this part of the job was a weee bit tedious, its amazing who you meet working in art departments, I even bumped into old buddies from art school and had a good old yarn whilst discussing our process to getting as much done in a day as we could. Mine was slice, thread a small patch, then glue, then thread another patch while waiting for the glue to dry on previous patch, then cut ends off glued patch and repeat, while having an awesome conversation with anybody, sometimes everybody, about anything really.
Its safe to say that we left everyday with multiple fingers bandaged from these "processes" of ours, but it was great!! I would highly recommend art department work if you can get any, it really makes you aware how many people are behind the scenes gutting their fingers on any film work. Also how pressing the time frames are to get your bit done on time, to get it to the next department and so on.
Interchange Band Promo DVD
Sunday, February 15, 2009
This is a Promo DVD the Alphalayer Team did for the band Interchange at a recent private function. The band played all night, but we extracted and mixed together several of their chosen songs.
Great exciting gig, we had fun.
Footage is just under 7 min long.
May take a while to load. (Due to making loading time and playback smoother, Video and Audio quality has been lowered)
Jewellery Found In A Shoe Box, In The Back Of A Wardrobe
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Once upon a time a girl called Anne became a jeweller, she made lots of little delights, gluing, sticking, soldering, riveting miniature narratives together, telling all sorts of wonderful tales. Then along came a girl called Lynette, she was a bit of a nutter and did all sorts of things. Some times they would end in jewellery, or animations or even photography. Together these two girls just loved to make, tell stories, and play. Their creations are made and let go into the world, those that stay behind are boxed away, these were found in a shoe box in the back of a wardrobe. 
Euology 06
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Jewellery by Madamelle
Eulogy explores the idea of the ring, to frame and contain the finger,
resembling completeness, a gift, a symbol, public and private space.
The images that we project and those that we contain as private.
Eulogy is a dedication to the memory of my Grandmother.
The Cake Tin/ The Magic Box project
Monday, August 25, 2008
The Cake Tin is a visual and audio experiment towards my end of year installation Magic Box.
An explosion of staking tea cups, tea parties and presents of biscuits wrapped in butter wrapper. The Cake Tin explores the memory of my grandmothers cake tin that permanently lived on the bench, and was regularly filled with freshly baked goodness. The magic that it seemed to possess and contain, and the excitement of opening this little treasure chest.
'Chests especially small caskets, over which we may have more complete mastery, are objects that may be opened.' (Bachelard,Gaston, The Poetics Of Space, p 85)
With this explosion of thought, tiredness and sore feet from my new boots I came up with this.
Fragments Of Issabella/The Magic Box Project
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Fragments of Issabella is a visual experiment towards my end of year installation Magic Box
A work in procress that is bassed on preserving the memory of my Grandparents, two incredible people who really influenced me and my practice. Magic Box is a memento of them,but also pays tribute to the era that they came from, the era of the hand made, to make do and mend.