Emilie Berri Switchblade
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Location | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Introduction | ♣Bio by novelist, Rachael Craw♣ Emilie Berri Switchblade is the kind of artist who refuses to fit comfortably in a nice little box. She is a painter who has an eye for what is both lyrical and melancholic. A photographer with a magpie's appreciation for small and irresistable detail. She sketches and designs. She works with textiles and fabrics. She finds and salvages lost things and brings them to life again.Her Softies are quirky and irresistable. Her jewellery and accessiories look like they have been lifted from a Tim Burton set. Emilie's work reflects a love of finding beauty even in shadows, linings beyond silver, and magic in everything. Her work is sometimes sophisticated and sometimes childlike, reflecting always a passion for presentinng a unique perspective. The world according to Berri Switchblade has unexpected corners, plunging rabbit holes, forgotten treasures, and time for tea parties. In Emilie's world you find rich, vintage fabrics, nana's doilies, fresh ink and secret gardens. It's an art with a sweetness, and an edge you could cut your fingers on; you wont even mind the sting. |
| Interests | My friends, Travelling, Art, Gothic-Lolita, Alternative fashions & music, Fetish fashion & art, CosPlay, SHOES, Live Music, Artistic Photography, Glass beads, Buttons, Pottery, Fridays, Sociology, Body Politics, Body peircings & body art, "Dark/alternative" childrens literature, Graphic Novels, Pondering stuff, Art-house/cult films |
| Favorite Movies | Reality Bites, Snakeskin, The Dark Cyrstal, The Labrynth, Donnie Darko, The Crow, Pans Labrynth, Mad Love, Death Proof, True Romance, 10 Things I Hate About You, Edward Scissorhands, Lost In Translation, Kill Bill, A Scanner Darkly, Garden State, Chasing Amy, Clerks I & II, Crank, Eagle vrs Shark, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland & The Corpse Bride |
| Favorite Music | Portishead, Lily Allen, Drowning Pool, The Daisy Chainsaw, Garbage, the HedKandi: Winter Chill albums, Smashing Pumpkins, Massive Attack, Pearl Jam, Emilie Autumn, Electric Wizard, Miles Davis, REM, Bjork, Blur, The Verve, Burning Brides, Coldplay, Lost Prophets, Bad Religion, Muse, Type O Negative, Fear Factory, Pennywise |
| Favorite Books | Calvin and Hobbes: Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: Bill Watterson, Fruits and Fresh Fruits, the Gothic & Lolita Bible, Alice In Wonderland: Lewis Caroll, Alice in Sunderland: Bryan Talbot, The Little White Horse: Elizabeth Goudge, all things Edward Monkton / Roald Dahl / Dr. Seuss |