gilfling
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Costume Designer |
| Location | England, United Kingdom |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | Gillian Lee Smith's love of storytelling and history, puppets and dolls, characters and costumes, fairytales and folklore, dreams and memories are all the things contained in the everyday whirling mind of a person who does not wish to be rooted in the realistic present. Inside her head, glimpses of other lives tell stories that resonate with melancholic sentiment. Puppets and dolls with heart and emotion, long lost souls, decadence and decay, the richness, texture, contrasts and complexities of life. All are endlessly fascinating and thought provoking. Baroque and Victorian periods are especially evident in Gillian's designs and her work often delves into the expression and characterisation of our human nature, which we may hide away and only ever glimpse at when prompted by a reflection of our inner selves. A life can outwardly appear quite ordinary but inside of ourselves, we can create endlessly and without limitations. |
| Interests | costume, puppets, corsets, etsy, history, fossils, fashion, knitting, crochet, art jewellery, fairy tales, textiles, autumn, films, friends, art, illustration, leatherwork, laughing till i have an asthma attack, exhibitions, city visiting, historic sites, dreaming i'm going to travel the world |
| Favorite movies | Life Aquatic, Rosanna's Grave, The Red Shoes, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Volver, It's a wonderful Life, One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Quills, A series of unfortunate events, Grosse Point Blank (for the soundtrack), the Brothers Grimm, Leon, too many others to mention |
| Favorite music | Kate Bush, Johnny Cash, The Who, Film Soundtracks, Vaughn Williams, Massive Attack, Manu Chau, All About Eve, Dolly Parton, Adam Ant, Bruce Springsteen, Bjork, New Order, The Cure, REM, Red Hot Chilli pPppers, Neil Young, Mozart, Spin Doctors, |
| Favorite books | Art Forms in Nature by Ernst Haeckel, To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Hobbit, The poems of Edgar Allen Poe, Costume books, Brian Froud The art of the dark crystal, any travel guides (so i can dream), Tales of Mystery and Madness - Edgar Allen Poe, illustrated by Gris Grimley |