tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384045134096537205.post3967622600945090417..comments2023-03-18T15:06:49.685+00:00Comments on Jools Yasities - Umbel Handmade Mania: Watercolour Sketchbook WorkUmbel Handmade Maniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645946732993473634noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384045134096537205.post-41312720754469216102011-05-03T16:36:12.941+01:002011-05-03T16:36:12.941+01:00That is amazing! And will teach me to read bios ;)...That is amazing! And will teach me to read bios ;)Lemur Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16003324300586512236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384045134096537205.post-53054629414157130512011-04-28T13:34:55.864+01:002011-04-28T13:34:55.864+01:00Hehe OK - I just copied a little chunk of my bio t...Hehe OK - I just copied a little chunk of my bio that refers to it:<br /><br />The tutors would take our design samples to trade shows a few times a year and if they sold we would get the cash, a welcome injection for any student. One show in Paris was a major success for me and I sold to Calvin Klein and DKNY on the same day. I was overjoyed of course, then even moreso when I was approached by a glossy Paris magazine who wanted to showcase my work. I recall that they included an especialy ugly photo of me, but I didn't care because I was seeing my work in print for the first time.<br /><br />A few weeks after I had been made famous (indulge me here, I know it's hardly earth shattering) I was called from my studio to reception to take a phone call. An American voice on the other end told me she had seen my work in a magazine and she wondered if I would accept a commission to work on a movie she was involved in. Naturally I thought this was a joke, someone winding me up. I thought the best thing to do was play it cool and ask her to call me at home later, which I did. Amazingly she did ring back and make her proposal, which was to produce latex fabrics to be made into costumes for the X Men movie which was in pre production at the time. <br /><br />To cut a long story short, I did make and submit the work, which was included in the film. I got a horrible fright though. I was approaching the end of my final degree year when I was working on this job and my tutors very kindly agreed to allow me to use the designs as my final project. This was a stroke of luck, as I doubt I could have done both to any acceptable standard in such a short timescale.Umbel Handmade Maniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17645946732993473634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384045134096537205.post-63189456580252716442011-04-28T12:00:31.209+01:002011-04-28T12:00:31.209+01:00Your designs were used for X-Men costumes? What? W...Your designs were used for X-Men costumes? What? What? What? You can't just leave that comment unexplained...Lemur Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16003324300586512236noreply@blogger.com