Akurojin-no-hi
Lexis Laqua is a freelance visonary costume / artist that uses new, used recycled and upcycled materials to create large scale creatures and objects which transform environments into a world of fatasy and imagination.
Monday, 10 March 2014
Iku and Akurojin-no-hi
Iku and Akurojin-no-hi ( Ghostly red fire form) are characters I created for opulence performance and fashion event in Melbourne. The characters are from Japanese decent, large and psychedelic they are made from fabric, Pe30 foam, recycled plastic and various metal bits and pieces.
Akurojin-no-hi
Akurojin-no-hi
Elegance
These to costumes I created where for a runway show that I was presenting my works at. Both costumes incorpates corsetry, millinary and tailoring and period costume techniques.
This costume I incorparated elements of previous costumes to create a more ellagant high fashion look for the runway show.
Bunny Bandit
Bunny Bandit and Medium to well done are characters created for the anual fierce fashion event that is part of melbourne spring fashion festival. The materials used to create the costumes are pe30 foam, new used recycled and upcycled off cuts.
Bunny Bandit/ Medium to well done
Bunny Bandit/ Medium to well done
Labels:
apocalyptic. recycle.,
art,
artist,
bones,
caricature,
Costume,
couture,
culture,
fashion,
gothic,
industrial,
mad max,
melbourne,
rabbit head,
subculture,
tights,
underground,
upcycle,
wearable art
Sunday, 9 March 2014
Dr Death
Dr Deaths charactor compliments ratimortis. He is a bird like figure who wears a mask to shield him from the Plauge epidemic, he is savagly hunting ratimortis to find a cure.
ratimortis
Labels:
apocalyptic. recycle.,
art,
artist,
Costume,
couture,
culture,
fashion,
gothic,
industrial,
mad max,
melbourne,
plauge,
subculture,
underground,
upcycle,
wearable art
Ratimortas
Ratimortis was a character I created for my graduation performance at Swinburne university in Melbourne, costume for performance.
The character descends from the plague of London. Scurrying though the vast network of underground sewers. Ratimortis escapes the dreaded character Dr death who is trying to extinguish their life. click on the images to enlarge
all materials used to create ratimortis is a mixture of new used and recycled
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