Bed Bird Head
Lazy bum that I am, without even investigating Beddug Wyn Humphreys further after seeing her contribution to Hannah Marshall ‘s AW08-9 lookbook, a reader helpfully sent me the link(note to self: must improve Googling skills or perhaps there was a typo in the lookbook...) and now I’m intent on dressing my head with birds to of course re-enact scenes from Disney’s Fantasia, the Pastoral Symphony portion where pretty centaurettes prance around with birds fluttering around them. Ok, can’t really replicate the lower half of a horse’s body but Disney birds I can do with Buddug’s head bands. Buddug Wyn Humphreys hails from Snowdonia in North Wales and there is much to say about how her background has influenced her work. Her various collections of jewellery are concerned with using unusual materials and unique finishing but it’s the birds that I’m after. This is the sort of taxidermy effect which is just a step up from my feather obsession
The black crow is the one I’m immediately drawn to just because it would be fun to confuse people with a black bird and veiled pillbox hat on my head.... sadly, it isn’t available on the e-shop so I must email Buddug pronto!
The coloured birds are getting more to that Disney Fantasia territory....
The white doves on rings and hair slides are a subtler approach but of course the rings must be combined with a kissing bird headband (the ones with two birds)!
Oh, wow, these are incredible! I'm very much a bird (and a headband!) person, so feathers, birds -- I'm all for it! What an amazing find.
Posted by: Jeanne | 26 February 2008 at 17:38
i love this girls work, she used to have a stall in spitalfields market with her friend Jessie Chorley who is also a jewellery and trinket maker. I think they might have a small shop in dalston now.
Posted by: Sarah Sisley | 26 February 2008 at 17:49
Funny!
Posted by: WendyB | 26 February 2008 at 18:05
eh, do you know that you can't read the posts on the main site?
Posted by: hi! | 26 February 2008 at 18:49
great! thanks very much for sharing!
Posted by: gloria | 26 February 2008 at 19:03
Links are now fixed - apologies!
Posted by: susie_bubble | 26 February 2008 at 19:12
These are so interesting
I love the bottom clip
Posted by: coco | 26 February 2008 at 19:18
i love your thought of a bird and a hat, especially if it were a crow with a little black veil too so people would think you were straight from a tim burton movie! although i have a feeling at first people would think a pigeon had landed on your head and try to swat it off!
Posted by: | 26 February 2008 at 19:30
Oh my god I want those bird rings!!!
Posted by: decadentdiamond | 26 February 2008 at 19:32
Notice the difference between the cheerful, pastoral quality of the "Fantasia" birds and then the rural morbidity of the black crow. Fascinating!
SB, I tried to mail you, but got kicked in the butt by your spam filter.
Posted by: Suzanna | 26 February 2008 at 20:20
Oh my! Soo lovely..Wouldn't life be chirpy to have a pink coloured bird on my head!
Posted by: miss woo | 26 February 2008 at 20:26
i have been making bird headbands for the past ten years!!!
Posted by: kristin gunnarson | 26 February 2008 at 20:43
Those headbands are crazy nice.I love the black bird one.
Posted by: Brad | 26 February 2008 at 21:12
These are tres tremendous! And I'm pretty sure this is the same person I snapped up a ring from in Broadway Market a few months back, so worth heading down and checking out methinks :)
Posted by: | 26 February 2008 at 21:30
lovely! the bird hats! just in time for easter!
did you ever see the Tim Noble & Sue Webster hat for Isabella Blow?
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/design/stories/s834677.htm
Posted by: lady coveted | 26 February 2008 at 21:48
Those are so realistic, they're fantastic. The hair slide would be the right size for me.
Posted by: jillycris@hotmail.com | 26 February 2008 at 22:27
Good call on the black bird, that one is my favorite out of the lot. A bit eerie and dark, but also whimsical once a passerby figures out what it is.
Posted by: bigglassesgirl | 26 February 2008 at 22:29
I've got a growing collection of Beddug's bird headbands, hair clips and brooches, and did a recent post on Jessie Chorley, who shares a market stall with her at Broadway Market. Such good stuff. Nice post. xx
Posted by: Top Bird | 26 February 2008 at 22:30
Something Carrie Bradshaw would wear & she would pull it off brilliantly. I would look like an incredible idiot wearing a bird on my head. If you can pull it off - They are really pretty. Wish I was more adventurous!
Posted by: Jean Voute Pratt | 26 February 2008 at 22:33
p.s. here's the link to my post about Jessie Chorley and a pic of the stall she shares with Beddug at Broadway Market:
http://www.weebirdy.com/2008/02/what-to-take-home-wednesday-altered.html
xx
Posted by: Top Bird | 26 February 2008 at 22:45
I wore a fake bird in my hair once and got made fun of, but these ones are so much prettier than the one I made. I especially want one of those rings!
Posted by: Rhiannon | 26 February 2008 at 23:31
My friend would FREAK if I ever wore those. She had a bird poop on her when she was wearing a tank top (it was pretty nasty), and she runs for all birds! It's an interesting look though.
Posted by: Secretista | 27 February 2008 at 02:31
I could do with a few of those hairslides!
Posted by: enc | 27 February 2008 at 03:29
oh birdies!!! i'm not sure about the extra big-sized ones though..they will lose their cuteness vibe and then it will seem as if you've visited the taxodermists and that would be tragic///
Posted by: Fashion Tidbits | 27 February 2008 at 06:49
Fantastic! I love the first headband and rings too :-)
Posted by: alicepleasance | 27 February 2008 at 08:01
love it , particularly The coloured birds :) i want one for me hehe
Posted by: Mash | 27 February 2008 at 09:15
They remind me of Easter bonnets and Easter baskets! Very cute!
Posted by: natty | 27 February 2008 at 12:11
Oh I adore this post!
I love romantic looks and in my opinion this look is so romantic. I can picture in my head girls running in a field with lovely dresses and the bird hairbands in their heads! Its so, so lovely.
Ok! I admit I dont imagine myself wearing those on my head, except for the rings that I could wear all the time, but I find the look fantastic.
Thank you Susie for letting us know about this looks!
Kiss
Su
Posted by: The Stiletto Effect | 27 February 2008 at 12:22
Hey guys - I can't seem to post on the blog at the moment - problems with Typepad but my newest posts are showing up under the Recent Posts section in the right hand sidebar if you are interested.
Apologies for the absence... will try and resolve this asap!
Posted by: susie_bubble | 27 February 2008 at 13:58
I did a painting that features you and a bird, it's weird that I finished it the same day you did this post. Here's my site to view it, I hope you approve. http://www.artwithwings.com/blog/
Posted by: not afraid of color | 29 February 2008 at 08:27