Detail of 1/6th set. Foam core, plastic, tile, bass and balsa wood, stain, paint, plexi, decals, wax, found objects, webbing spray. Set dimensions approx. 18"x30"14". 2016
If you want to look totally extra this season, take a style cue from the most extra woman of them all: Miss Havisham from "Great Expectatons."
Detail of 1/6th set. Foam core, plastic, tile, bass and balsa wood, stain, paint, plexi, decals, wax, found objects, webbing spray.
Expect a dark Dickens drama courtesy of Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Plus: Paddy McGuinness hosts a new endurance test reality series. Here’s what to watch this evening
We have tricks and treats planned for you this October.
The scary, ghost-like dining room designed by Decoratrice and Co. was inspired by the jilted Miss Havisham from Dickens' novel "Great Expectations" in mind.
Il est presque terminé, , il nécessite un travail fou, mais je suis super contente du résultat : Petit retour en arrière...Après avoir terminé et vous avoir montré le panneau du fond, j'ai réalisé la paroi de gauche ( il manque encore deux bouts de baguette d'encadrement sur le mur à droite de la cheminée) ... et celle de droite (les poignées de portes sont des fermoirs d'anciennes boites de cigare en bois) Ayant décidé d'éclairer ma vitrine , j'ai fixé une bande de leds autocollants au plafond entre le double fond et la paroi arrière de la vitrine. Voilà ce que cela donne... Il m'a fallu chercher ensuite sur le net des photos du vieux Londres, visibles par l'ouverture des fenêtres, surtout quand la vitrine sera éclairée. Pour donner plus de relief à ce décor, j'ai choisi et détouré sur un autre tableau des groupes de femmes et d'enfants misérables, et je les ai fixés avec effet 3D sur mes photos de fond... Voici ce que cela donne : à gauche : et à droite : Les 3 parois ont été placées définitivement dans la vitrine, et j'ai relevé le plan du sol sur papier millimétré... Je me suis lancée pour la première fois dans la réalisation d'un parquet à motifs géométriques en carrés, je ne me sentais pas encore apte à réaliser un parquet en chevrons! Le voici en place, ciré, lustré, reciré, relustré, etc, etc... (7 passages successifs) Vint ensuite la déco du plafond, avec une rosace centrale en plâtre peint, et un galon d'encadrement à motifs, peint dans le ton de mes boiseries : Au dessus de la porte, un tableau sur canevas représentant Estelle enfant, la pupille de Miss Havisham. Au centre du panneau arrière, un tableau imprimé sur canevas représentant Charles Dickens. Les 2 appliques sont des bougies en fimo recouvertes de Gesso, collées sur des éléments de clips d'oreille, le tout fixé au centre de cadre en plâtre doré : La salle à manger de Miss Havisham étant restée telle que le jour prévu pour son mariage, plus de quarante ans auparavant, journée fatale où elle a été abandonnée quasi au pied de l'autel par son fiancé et s'est juré de passer le restant de sa vie vêtue de sa robe de mariée sans toucher à la table déjà garnie pour le festin des noces, le temps a fait son oeuvre, les murs se sont salis, le papier peint s'est déchiré, les araignées et les souris ont pris leurs aises dans la pièce... J'ai donc moi aussi sali, gratté et déchiré mon décor si patiemment et soigneusement installé!!! (A suivre...)
If you’re new around here, you might be surprised to know I love Halloween. It’s nostalgic, fun, and a good excuse to play a part and decorate a room. Every year I try to do something a bit different (from curiosities, to bones, to creepy chic). In the past it’s mainly been about channeling a look, but this year I had something specific in mind: Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens Great Expectations. It was actually one of you who gave me the idea on Instagram one day, and I forgot how much I enjoyed that story. A few years ago there was a BBC adaptation on PBS, and Miss Havisham and her home were beautifully sad. As a jilted bride she decides to freeze time, keeping her home and herself looking exactly as they did the day she was left at the alter. The problem is the years have not been kind […]
I don’t care any more. It’s good to be reminded of our flawed humanity
Gillian Anderson, Helena Bonham Carter and Miss Havisham on film.
Keeping with my Dickens theme, my literary house of the month is Miss Havisham’s Satis House, from the Dickens novel Great Expectations.
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Miss Havisham is one of Charles Dickens' most enduring characters. She appears in Great Expectations as an eccentric recluse, jilted at the altar years ago, who still wears her wedding gown and presides over a rotting feast. In his new novel, Ronald Frame imagines the kind of life that would have created such a woman.
Yes, as it turns out, Miss Havisham, the aggrieved and decrepit antagonist of Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations—the wealthy lady who has never taken off the wedding dress she wore when her…
Gillian Anderson, Helena Bonham Carter and Miss Havisham on film.
Keeping with my Dickens theme, my literary house of the month is Miss Havisham’s Satis House, from the Dickens novel Great Expectations.
Thought I would share this with you. We visit Rye regularly to shop in the many second-hand shops, antique shops and bric-a brac stores. The wife buys a few things occasionally and I take a few pictures but primarily we go there for the 'Cream Tea' we enjoy in any of the dozen or more pubs and cafes that cater for the many visitors. Sat there in the chair she reminded me of poor Miss Havisham from Dickens' 'Great Expectations' who having been jilted at the altar spent the rest of her life in her wedding dress only to go up in smoke when the house caught fire many years later.
If you’re new around here, you might be surprised to know I love Halloween. It’s nostalgic, fun, and a good excuse to play a part and decorate a room. Every year I try to do something a bit different (from curiosities, to bones, to creepy chic). In the past it’s mainly been about channeling a look, but this year I had something specific in mind: Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens Great Expectations. It was actually one of you who gave me the idea on Instagram one day, and I forgot how much I enjoyed that story. A few years ago there was a BBC adaptation on PBS, and Miss Havisham and her home were beautifully sad. As a jilted bride she decides to freeze time, keeping her home and herself looking exactly as they did the day she was left at the alter. The problem is the years have not been kind […]
Gather ye rosebuds while you may then put them in this vase. You're welcome.
For all my oft-stated dislike of Charles Dickens and most Great Expectations adaptions, I have a goth’s natural soft spot for the character of Miss Havisham. She’s bitter, twisted, and …
Last week saw the third Photography Farm organised and hosted by wedding photographer Lisa Devlin. I was super excited to be invited along again to talk about blogging, to help style the shoot which we asked Roo to model for.Lisa, stylists Hannah and Jayne and myself have been planning this spooky Miss Havisham-esque shoot for a few months now so it was seriously exciting too see it all come together! Hannah and Jayne did an amazing job of creating a indoor/outdoor sets in the woods behind the farm. Roo also had a lot of input into the feel of the shoot as one of the great things about The Farm is that we try to make each theme relevant to the models. It would be a bit ridiculous plonking Roo in a vintage picnic set with cupcakes and balloons for example as that just isn't her!
Gillian Anderson, Helena Bonham Carter and Miss Havisham on film.
If you’re new around here, you might be surprised to know I love Halloween. It’s nostalgic, fun, and a good excuse to play a part and decorate a room. Every year I try to do something a bit different (from curiosities, to bones, to creepy chic). In the past it’s mainly been about channeling a look, but this year I had something specific in mind: Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens Great Expectations. It was actually one of you who gave me the idea on Instagram one day, and I forgot how much I enjoyed that story. A few years ago there was a BBC adaptation on PBS, and Miss Havisham and her home were beautifully sad. As a jilted bride she decides to freeze time, keeping her home and herself looking exactly as they did the day she was left at the alter. The problem is the years have not been kind […]
When I was a kid we lived for a short time in the house my great-grandparents bought when they immigrated from Lebanon. It was a dark and foreboding structure at the end of dead end street with woods on two sides of it. The street actually doesn't even exist anymore. The house looked a litt