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Posted by Patrick Burgoyne, 10 October 2007, 14:33    Permalink    Comments (4)

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Ceramic figurines – not usually the kind of thing you might expect to find in the pages of Wallpaper*. My girlfirend's mum's house, yes, International Style Bibles, no. But look closer. This adorable li'l lady is wearing Louis Vuitton. Bless.

She's the work of artist Barnaby Barford who specialises in making one-off cermic pieces based on mass-produced or antique figures. "He uses figurines cut and re-stuck together providing a clever way of getting people to look again at something they would on principle have dismissed" according to his website.

Barnaby was commissioned by Wallpaper* to create a fashion story in its November issue, out 11 October.

On the opening spread (below), Barford's kitsch creations sport outfits by Gucci (on the left) and Dolce & Gabbana (right hand page).

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And doesn't this little lad look lovely in his Missoni sweater (just 480 Euros)?

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4 Comments

Look like a poor man's Lucie Atwell
frogsmog
2007-10-10 16:56:50


these are incredible
kat
2007-10-12 14:12:02


awful. more "ad art" - traditional craft infused with "modern" values, pretending to be deep.
yo joe
2007-10-19 21:56:24


i love all the pretentious douchebag comments...excellent.
bobo
2008-10-25 14:48:58


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