This morning my parents were kind enough to help me transport this tissue wedding dress to the Milwaukee Art Museum. Here is a photo of my display:

As I mentioned yesterday, I created this dress entirely out of Kleenex tissue. I printed onto the tissue using well-known poems and love letters suggested to me by friends and family (this is a technique I developed for another tissue dress project I am working on, which I will be talking about in the near future).

Per the brilliant idea of my friend Jess Stern (www.stagbarbershop.com), I created a removable piece in the front, so that the dress transforms into a cocktail dress! This is perfect for a ceremony to reception transformation. (Thanks to her also, for stepping into my den of tissue, glue and thread to help me complete the dress at the 11th hour!) Please note that the dress is also on a pedestal and is hovering above the ground a bit. If the dress was on the ground, there is actually a bit of a train....

Next to my display, I also created a binder that displays all of the text in it's full format, for all to read and enjoy. This is a competition, so hopefully I'll win a place!

I am not really sure where this dress will go after the competition, but I'd like to give her a nice home, or at least, a traveling residency. If anyone has any suggestions, please contact me.

And if anyone has ideas as to why I am so insane that I spent a weekend tediously making a dress out of Kleenex for no apparent reason, I'm all ears!

Hello Friends!

Here is a phone snapshot of the dress that I am working on for the Artful Bride Event tomorrow at the Milwaukee Art Museum:

The competition is to:

Create a life size couture bridal gown sculpture using paper products of your choice.

Bridal gowns will be judged on style, wearability, creativity & originality.

Bridal gowns  will be judged by a panel of judges.

Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place.

THE WINNING ENTREES  IN BOTH COMPETITIONS WILL BE PICTURED IN M MAGAZINE!!

I'm making my dress entirely out of KLEENEX!

Come and say hello, and see my completed dress in person!!

Monday, January 31, 2011, from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

For more information, go to: http://www.theartfulbrideevent.com/index.html

Check out the article I wrote/photographed for www.Patch.com

http://patch.com/A-dgld

What a great opportunity for young students to discuss the importance of art with such varied and talented local artists!

"A few years ago, French photographer Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of outrageous photographs in unusual costumes, poses, and locations. Grandma reluctantly agreed, but once they got rolling, she couldn't stop smiling."

This is great work!

Check out the rest:

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/grandmas-superhero-therapy-18

I've been rummaging flea markets and antique stores for vintage frames. You can purchase them alone or with one of my prints! Woo!

www.jessicakaminski.etsy.com

This past weekend I went to New York for a little breather, to meet up with some friends, and to check out the show at the Gallery of the City of New York that my friend curated. 

While there I met a musician. He mentioned that he was looking for some imagery to accompany the new website. He sent me some tracks from his new album that he is working on, and it was very electronic, layered, and moody. The phrase that came to mind was "layered journey". 

So, with that phrase in mind, I took some of my photographs from different parts of a trip to Chicago, and layered them together.

Here are some of the images I came up with.

I am honored to announce that I will be showing in the next Gallery Night!!!!  

Not only that, but it is a week after my birthday. SO OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO COME!!!

Here are the details:

WHAT: Gallery Night and Day (http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynight.php)

WHERE: Flux Design/Gallery 326 (located above Swig Restaurant)

217 N. Broadway, 2nd Floor - 414.431.7944 - www.thinkflux.com

WHEN: Friday: 5:30 to 11pm, Saturday: 11am to 5pm

WHO: Jessica Kaminski, Mike McGuiness, SomaFlux (Showing collaborative artwork between Jennifer Espenschield and Jeremy Shamrowicz), Kamryn Boelk 

You want to see the above photo printed really big? Then you'd better come to the show. Oh, and you'll probably want to bring your wallet, because you'll fall in love with the really big printed photograph and will want to take it home with you IMMEDIATELY.

Yesterday I photographed my Kleenex dress (to be revealed at a later point). Tina Poppy, my friend and owner of Violetville Vintage, was gracious enough to assist me on the shoot. Since it was about 15 degrees outside and my model was wearing...well...a dress made out of Kleenex, we kept her warm in the car until the very last minute. This meant that Tina stood in so that I could test my lighting.

Here's one of the shots! 

Beautious!

Tina and I have known each other for about 15 years now and we were reminiscing the other day about my "Tina Portfolio". I've photographed her so many times throughout the years, with every hair color and style imaginable! I love adding this shot to our portfolio!

Thanks Tina!

Here are some of the new prints available on my Etsy site!  www.jessicakaminski.etsy.com

Kleenex. Jennifer's Book. A dress. A project. This is the beginning...