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Dreads Session Pics

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Gabi Giacchieri came to the salon to take some photos of Cam and got these of me working on Anthony’s hair.  Thank you Gabi!!!

A great pic of the salon!
That’s Cam in the mirror.
And Bron
I like this one!

An Evening at Start Gallery

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I went to Start Gallery to cut and color some hair. We set up right in the gallery with the art. The current exhibit is called Vessels and features work by 10 artists. The opening party the night before was a huge success! I walked around with Jason to view the all the art and took some great pictures!

View out the window of Grand River and Broadway.
Bright art! The geometrical one on the top in the middle is drawn with markers!
Very drippy!

Beautiful Celtic ladies. Flowy hair and dresses!
Pottery
Raku. I could smell the fire when I was near them!
I love paintings of ships!
Twilight in Detroit.

Creepy! This is part of an amazing and eerie collection.
Gold leaf box with bright colors on wood.
These paintings are all done by different artists and collectively picture a serpent.
Serpent detail.
Ceramic barnacles and other underwater things.
This painting is from a past exhibit.  I love the colors!
Wood

Look at this little guy. Casey he has your wishbone!
More Raku with very shiny shimmery paint!
Octopus pirate girl
The entire North wall is lined with these windows which makes for a great view.

This seems like it’s from the past!

I love these honeycombs! Most of the artists all did a honeycomb piece without previously discussing the idea.
The biggest hair pile ever. Every time!!
I love working in art galleries!

Start Gallery is on East Grand River in downtown Detroit. I love this gallery for the art and the location. Start has been open and running for a year and a half and has already featured over a hundred amazing artists! The current exhibit, Vessels, houses so many different types of art. I really enjoyed my private showing. Such fun. I took a lot of pictures but could have taken a lot more. They’ve really loaded the gallery with art!! The gallery itself and its surroundings are even art. Vessels runs for about 2 more weeks.

Start Gallery and Grateful Dreads have formed an event called H’art. It’s hair and art together. I’ll be in the gallery giving haircuts the second Sunday of every month from 4pm until 8pm. There will be beer and wine served, and the gallery will be open for viewing. What a classy and cool event! I would love to see you there!

Threading Tom Bird!

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This is Tom Bird.

Tom Bird looking wild!
Eyebrows Before
Nose Before

I gave T a haircut, not too long, not too short.  Something clean.  Then I threaded his eyebrows and nose!

Threading!
Threading his upper brows.
Threading nose hairs inside.
Freshly Threaded
Look at that beautiful natural shape!
Cleaned up!

Looking good Tom Bird!  Thanks for the fun appointment and letting me post these great pics!!!

A Luxurious Monday

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Gabi, Suki, Mai, and I met for our first photo session as a team!  What a great day!  Beautiful weather, luxurious clothes, and a modern, artistic setting.  We all worked very hard and had much success!

Stephanie (Suki’s mom) and Gabi took some behind-the-scenes photos with Suki’s iPad:

Suki on the beautiful grounds.
Gabi in the softest silk robe-style dress.
Me doing Suki’s make up and wearing a shirt by Fotoula Lambros Design!
Mai and Suki. Fabulous!
Gabi Giacchieri is gorgeous! Jumper by Fotoula Lambros Design.
Happy Suki wearing Fotoula’s corset and leggings. Her hair is so pretty!

I was so busy I only had time to snap these pics with my little camera at the very end.

This picture has a mood to it. I made the Plastikman shirts myself!
Plastik Kuties!

I’m so excited by this shoot.  We all left feeling good, and we’re all still going with this great energy.  I’m happy with how my skills and confidence have grown.  Creativity was flowing through all of us.  We worked hard and captured everything I had imagined!  Thank you so much to everyone involved in this shoot!  Gabi, Suki, Stephanie, Mai, Fotoula, and to my dear friends for letting us use this location.  Thank you so much!!

Mai’s high-quality photos will be ready in the near-future.  These are just some snap shots for a sneak of the session!!