On Tuesday I modelled for another Yerbury Workshop at the beautiful Maunsel House about 10 minutes drive from my house. The last workshop we did there was back in February (linky) when the grounds were covered in snow, so we mostly stayed indoors but this time I spent the majority of the day outdoors.

Arrived around 9am and got ready with Lozie who was also modelling. She introduced me to Vaseline Cocoa Butter body oil which I absolutely have to get some of, it makes a really nice delicate sheen on the skin.

The morning was spent with Trevor giving a talk and then demonstrating how they work, setting up different shots with Lozie and I while the delegates listened and took a few of thier own shots.

Then break for lunch, they provide the most yummy food at Maunsel House! Home-made chicken and mushroom pie with many vegetables and then apple pie and custard for desert. I was pretty hungry and managed two helpings of main course and also polished off desert (and this was after eating plenty of coconut biscuits on the coffee breaks earlier! I think modelling naked makes me more hungry than usual!). I love the room that lunch is served in at Maunsel too, it's like a small bar with stone walls all totally covered in antique weapons and taxidermy mounts. I need to take some photos if I'm there again sometime!

After lunch the delegates split into two groups (one indoor group with Trevor and one outdoor group with Faye) and got to set up thier own shots and try out what they had learned in the morning. I modelled for both outdoor groups, really enjoying the mild weather. The wind was slightly chilly but I totally forget about that once I get into posing. Managed to get a little more scraped than I intended by doing odd poses on my shoulders on the hard groud (but it looked cool, this is the important thing!) and went home feeling tired but satisfied that I had done a good job. Muscles aching slightly the next day, but in that good way that means I wored hard!

There are several of Trevor ad Faye's images already up on their blog, I think this one is my favourite of me so far :)

Arrived in Paris last night and met up with hurtmeso, who took me back to her place and fed me tasty food, then we watched the latest episode of Lost. Which was as frustrating as ever but I'm still addicted.

This morning we shared our own bus with a group of other Parisian fetish folk (I am unsure of a couple of names, will update when I know!) and drove from Paris to Essen for Fetish Evolution. Just arrived at our hotel about 30mins ago. The weather is insanely hot and sunny, in an 'I'm gonna need sunscreen' sort of way. The bus journey was pretty good though, we even had a playstation, though I fell asleep for most of the journey and didn't have a go.

This entry is going to be super short and uninformative, mostly because using a French Mac keyboard is taking me a ridiculously long time and there is a party in a couple of hours to get ready for!

I think my lazy hotlinking on my last entry didn't work so I will quickly also share another new pic from the Boudoir workshop I modelled for :)

Shot by Faye Yerbury



Loving my new tights! :)

I've been unusually absent from updating my journal the past week or so! No particular reason, I think I've just been feeling a bit tired! Now I have to try and remember everything I've done since my last post!

I went to Leicester to model for The Yerburys Boudoir workshop about a week ago. It was held at Maz Mashru's studio, which was amazing. And they also provided us with loads of curry and other Indian food for the lunch break, nom!! Indian food is my absolute favourite, the hotter and spicier the better! And after lunch I still managed to squeeze into my 20" Puimond corset to make some pretty pics :) This one is my favourite I think, but there are several others from the shoot on the Yerbury's blog here and here. I think we're going back fairy soon to shoot some new latex from HMS Latex.



I've also been staying with goth_amalthea in London quite a lot to travel to various other shoots in Northampton and Ford (more about those later!). We went out to a rock/industrial club in Camden last weekend, can't remember what the night was called but had a great time. I even danced, which is fairly rare! Couldn't resist with the 80s room and Bon Jovi/Def Leppard/Alice Cooper etc.

Monday I shot some new outfits for Lady Lucie with rootofsilence which I'm totally excited about. I went over the top with a theme of cakes and sweeties and silly bright colourfulness. I also ate a lot of the props throughout the day and felt a bit ill afterwards. haha. We were shooting at Switchphotography Studio in Ford (West Sussex), and I happened to be shooting with Aaron (who owns the studio) the next day so they let me stay in their spare room in the evening and fed me tasty pasta.

Shoot with Aaron was pretty cool too, but I shall write more at a later date when I have some of the images to show :)

I'm now in Kingston at Metropolis waiting for goth_amalthea to come and get her hair done, then we're going shopping. I'm staying with her again this evening and then getting the coach to Paris tomorrow morning, where I'm meeting up with hurtmeso. We're getting a lift to Essen on Friday for the Fetish Evolution weekend (we're doing a fashion show there, it's going to be fab!). I can't believe the Easter weekend has crept up so quickly!

I'll be bringing my camera so will try and take plenty of pics! I probably wont have much internet access until I get back the following week, but will have lots and lots of new pics to post upon my return! :)

Had a great day out today at Lyme Regis, strolling along the sunny seafront eating fish & chips (extra salt & vinegar). Also got 2 bags of fudge and a bag of coconut ice. Only got through the coconut ice so far, saving the fudge for after dinner (Spatchcock Poussin with roast potatoes, just gone in the oven and smells great). I really love typical traditional days out at the seaside. Next on my list is fairground, with candyfloss in there somewhere.

After the past couple of weeks hectic shooting and travelling extravaganza I'm really enjoying a small break. No more bookings now until next weekend. Working with the Yerburys again too on the 30th, for one of their 'boudoir' seminars, this time in Leicester.

Which reminds me, I think I totally forgot to post the rest of the images from our last shoot, with the bob wigs, HMS Latex dresses and other bits and pieces. I don't think I would even have recognised myself!




Also just had confirmation that the interview I did for Bizarre Magazine will be in the next issue (will have Mosh on the cover). No idea yet what sort of size feature it is but should be cool! Once again I just wrote down answers spontaneously as I thought of them and probably make no sense!

Not long now till I'm in Essen for Fetish Evolution either (April 10th-13th). I'll be doing a fashion show for HMS Latex, which will be extra cool as my sister is coming too, it's been forever since we did any fashion shows together. Can't wait to see what I'll be wearing!

Have a little more time at the internet cafe today but updating now impeded by the large group of teenage guys sat behind me. I'm sure they're too busy with the LAN gaming to notice me looking at pictures of myself but I'm shy anyway. lol. I'm currently trying to answer some interview questions for a magazine. What is the most interesting shoot I've done? What’s the weirdest thing that’s happened to me on a shoot? I find these sorts of questions really difficult to answer!

I fly back home tomorrow then I'm off to London on Friday to get my colour changed back to orangey/ginger. Think I'm meeting up with uglydiamond too. We're both doing a fashion show at Torture Garden on Saturday. I think there's a medical theme and I have to wear ballet heels! So I'm bring some crutches that rootofsilence got for me :) The show is something like 2am then I'm shooting all day in North London the next day at 9am. Hmm!

I noticed the Yerbury's have already posted a couple of images from our shoot that I wrote about yesterday (on their blog HERE). I think this is my favourite of the two (possibly because I really loved this wig!). Shot by Faye:


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Having difficulties reposting pics at the minute, but there's another pic with the blonde version on the Yerbury's journal.

First things first - OMG it's so cold here. Am using free wifi in Newcastle train station, I can barely feel my fingers. Have been back in Newcastle now since Monday. In only 3 days I have reverted to a strong Geordie accent, I feel like it's a defense mechanism to convince people that I am 'one of them'! lol.

I grabbed a copy of the new issue of Photo Pro Magazine from WHSmith's yesterday. Well done to Trevor Yerbury for getting the cover and a 6 page feature! Extra cool is that the image chosen for the cover was shot in about 10 minutes last month in one of the back stairwells at the SWPP convention! Wearing the now rather infamous Lacing Lilith dress :)



As well as the cover I'm also on a double page image and 3 smaller images inside the mag (there's also 2 gorgeous full pages of Lozie, also shot at the convention! I haven't got a scanner here but will try and scan it when I get home next week.

I may have other shiny new pics to post but email checking is proving difficult with people looking over my shoulder.

Since beginning typing I have now migrated to the significantly warmer train to Glasgow, where I'm shooting today. Fingers defrosting is slightly painful!

/edit. Mostly caught up on reading 3 days of LJ friend's entries now. Just noticed on Trevor's blog that one of his pics of me was chosen to hang at the 09 Seattle Erotic Art Festival. "one of 215 pieces chosen from 2,100 submissions we received from 530 artists in 38 states and 29 countries". Awesome! :)

I ended up not getting to Birmingham today after missing the coach yesterday evening, spent the evening stuffing my face with pancakes instead though so not all bad!

Shooting with Tony Rusecki went really well. I can't remember the last time we worked together but it must have been almost 2 years! Firstly we shot some of Tony's funny ideas (I was posing with tomato soup with a big grin on my face...) wearing some vintage dresses from The Girl Can't Help It. The second part of the shoot I was modelling some new designs for What Katie Did with a sailor theme. They were so cute! I attempted smiley pinup facial expressions with mixed results! lol.

It was also the first time that I've visited Alfie's Antique Market (where Tony's studio is now based). What a wonderful place! I arrived a little early so had a chance to have a very quick look around. I could have spent the best part of a day there! It's full of different antique shops as well as various vintage clothing, furniture and accessories shops, jam packed in every available space with cool stuff. Definitely recommended as a day out if you like this sort of thing. Nina's hair parlour is also based there. Perfect! There was a small cafe on the top floor too, which surprised me with the extremely good 'blackened cajun salmon with fries' that I had for lunch. I think I'm going to have to go back there with my sister for a day out of hair-dos, vintage shopping and nice food.

I forgot to mention on my rather brief overview of the FOCUS convention that I bumped into Trevor and Faye Yerbury who had driven down from Edinburgh. They pointed me in the direction of Mario Acerbonis stand, as he had made several sample books around the Yerbury's work and a few images of me were included. Sad thing that I am, I took some photos :) I'm afraid my photography skills are not good...



( once more with boobies... )

Trevor also told me that one of their images of me is going to be on the cover of Photo Pro Magazine next month along with a 6 page feature about their recent work, which is rather exciting! :)

Hope everyone had a nice St Valentine's day, if you're into that sort of thing! I made use of my National Trust membership and had a day out at Castle Drogo, known as the last castle to be built in England. Though it's more of a folly than a real castle. It was still cool. Went on a small rooftop tour with amazing views out over Dartmoor. The highlight of this was meeting the castle kitty which had decided to venture out on to the roof :)

Being a little spoilt for choice on pics to post today. First pics from my recent shoot with John Tisbury. It's been a long time since I shot anything remotely involving bondage, though obviously this was much more decorative than serving any restrictive purpose!


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( several more with less odd posing...! )

And secondly, I just got sent some preview images from another of the photographers, Viran De Silver, who shot me at the Yerbury Workshop at Maunsel House (hopefully it's obvious by now why I kept pimping this workshop so much! :)


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( and here's 1 more.. )

I was quite pleased with the makeup on that last one (did it myself with some new stuff I got in the sales).

Aside from a lingering sniffle and cough, I'm almost recovered from the ill of this week. My body suddenly realised I hadn't eaten properly for 3 days yesterday and I was met with ravenous hunger soon fulfilled by an enormous plate of home made chilli. I love cooking chilli, it's one of the few things I can cook well. Excessive amount of birds eye dried peppers is the key. Though I always forget not to touch my nose or eyes after handling them. Tonight I shall be continuiing the tasty food theme with a big juicy steak with peppercorn sauce and garlic mushrooms. Nom nom.

Alas no TG for me. Mixture of feel-that-I-should-rest but mostly because I'm still waiting on payment for a big job I did last month that I was expecting to have by now, so a bit broke until it comes through. And as I am temporarily without a railcard, I don't even want to consider how much the full train fare to London is.

I also wanted to share this image I got sent from photographer Tom Lee. It was shot at the Yerbury Seminar I modelled for recently. I mentioned in a previous entry here that the delegates had the afternoon to set up their own shots. I was particularly looking forward to seeing the images from the copper bathtub, I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it! This is the first one so far. I am also liking the way my butt is reflecting the colour of the copper reflections! lol.

Back home from the workshop earlier, very tired but had a fantastic day! Maunsel House was an amazing place to shoot, just full of decadent bedrooms, bathrooms, gorgeous furniture and rather a lot of armour/weapons and taxidermy. I arrived slightly early which gave me a chance to wander around in the snow covered grounds a little. The landscape looked amazing in the snow. Didn't get to do any pics in the snow in the end as it all melted by the afternoon but the house was so cool it didn't matter.

I took a couple of quick snapshots of my own before I started modelling..



( couple more )

The morning was spent doing demonstrations with Faye and Trevor, with myself and Lozie taking turns to pose. Was really interesting to watch Lozie model, she has pretty much the opposite body shape to me (incredibly slender and petite, almost waifish, in a good way!) and the shapes made were different to those that I make. I was itching to take photos of her myself (if only I knew how to use a camera!)

After lunch we then split into 2 groups and the delegates set up their own shots. Managed to squeeze in some pics wearing my new latex dress from Lady Lucie at the end too. The green latex looked cool with my hair, kind of poison ivyish. I wore my white ballet heel shoes too. I'm sure I used to able to stand in them better than I could today. Don't know if it was because I was tired or because what muscle I had has turned to jelly since I've stopped walking for 30-40mins every day! Pics still looked cool from what I saw though :)

Shall be posting a selection of the results of the workshop over the next week or so!

In other news, I am "model of the month" over at Nocturnal Models. They did a small interview with me which I answered in my usual rubbish-at-interviews style. The little blurb they wrote about me was very kind though!

And also I'm published on a full page in this month's issue of Advanced Photoshop magazine with an image by Rebecca Parker. The main image is the 'before' pic with the final pic in the corner - I'm wearing my rather amazing made-to-measure corset from Starkers Corsets. I hadn't realised that my waist wasn't even altered in the final pic, it really is that shape closed! :)



I need to do some more shoots with it this year!

Just reading the LJ news post regarding policy changes... "Non-sexualized, non-graphic images of nudity are no longer considered to be explicit adult content" Hurrah! I always felt annoyed having to label my art nude pics as 'explicit'. I'm not sure I can be bothered to go back through my journal and change all the entries, but from now on I wont be censoring my art nudes.

Which brings me nicely on to this new image, shot in about 5 minutes at the first workshop I did for the Yerburys at the convention last week. I really love it. Though if we'd had time I would have liked to re-shoot it so I was stood on tip-toe rather than halfway between. Damn my big feet ><.


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I went to see a friend's gig on Monday. I felt bad that in all the time I've known Antonio (sometime since I was at Uni so at least 4 years) I've never heard him play before, he had a great voice and infectious energy. It made me kind of regret that I live in a field in the middle of nowhere and don't have the chance very often to just pop out and see singers and friends in the evenings.

In other record-breaking news, I shall be setting foot in a gym for the first time ever later today. Just for an introductory taster thing, I'm dreading the bit where they measure my current level of fitness!

Oh, and thanks to demondaz for this scan from the new Bizarre Magazine. I have 2 small pics I didn't know about for a feature on 'steampunk fashion', nice to see familiar names Mother of London and Antiseptic Fashion :) I haven't read the articles yet so can't comment on the written content, but the choice of images seems good!

I don't think I wrote about it here, but move moving to London is (almost certainly) postponed temporarily. There are a number of reasons, not least being issues with funding for my Masters so I am going to have to defer my entry until September 09. The Masters was one of the major reasons I was moving. I also have the opportunity to go to Sydney and Hong Kong early next year for an extended trip, and it just wouldn't be possible if I was studying. I really love travelling and it's not likely I'll be in the position to do extended travelling once I'm studying again (certainly not as far as Australia anyway) or once I've finished the course and have to start paying back loans!

I found a couple of images from the shoot I wrote about yesterday at The Glasshouse in Edinburgh. I didn't realise the photographer had a blog. I've added it to LJ now: yerbury_photo :)

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Photo: yerbury_photo
Latex: Fraulein Ehrhardt


Uber pouty lips of doom. Random awesome fact: Fraulein Ehrhardt have named thier latest dress design after me! :D (See it HERE)

There are several more images (including a funny behind the scenes one) on Trevor's blog here and here (some nudity).

I bought the latest issue of Alternative Magazine to read on the train home from the shoot and was rather interested in the 'News' section at the back, which was reporting on discrimination laws and how having an alternative appearance isnt covered by them. The bit that kind of annoyed me was the ending paragraph, it was supposed to be about the positive side to looking 'alternative' and it used modelling as an example. They had a quote from a professional alt male model "It's the easiest job on the planet and I get to look at half naked people all day" (or something similar). I couldn't tell if it was meant to be tongue-in-cheek or not. I do hope it was.. I don't want to come across as some sort of snob, but 'easy' isn't a word I'd use to describe any sort of professional modelling. I think people saying stuff like that gives such the wrong impression to aspiring models . Not to mention the 'I get to look at naked people all day' bit is kinda lame :/ I'm not sure why is bugged me so much. I guess because I rather like the magazine.