The Creation of the Spirit Head...

I wanted to create spirit heads as part of my Native American section in my book.   I kept thinking of how I was going to make this possible.  I was searching on Instagram and I came across the above picture.  I thought this was perfect for what I was trying to achieve.  It would showcase my hair skills whilst still giving the feeling of what I was trying to portray.  The important thing for me now was to start practising hairstyles for my looks so I could create the best ones possible...

This was my first practice at creating 3D hair.  It wasn't working, something just didn't feel right with it.  I was  trying to create a look but I knew that I would have to practice more.  I had two clear looks in my head I wanted to use but I felt that four in total would work in well in the final outcome. See more trials below... 

Although I was happier with the second look, I still wasn't completely convinced...I decide that the best option would be to focus on my two strong looks i'd already 100% decided on and see what happened with time later on in the project...or if I would still want to use four looks.

Madame Peripetie...

We got the chance to meet Madame Peripetie.  This was a great encounter. She began our session with a look at her new book 'Dream Sequence'.

This was so interesting, to be honest before the planned meeting I hadn't heard of her...I think this made the experience better for me in some respects, as i had no pre-conceived ideas about anything.  After the session we were able to have 15 minutes with her as a one-on-one session.  This was really good, she really liked my ideas for my project.  She gave me great constructive criticism about making my main skill (which is hair) stand out above the rest.  She also mentioned that there shouldn't be too many pictures that are all the same and that they needed to have a consistency with image flow.  This helped me so much, I had so many ideas and didn't really know what to do with them.  So thank you Madame Peripetie for your words of wisdom...  (below a few of Madame Peripetie's works of art)

Research Beginnings...

I Began my research for this project three years ago when I initiated my own Spiritual Awakening.  The first place I went to was a Spiritualist church in Liverpool, I attended an Open Circle with a renowned Liverpool Medium called Maire Davies.  I began attending the church every week with her..this led onto us booking a weekend at the world famous Arthur Findlay College in Stansted.  

The College has been around for many years...Arthur Findlay, a pioneer in the movement of Spiritualism took over the stately home and turned it into this fabulous building.  When you are there you have a meditation very morning at 8am followed by an inspirational talk at 8:45am.  The whole place is just mesmerising.  It's a college for the development of psychic and mediumistic abilities.  It also has courses in different types of healing.  It's an amazing experience, one that can only truly be felt when attending.  There's an energy when your there that's just indescribable.  The rooms are full of ancient artefacts and paintings.  There's even a small museum on the grounds which is the home to many famous mediums belongings and workings such as Gordon Higginson.  I enjoyed the place so much I went again later in the year.

The second place I visited that really drew me closer to Spirituality was  a trip to Thailand in the summer of 2013.  Many of the people who live there follow a Buddhist way of life.  I didn't meet one rude Thai native on my visit, I found this so refreshing and I knew it must be down to the way they lead there lives, so it made me even more fascinated.  Me and a friend decided to visit the famous temples called 'Big Buddha' in Koh Samui.  This was just fabulous,  I don't know if it's just me but you get an overwhelming sense of inner peace and serenity when you visit unbelievable places.  My visit to the temples very much propelled my interest in all things spiritual to a new height...