Having just finished our final shot, Flowers For Kate is now complete. Kate is packing, and Roddy has departed, following composition of three poems and work on his fourth which will be posted in due course.
The final print results remain an enigma, but let this dramatic whiplash of Yves Saint Laurent mauve satin give you a clue as to the finished article.
One of the perks of working at SHOWstudio is the chance to flick through (and fawn over) racks of clothes still warm from the catwalk. With Kate in make-up, the opportunity is rife for me to rifle through the Rykiel, stroke the Sander and maul the Margiela. The word 'floral' is quite literal - from the Latin floralis, 'of flowers'. Jonathan Kaye's interpretation, however, is rather more abstract: the feminine frippery of sweet-pea tulle and organza contrasting with strong architectural shapes and vivid hothouse colour. And there's barely a sprigged print in sight...
We've shot four looks using the time slice technology, Roddy has gone home to think on his next poem and Kate has retired for the night to get some beauty sleep...we think! We'll be back tomorrow from 11 (UK time) when the 35 'bullet time' cameras (yes, I made a mathematical error and added an extra one in my previous blog!) will be replaced by the faithful 10x8 and we'll be getting down to some good old stills on photographic film. Fancy that!
The germination period is almost over: these images detail the final stages of set designer Glyn Owen’s creation of the unique environment around which to photograph Kate Moss. Watch our live broadcast from 11am tomorrow Wednesday 12th December to observe the final flowering of Nick Knight's Flowers For Kate shoot.
See our very own English rose Ms Moss in the flesh, observe the creative process blooming, and of course find out if your lovingly-amassed flowers made the final cut to be incorporated into the as-yet-mysterious foliate sculpture. Poet Roddy Lumsden will also be writing a piece live on set to be used in the final film based around the shoot.
The deadline for submission of your flowers for our Flowers For Kate project has been extended right up until the shoot date on the 12th and 13th of December. In line with showing the process of the project, Nick has changed his method of how he incorporates the viewers' flowers into the project. So please keep on sending!