These are some of the pieces that i submitted in the exhibition... 2 of which sold... please feel free to contact me if you would like to purchase in of these pieces...

Firstly people, let me apologise for the lack of updates on my blog… school and work have taken their toll on what’s left of my sanity… anyway we are well on our way toward Carnival 2008 with our presentation La Brea. We had a successful launch which was broken up into three parts (I’ll post pix later) we started proceedings off with an art exhibition featuring work from Image Nation members (yes people we are ridiculously talented) this was followed by a fashion show featuring designs by Robert Young of The Cloth, and the finale was the parade of costumes. The launch was well received by the audience and I believe that we have set a standard as far as Carnival launches go.


Well… here are some pix from our photo shoots (yes multiple shoots)… for some reason the other committee members elected me to be in charge of the photo shoots, from cleaning and organising the space to be used… to organising and providing models… I think it went well and we got some great shots…










The hardest and the most fun part of the shoot fuh me was getting people to relax and enjoy themselves… unlike other Carnival bands, we don’t want that stiff and serious look that models tend to put on when being photographed, the models should reflect what the band is about and for Image Nation it’s all about having fun and enjoying yuhself.


And I must say I am seriously thinking about changing my profession to include modelling I fabulous and I know it!

Tuesday was a good day on the road... besides a few minor hiccups... it was a great experience and people fully enjoyed themselves... a contingent of Nigerians came down to play mas.. and while the papers stated that they were to play with tribe.. they were in our band... having a wonderful time... they even blessed us with one of their traditional dances using our shields... who could ask for more...

here are some more images... for even more pictures check out our website www.imagenationltd.com

here are some shots from the adult band on Monday... i was not on the road Monday because i had to finish the shields for Tuesday's presentation, (poor work by the screen printer pushed my production back quite a few days)

here are some shots for the children's band from red cross

well it's over... and let me tell you.. it was a lot more difficult than i expected.. this is literally the first free time i've had to post stuff up since my last posting. Our band did very well for a first time showing; we acheived third place band of the year medium... for this we are very happy and grateful to all of our masqueraders and supporters... we will continue to build and grow as a band and as an entity as a whole...

we still have to collect the results on our children's band... but in the mean time.. i'll post up[ as many pictures as i possibly can...

We have just finished painting the backgrounds for the shields... we decided that instead of painting the entire shield... we will have the black areas screen printed and paint everything else to help reduce production time without reducing quality...

on a side note.. it's a celebration!!!! happy birthday to me!!!!!!!

Last night Image Nation took the stage at the Soca Monarch semi-finals alongside Michelle Sylvester. Early last week She had apporached us to organise costumes for her performance, which we were happy to provide... this coming year should be a very interesting one... Carnival Monday and Tuesday look to be very good for us and our future is already bright...

here are some images from lastnight's event...

Production is in full swing and the mascamp is as lively as ever... I'm always amazed at the energy level that seems to simply materialise around Carnival every year... the more people there are.. the more energy and the faster the work goes... here are some shots of works in progress. Our mascamp wall is now adorned with murals courtesy James Hackett...





















































as well, here are some shots of typical mascamp work... (yuh wouldn't believe de kinda shit talk dat does pass in de camp eh.. lawd fadda.. ah laugh till meh head hurt meh...)



























we are scheduled to appear on Synergy TV tomorrow the 2nd of February so look out for us there.

these are some shots from our Jungle promotion and give away at Down Home Beer Garden a few weeks ago...

Image Nation was at hilton all inclusive this weekend doing some promotions.. here are some of the images from there