Look at this awesome video that Rich Castro made for the Wear Recycle shoot #4!
Nicky Watts Studios - Wear Recycle Photoshoot #4 from Rich Castro on Vimeo.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Wear Recycle #3, sneak peak of #4, and more
Hello everyone.
A new Henderson Art Association blog is really kick butt: www.hendersonartassociation.blogspot.com
A lot has been going on in the crazy life of Nicky. I have started the sculptures I am making for WoPro, my licensing for Nicky Watts Studios has been officially started, I submitted a card design for AIGA, the Recycle Paper Sculpture Series has moved forward, I am starting a branch company with another photographer, the Chamber had Ann and I present at the network breakfast, and these last two weeks have been killer.
Those of you who have been following my blog are familiar with my assignment with WoPro. I have started the first of the 15-20 sculptures. It's a bust. She'll be wearing a large fancy hat and a corset to pay tribute to the first woman to receive a patten in the US: Mary Kies. I'll talk more about this when I have photos to show and more sculptures.
I am applying to be an S-Corp under the recommendation of a lawyer who will be my corporate lawyer. Her name is Darcy and she is very nice, intelligent, and she's going to let me cast her head for Wear Recycle (well, I think I have convinced her).
As for Wear Recycle (formally Recycled Paper Sculpture Series): I got this new name because, with the recommendation of Ann, I submitted a card to the AIGA "What's Your Cause" card fundraiser. Ann (Pettit) of Suede Studios helped me design it. She's my best buddy here and a really great designer. She came up with Wear Recycle and it sounds a whole lot better than Recycle Paper Sculpture Series, so I'm using that now....thanks Ann. I'm always stealing here incredible ideas.
Well, to make a long story short about this fundraiser, the place that sponsored the event: Graphics West, is printing me up a bunch of extra copies of the cards. So unofficially they are the first sponsors of the project. I haven't told them that yet, but I'm sure they won't mind the advertising. I appreciate what they are doing so much.
Since the last time I wrote, the team and I have shot two photo shoot, three people, and I have casted three more. We are weaning into business owners and community members. I have a lot of people who have agreed to do it now. About 15 professionals! I'm really excited about that. Bre and Alice from the Henderson Chamber are doing it along with a handful of chamber members. I love getting the community involved. I'm trying really hard to link the business owners and professionals I meet with the arts in Henderson. One could say it is my goal.
#3
Thank goodness these are done! The editing in this batch took a while, but I'm finally finished. Honestly, I didn't think I shot it very well, but I'm happy with the final outcome.
Photographer and Sculptor: Nicky Watts
Model: Brittani Rael
Hair Stylist: Valarie Zwahlen
Make Up Artist: Samantha Henrikson
Assistants: Jennifer Nicholson and Jeannette Spradley
Here's a sneak peak of what #4 looks like
Photographer and Sculptor: Nicky Watts
Model: Malika Istandarova
Hair Stylist: Valarie Zwahlen
Make Up Artist: Samantha Henrikson
Assistants: Ann Pettit
This is from the 4th shoot. I rushed getting the editing for this done because Malika is submitting it for the cover of a magazine in the country she is from. Don't ask me what country because she told me and I had never heard of it. I guess it used to be part of Russia, but I could be totally wrong on that. Geography was always a challenge to me. I'm crossing my fingers because it would be great if it were published, especially on the cover! Wear Recycle international!
I had to put this set on hold after completing this image so I could finish Brittani's photos. So they will be done soon. The shoot was also with Pharoah Najm, but you'll see him in the finished products ;).
I will tell you more about my future endeavors with Jenn and Marcelo when it is more set up and ready.
Network Breakfast!!! Ann Pettit (previously mentioned) and I had the opportunity to present our Strategic Alliance at the breakfast. This was a great opportunity for Ann and I to boast about our skills and companies and each others in front of everyone. We used the AIGA card as an example and discussed how we plan marketing strategies together. I used my recent ploy: the coca cola playing card attached to my business card. We did a great job. I am sure I got at least one client from it, and possibly another. Good work to both of us!
Well, I'm pretty tired of writing now. There are advances in HAA and the artist/live space I'm trying to build too, but I'm too tired to explain. More very soon, not sure when because I have a shoot tomorrow that will take a lot of editing, but soon.
Thanks for reading. :)
A new Henderson Art Association blog is really kick butt: www.hendersonartassociation.blogspot.com
A lot has been going on in the crazy life of Nicky. I have started the sculptures I am making for WoPro, my licensing for Nicky Watts Studios has been officially started, I submitted a card design for AIGA, the Recycle Paper Sculpture Series has moved forward, I am starting a branch company with another photographer, the Chamber had Ann and I present at the network breakfast, and these last two weeks have been killer.
Those of you who have been following my blog are familiar with my assignment with WoPro. I have started the first of the 15-20 sculptures. It's a bust. She'll be wearing a large fancy hat and a corset to pay tribute to the first woman to receive a patten in the US: Mary Kies. I'll talk more about this when I have photos to show and more sculptures.
I am applying to be an S-Corp under the recommendation of a lawyer who will be my corporate lawyer. Her name is Darcy and she is very nice, intelligent, and she's going to let me cast her head for Wear Recycle (well, I think I have convinced her).
As for Wear Recycle (formally Recycled Paper Sculpture Series): I got this new name because, with the recommendation of Ann, I submitted a card to the AIGA "What's Your Cause" card fundraiser. Ann (Pettit) of Suede Studios helped me design it. She's my best buddy here and a really great designer. She came up with Wear Recycle and it sounds a whole lot better than Recycle Paper Sculpture Series, so I'm using that now....thanks Ann. I'm always stealing here incredible ideas.
Well, to make a long story short about this fundraiser, the place that sponsored the event: Graphics West, is printing me up a bunch of extra copies of the cards. So unofficially they are the first sponsors of the project. I haven't told them that yet, but I'm sure they won't mind the advertising. I appreciate what they are doing so much.
Since the last time I wrote, the team and I have shot two photo shoot, three people, and I have casted three more. We are weaning into business owners and community members. I have a lot of people who have agreed to do it now. About 15 professionals! I'm really excited about that. Bre and Alice from the Henderson Chamber are doing it along with a handful of chamber members. I love getting the community involved. I'm trying really hard to link the business owners and professionals I meet with the arts in Henderson. One could say it is my goal.
#3
Thank goodness these are done! The editing in this batch took a while, but I'm finally finished. Honestly, I didn't think I shot it very well, but I'm happy with the final outcome.
Photographer and Sculptor: Nicky Watts
Model: Brittani Rael
Hair Stylist: Valarie Zwahlen
Make Up Artist: Samantha Henrikson
Assistants: Jennifer Nicholson and Jeannette Spradley
Here's a sneak peak of what #4 looks like
Photographer and Sculptor: Nicky Watts
Model: Malika Istandarova
Hair Stylist: Valarie Zwahlen
Make Up Artist: Samantha Henrikson
Assistants: Ann Pettit
This is from the 4th shoot. I rushed getting the editing for this done because Malika is submitting it for the cover of a magazine in the country she is from. Don't ask me what country because she told me and I had never heard of it. I guess it used to be part of Russia, but I could be totally wrong on that. Geography was always a challenge to me. I'm crossing my fingers because it would be great if it were published, especially on the cover! Wear Recycle international!
I had to put this set on hold after completing this image so I could finish Brittani's photos. So they will be done soon. The shoot was also with Pharoah Najm, but you'll see him in the finished products ;).
I will tell you more about my future endeavors with Jenn and Marcelo when it is more set up and ready.
Network Breakfast!!! Ann Pettit (previously mentioned) and I had the opportunity to present our Strategic Alliance at the breakfast. This was a great opportunity for Ann and I to boast about our skills and companies and each others in front of everyone. We used the AIGA card as an example and discussed how we plan marketing strategies together. I used my recent ploy: the coca cola playing card attached to my business card. We did a great job. I am sure I got at least one client from it, and possibly another. Good work to both of us!
Well, I'm pretty tired of writing now. There are advances in HAA and the artist/live space I'm trying to build too, but I'm too tired to explain. More very soon, not sure when because I have a shoot tomorrow that will take a lot of editing, but soon.
Thanks for reading. :)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Another Jenn Martin, my trip to MA: Aaron, RPSS update, and some patrotism
I'm sorry I have been awful with updating lately. Basically, I was in MA for 10 days and have not stopped moving since I got back.
Here is the image I have finished in a crazy style from the Jenn Martin shoot. I wanted to make it creepy since the idea of blocking oneself from being able to talk is a morbid, but consistently real idea. She looks bird like, intense. What do you think of the style?
Makeup Artist/Light Hair: Zoya Pride
Assistant: Jenn Nicholson
So I went home to help my mom move from the cellar back up into the normal part of her house and to attend a Halloween Wedding of my great friend Natalie.
The wedding was the most fun and interesting wedding I have ever attended. Natalie was the most beautiful bride I have ever seen.
For my mom's house, I scraped a lot wall paper and lead paint. I wore a whole body suit, gloves to my elbows, a face mask, and goggles. I felt mighty protected. I ended up wearing this wonderful outfit as my Halloween costume, it worked well.
I also brought my camera gear for my sister so I could take photo of her family. I shot my nephew and two new nieces. The baby is blood and the oldest is married in, but hell, she's my niece too no matter what anyone else wants to say about it. I guess I have one more, but since I haven't spent any time with her yet its hard to consider her my niece too. I have not finished the other photos yet, only Aaron's. Well family stuff, not what you're here for, but you have got to see these photos of my nephew. If he is not a performer I don't know who is.
That's the normal one, proper.
Yup, this was his idea to put his hat like that.
Here's his shocked look
And this next one is my favorite:
His gangster look.
Now it is very clear to me that this kid has a future in media mainstream. For 10 years old to have his awareness of emotion behind the camera! Oh how I love this kid. Look at how awesome his eyes are. I'm not sure if its just a strange reflections that was going on, but he has an orange spot in his right (our left) eye and the other one is a much stronger blue. I did saturate them, but I didn't change any colors. Crazy awesome. Our Aunt Lisa has a spot in one of her eyes too. Tarcy (my sister, his mom) said he doesn't, so maybe its just my photos, but it looks like he does too. I love it.
Recycled Paper Sculpture Series Update
I have a shoot tomorrow and next Wednesday I have another one but that one will be the first one that I shoot two models at one time. I'm not sure how it will go, but we'll see.
I have also halted on casting models and have now moved into performers, business owners, community members, and families. Mainly what I call normal people. I have casted my friend Ann, actually, she was my test cast, but I will hopefully be shooting her soon. I have received confirmations from a few Henderson Chamber of Commerce members too. I am very excited about this transition into "normal people". I am hoping to cast Rich soon and maybe he will cast and shoot me too. I want to cast everyone I know. I'm not sure if that's possible, but I want to try. As soon as I buy the big box of plaster from online, I think I will have a huge casting day where I invite people over all day to cast. I love that idea!
If you are interested in being casted and can come to me just let me know. I would love to expand it internationally, but since I'm a broke artist it could only be if you come to me, or get me to you. Really I like the second option more :) But then you would still have to get to Vegas because my hair and makeup artists who are signed for the whole project are here in Vegas. Of course we could all travel to other places, I'm sure they wouldn't have any objections ;).
Another update on this project is that I made a card for AIGA for a fundraiser they have going on. The fundraiser is Name Your Cause. Of course I was fusing fashion with recycling. Ann Petit, my very good friend here in Vegas, who is an exceptional graphic designer helped me design it. The card came out great and I am happy to announce that many participants in the project will be attending the reception on Thursday. I am very excited that even a couple of the models who have not been shot yet are going to the reception to support the project. I love that; it makes me feel like the models feel good about participating in the series. Ann did a really great job.
There's a lot of other really exciting stuff that's going on and to make it simple I am going to copy and paste what I wrote for Stefani for WoPro. This is pretty advertising proper, but I just wrote it yesterday...along with the first proposal to the Artist/Living spaces that I mention in here.
Bio
As an active member of the contemporary art world, Nicky Watts has organized seventeen art exhibitions and has been a featured artist in 18 exhibitions nationally and internationally including two solo exhibitions. Her art medium/type ranges from fashion, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video. Aside from her personal art experience, Nicky Watts has worked as a free-lance photographer for the past five years.
Currently, Watts is involved in an array of activities including starting her own business, developing a large-scale art exhibition, volunteering in her community, and planning art living spaces in a developing Henderson neighborhood.
Watts combines her event planning, contemporary art skill, and experience with photography to Construct the Perfect Image to Sell Your Product under the name Nicky Watts Studios. She works with companies to create cutting edge images for advertising as well as photographs models and talent to create creative and diverse portfolios. Whether the product is a person, object, or idea, when one chooses Nicky Watts Studios it is guaranteed quality and satisfaction.
“An artist or business owner is only as strong as the community that surrounds her.” Therefore Watts believes being an active volunteer in her community is vital for growth, success, and satisfaction.
“I am asking the community business owners, families, and politicians to contribute their time to show their support for Mother Earth.” Watts is in the middle of creating a large conceptual art exhibit using junk paper to make photographs of the “Recycled Paper Sculpture Series”. She has been photographing Las Vegas models and is just beginning to cast (the first process to complete the sculptures) performers, business owners, and community members. She will then move on to prominent figures in the community, politicians, and celebrities. Watts is hoping to gain participation from a few full casts of Las Vegas shows such as one of the Cirque du Soleil or Phantom of the Opera.
Watts is an ambassador to the Henderson Chamber of Commerce where she welcomes new businesses to the Chamber community. This relationship has been a strong developing tool for her and she feels grateful to be able to give back encouraging other members to realize and utilize potential for success in the business world through the Chamber.
Recently, Watts has become the first Public Relations person for the Henderson Art Association in over three years. The Association, also know as HAA, is a driving force for artists in the Henderson area. It is responsible for the Third Thursday event that takes place in the Water Street District of Henderson and is a large part of a development effort to make the Water Street District a thriving arts district in Henderson.
For WoPro, Watts is developing a large-scale sculpture series based off important women in our history and present time to create a photo montage timeline that WoPro will use for advertising memorabilia. Watts is a founding member of the organization which celebrates women’s achievements and strengths. Her art making and dedication is a large point of interest within WoPro.
Using the relationships she has made in the Chamber of Commerce, Henderson Art Association, WoPro, and her previous experiences of art organizing, education, managing artists, and event planning, Watts is planning to build artist live/work spaces in the Water Street District. If achieved, these living spaces will be a grounding achievement in the development of the Water Street District by bringing artists into the community. It will be a core-working environment for artist offering photography, 2d, and sculpture studio space as well as a music production room and a wood/metals workshop. It will give the neighboring restaurants and cafés a reason to stay open late, as well as put Henderson on the map as a leading art environment.
I wrote this for the front page to the WoPro website. I am honored that Stefani is putting me on there. She's great. I will talk about her when the work I am doing for WoPro has developed a little more than it has right now. Its a great organization with a great president. If you see any typos in the bio, let me know. I'm not a very good editor of my own stuff.
Well, so much is going on I could keep talking, but then I wouldn't get much done. There's one more Jenn Martin image coming but I need a higher resolution Waterford Wedgewood logo to put on it before it gets sent out.
Thanks for reading.
Here is the image I have finished in a crazy style from the Jenn Martin shoot. I wanted to make it creepy since the idea of blocking oneself from being able to talk is a morbid, but consistently real idea. She looks bird like, intense. What do you think of the style?
Makeup Artist/Light Hair: Zoya Pride
Assistant: Jenn Nicholson
So I went home to help my mom move from the cellar back up into the normal part of her house and to attend a Halloween Wedding of my great friend Natalie.
The wedding was the most fun and interesting wedding I have ever attended. Natalie was the most beautiful bride I have ever seen.
For my mom's house, I scraped a lot wall paper and lead paint. I wore a whole body suit, gloves to my elbows, a face mask, and goggles. I felt mighty protected. I ended up wearing this wonderful outfit as my Halloween costume, it worked well.
I also brought my camera gear for my sister so I could take photo of her family. I shot my nephew and two new nieces. The baby is blood and the oldest is married in, but hell, she's my niece too no matter what anyone else wants to say about it. I guess I have one more, but since I haven't spent any time with her yet its hard to consider her my niece too. I have not finished the other photos yet, only Aaron's. Well family stuff, not what you're here for, but you have got to see these photos of my nephew. If he is not a performer I don't know who is.
That's the normal one, proper.
Yup, this was his idea to put his hat like that.
Here's his shocked look
And this next one is my favorite:
His gangster look.
Now it is very clear to me that this kid has a future in media mainstream. For 10 years old to have his awareness of emotion behind the camera! Oh how I love this kid. Look at how awesome his eyes are. I'm not sure if its just a strange reflections that was going on, but he has an orange spot in his right (our left) eye and the other one is a much stronger blue. I did saturate them, but I didn't change any colors. Crazy awesome. Our Aunt Lisa has a spot in one of her eyes too. Tarcy (my sister, his mom) said he doesn't, so maybe its just my photos, but it looks like he does too. I love it.
Recycled Paper Sculpture Series Update
I have a shoot tomorrow and next Wednesday I have another one but that one will be the first one that I shoot two models at one time. I'm not sure how it will go, but we'll see.
I have also halted on casting models and have now moved into performers, business owners, community members, and families. Mainly what I call normal people. I have casted my friend Ann, actually, she was my test cast, but I will hopefully be shooting her soon. I have received confirmations from a few Henderson Chamber of Commerce members too. I am very excited about this transition into "normal people". I am hoping to cast Rich soon and maybe he will cast and shoot me too. I want to cast everyone I know. I'm not sure if that's possible, but I want to try. As soon as I buy the big box of plaster from online, I think I will have a huge casting day where I invite people over all day to cast. I love that idea!
If you are interested in being casted and can come to me just let me know. I would love to expand it internationally, but since I'm a broke artist it could only be if you come to me, or get me to you. Really I like the second option more :) But then you would still have to get to Vegas because my hair and makeup artists who are signed for the whole project are here in Vegas. Of course we could all travel to other places, I'm sure they wouldn't have any objections ;).
Another update on this project is that I made a card for AIGA for a fundraiser they have going on. The fundraiser is Name Your Cause. Of course I was fusing fashion with recycling. Ann Petit, my very good friend here in Vegas, who is an exceptional graphic designer helped me design it. The card came out great and I am happy to announce that many participants in the project will be attending the reception on Thursday. I am very excited that even a couple of the models who have not been shot yet are going to the reception to support the project. I love that; it makes me feel like the models feel good about participating in the series. Ann did a really great job.
There's a lot of other really exciting stuff that's going on and to make it simple I am going to copy and paste what I wrote for Stefani for WoPro. This is pretty advertising proper, but I just wrote it yesterday...along with the first proposal to the Artist/Living spaces that I mention in here.
Bio
As an active member of the contemporary art world, Nicky Watts has organized seventeen art exhibitions and has been a featured artist in 18 exhibitions nationally and internationally including two solo exhibitions. Her art medium/type ranges from fashion, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video. Aside from her personal art experience, Nicky Watts has worked as a free-lance photographer for the past five years.
Currently, Watts is involved in an array of activities including starting her own business, developing a large-scale art exhibition, volunteering in her community, and planning art living spaces in a developing Henderson neighborhood.
Watts combines her event planning, contemporary art skill, and experience with photography to Construct the Perfect Image to Sell Your Product under the name Nicky Watts Studios. She works with companies to create cutting edge images for advertising as well as photographs models and talent to create creative and diverse portfolios. Whether the product is a person, object, or idea, when one chooses Nicky Watts Studios it is guaranteed quality and satisfaction.
“An artist or business owner is only as strong as the community that surrounds her.” Therefore Watts believes being an active volunteer in her community is vital for growth, success, and satisfaction.
“I am asking the community business owners, families, and politicians to contribute their time to show their support for Mother Earth.” Watts is in the middle of creating a large conceptual art exhibit using junk paper to make photographs of the “Recycled Paper Sculpture Series”. She has been photographing Las Vegas models and is just beginning to cast (the first process to complete the sculptures) performers, business owners, and community members. She will then move on to prominent figures in the community, politicians, and celebrities. Watts is hoping to gain participation from a few full casts of Las Vegas shows such as one of the Cirque du Soleil or Phantom of the Opera.
Watts is an ambassador to the Henderson Chamber of Commerce where she welcomes new businesses to the Chamber community. This relationship has been a strong developing tool for her and she feels grateful to be able to give back encouraging other members to realize and utilize potential for success in the business world through the Chamber.
Recently, Watts has become the first Public Relations person for the Henderson Art Association in over three years. The Association, also know as HAA, is a driving force for artists in the Henderson area. It is responsible for the Third Thursday event that takes place in the Water Street District of Henderson and is a large part of a development effort to make the Water Street District a thriving arts district in Henderson.
For WoPro, Watts is developing a large-scale sculpture series based off important women in our history and present time to create a photo montage timeline that WoPro will use for advertising memorabilia. Watts is a founding member of the organization which celebrates women’s achievements and strengths. Her art making and dedication is a large point of interest within WoPro.
Using the relationships she has made in the Chamber of Commerce, Henderson Art Association, WoPro, and her previous experiences of art organizing, education, managing artists, and event planning, Watts is planning to build artist live/work spaces in the Water Street District. If achieved, these living spaces will be a grounding achievement in the development of the Water Street District by bringing artists into the community. It will be a core-working environment for artist offering photography, 2d, and sculpture studio space as well as a music production room and a wood/metals workshop. It will give the neighboring restaurants and cafés a reason to stay open late, as well as put Henderson on the map as a leading art environment.
I wrote this for the front page to the WoPro website. I am honored that Stefani is putting me on there. She's great. I will talk about her when the work I am doing for WoPro has developed a little more than it has right now. Its a great organization with a great president. If you see any typos in the bio, let me know. I'm not a very good editor of my own stuff.
Well, so much is going on I could keep talking, but then I wouldn't get much done. There's one more Jenn Martin image coming but I need a higher resolution Waterford Wedgewood logo to put on it before it gets sent out.
Thanks for reading.
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