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Madeleina Kay
Feb 21 min read
Is it Art? Or is it Cat?
I was attempting to photograph my first "Po-hate-o Sack" painting on a plain white background... When my overly-inquisitive cats decided...
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Madeleina Kay
Jan 212 min read
Potainting Sacks
I've started to feel like the potato painting on canvas wasn't really going anywhere - it also doesn't make a lot of sense to use this...
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Madeleina Kay
Jan 54 min read
Only "Love" Can Hurt Like This
My Instagram feed is full of pithy quotes, relationship advice and motivational "life lessons". I am 100% guilty of sharing them to my...
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Madeleina Kay
Dec 28, 20241 min read
The "Hate Dress" Documentary
Just over a month ago, me and Jeff Kew travelled to Central Saint Martins to film the footage for this documentary film about my "Hate...
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Madeleina Kay
Nov 22, 20245 min read
The Hate Dress at CSM & Grotto
I wanted to submit a video about my "Hate Dress" to the UAL Future Fashion Film Festival and also for personal documentation purposes,...
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 29, 20243 min read
Johann's Flag
I was telling Johann about my MA research project, and my intention to create individual flags for the participants I am interviewing....
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 24, 20243 min read
Potato Painting ... Is Surprisingly Hard
After discussing during a drop-in tutorial which work I should submit for the Grotto print fair - we decided to go with one of my "Troll...
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 20, 20242 min read
Post Grad Community Family Heirloom Displayed at Central Saint Martins Library
I had to make an unexpected work trip to London (for a currently undisclosable purpose) on Friday, but since the Post-Grad Community...
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 9, 20241 min read
The "Hate Dress" Garden Photoshoot & Social Media Response
The "Hate dress" is a nightmare to get into / out of an renders me practically imobile. So, I decided to take the dress out into the...
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 5, 20243 min read
Assembling the "Hate Dress"
Once the paint work on the bodice was dry, I was able to attach the "straps" - I decided to use blue ribbons, since blue is a healing...
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Madeleina Kay
Sep 13, 20241 min read
UAL Post-Grad Community Family Heirloom
I'm really excited that my textiles square has been included in the UAL Post-Grad Community Family Heirloom Patchwork Quilt which is...
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Madeleina Kay
Sep 8, 20242 min read
Starting work on the "hate dress"
I wanted to make a dress out of the pieces of fabric onto which I have been painting troll comments . But I think I have been putting off...
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Madeleina Kay
Sep 2, 20242 min read
Kurdish People's Democratic Assembly at the SNP Conference, Edinburgh
I attended the SNP conference representing the Young European Movement (YEM) last weekend, and got talking to the stall opposite - the...
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 28, 20241 min read
Narcissistic Abuse
This blog post is available upon request.
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 28, 20241 min read
The Last of the Troll Comments (For Now)...
Here are the last of the (recent) troll comments which I have received since starting my MA degree. My intention is to stitch the pieces...
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 17, 20242 min read
Some More Troll Comments...
I have been persevering with my "Troll Comments" painting - where I am writing out shit people have written under my social meia posts...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 25, 20242 min read
"I wish I were less straight" cushions
I bought enough of the ballerina-princess fabric to make two cushions (for my bedroom) as well as the wall-hanging - I just had to come...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 21, 20242 min read
Making Wings for "CarnaLivia"
My Brazillian friend invited me to her 40th birthday "carnival" - so I decided I would make a special costume for the occassion. I had...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 18, 20242 min read
"Who took away your sparkle?" cushions
Knowing that I had two spare cushions in my attic with very tatty covers, I bought some extra pink-glitter-princess-ballerina fabric so I...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 15, 20241 min read
Troll Comments - "Everything is Material"
I've been collecting troll comments with the intention of using them in an artwork - after all, "everything is material". My initial...
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