Back to black

This photo is part of a collaborative series for our 2018 calendar featuring five different artists: Sogetsu Ikebana sensei Claudia Garcia who creates floral headpieces in the Sogetsu style; makeup artist Carine Bacani; jewelry designer and maker Clarice Samson-Lu, and Team Q Photography. Our theme this year was color contrast and color harmony. This is our 3rd year of collaboration with Garcia and Bacani with Samson-Lu coming on board this year as a guest artist. With each year, we try to explore different themes to showcase the best of what each of us has to offer and we're happy to see that we have grown as artists and craftsmen and women as we continue our artistic exploration and collaboration. For this photo, we wanted the ever-elegant black to evoke the old glamour of Hollywood, specifically calling to mind Audrey Hepburn's timeless elegance.