Charlie Tuesday Gates

This headpiece was recently seen on the holy head of Cara Delevingne. The Kate Moss of a new generation. The shamanic powers of this stonking headpiece seem to be bringing good vibes as you can also see the same piece in the fashion pages of MIXMAG. Yes this creation is certainly doing the rounds.   Usually my artistic practice revolves around making sculpture and performance. Obviously I’ve retired from all that ( see retirement post ), so now I’m making fashionable sculptures for people, performers, anyone who wants excessive accessories to wear. Turning lost trinkets into treasure, death and the discarded can be beautiful! Before... After So all of my fashion things can be found on these sites below! If you have a fashion shoot, event, performance, special occasion or just popping by the shops, please do get in touch and I can definitely kit you out with some kick ass accessories! MIND LIKE MAGPIE  WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER

Years ago we I set about making taxidermy props for the massively popular, prize winning, mini micro budget blockbuster BORROWED TIME written and directed by Jules Bishop. Finally, this heart-warmingly hilarious tragedy will be hitting the big screen...    One of the main characters (Phil Davis) is a taxidermy enthusiast so he needed lots of bizarre accessories. I was drafted in to teach the production crew how to stuff squirrels ….with sanitary towels. Hand making little clothes and dressing the creations like you would in pre-school. One of these little critters became Phil's mascot, attached to the front of his mobility scooter. My creations are movie stars!   EVENT:  To co-inside with the release of the highly anticipated BORROWED TIME, I will be teaching you how to make your very own Borrowed Time Squirrel mascot with a master class in D.I.Y Taxidermy.  The preview date is apparently the 13th of September. Will give more venue details

Some people will be thrilled to know I will be announcing my retirement . . . . The taxidermy market has become saturated and to be honest I don’t really like the paths of trend I’m apparently treading. I prefer to carve them. Unfortunately paths get turned into roads and then motorways,   so I’m pulling onto the hard shoulder and going into the bushes to have a pit stop until the traffic dies down. I really didn’t want to be on the motorway. BUT! I can’t go out without a splat so this October will see the return of:  D.I.Y Taxidermy IIX CAT GOT YOUR TOUNGE? Hopefully this will leave a gaping wound in the performance world. ….The last D.I.Y saw me put up against some hard-core animal rights activist, heavily edited news coverage made sure I was banned in Germany and a campaign of hate removed me from facebook for the 3 rd time. It’s been a while since I’ve done something to get me removed so hopefully this will see me gone for good with a sensory and em

My sister and I went on the most ridiculous all inclusive holiday in Mallorca. It was bonkers. We had our mouths open from start to finish. It was the epitome of the Britt’s abroad anti culture we have grown to know and loathe. There was nothing Spanish about 853 room super resort, strait out the 70’s and so were the people. All there was to do was eat and drink and secretly take pictures of the animals at the zoo… St’ terracotta was THE colour of the holiday.  Some people actually blended in with the furniture.  Dehydrated prune was a status symbol. The only way to blend in was to become one with the lobster Mullet Mayhem A genuine christening My favourite pair of lesbians. . . The entertainment consisted of failed actors and impersonators seemingly brought back from the dead. Cruise ship style singers topped off with token mullets playing the last few decades ‘hit’s while the audience drowned out the drones of the casio keyboard, at it’s bes

www.mindlikemagpie.com http://www/facebook.com/mindlikemagpie I've been turning my hand to fashion accessories these past few weeks. After a trip to Dorset I came back with a hell of a lot of skulls. I've put them to the most beautful use possible, embellishing them with my vast collection of jewelles and trinkets lovingly hoarded over a few generations of lifetime.  8 puffins came into my life, rescued from a beach up North after that horrendous mystery oil spill a few months back. Unfortunately they weren't kept that frozen so I could only salvage the wings. Such beautiful birds!!! One sale in a little artist emporium called  Cult Mountain  Cult Mountain is also on  FACEBOO k Nautical inspired headpiece featuring a fox skull, birds feet, fine feathers, shells, trinkets, faux pearls and leather. Some wonderful soul found a woodpecker and sent it to me in the post. Soon to be resurrected as a headpiece  Charlie Tuesday Gates

Watch video HERE  On Saturday the 11th of May, people really did go wild for wildlife. It was the most thrilling performance combining some of my most favourite things: singing, raw emotion and roadkill. Imagine a cabaret show in the underworld, judged by Cheryl Cole, Harry Hill and Damien Hirst - and compèred by Edgar Allen Poe? Not for the faint-hearted, this unholy union of taxidermy, puppetry and chanson explores the no-man’s-land between hilarity and tragedy. .  'SING FOR YOUR LIFE!' took the audience on a sensory adventure, tugging at their moral and immoral heart strings, as I brought the reality of death to life in a musical foray Basically what all this means is i'm taking taxidermy up a notch.. . Taking it to the West End(eventually). I previewed a small sample/exsample of what the future holds at Hundred Years Gallery.  I eased the audience in by playing a selection of highly of