Do you see a woman who excels in her work? She will stand before KINGS; she will not stand before obscure men.
CROCHET Fashion AVANT-GARDE Designer, Stylist or style-preneur, wearable crochet artist, crafter, art-rageousness, inspiration!, moi:reinvention, undefinable, dreamer, observer, fabulous (blush!),artwear, spontaneity, fibers, fabric, sewing, handmade, altered threads, art, style, innovator, creative expression, mixed media, collage, assemblage, abstract expressionism, contemporary sculpture, clay, charms, beads, buttons, hair extensions, extreme makeup, nail art, animation, African dance, intrepretative sign language, poetry, spoken word, people watching, introspection, self-employment (aha "crochet-preneur") AvonLady, extroversion, quietness ("in quietness shall be your strength"), travel, vintage, interior design, myspace addict (for now--quick! I gotta get back to shooting up with my fibers: foaming at the hook!) spontaneity, exhortation, optimism, GROWTH, hugging, laughter & joy (my daughter's quote: "How can that smile NOT hurt your face?!"), networking with sincere people, the internet, storytelling and blogging at OFF DA HOOK AWE!Some CROCHET
Music
Easy listening, gospel, some hip hop
RHYTHM OF THE HOOK
Speak MY PRAISES
There are only going to be very few women who can share your enthusiasm and creativity as it explodes forth!!! and then only one man!
You are a diamond in transition/make the final cuts...blackness, but the very spray of many hues and grades of talent
The poetry in motion is so kinetic--active when you crochet--is rhythmic and captivating!
I love to watch you sketch and go from being 'pregnant' into 'labor' and 'deliver' in joy & sorrow--newborn ideas/designs!
You're a wonderful and very protective mother to your ingenuity!!
You caress the yarn, teaching it how to breathe, live and love being seen and it just hugs you! Can an outfit or an accessory be proud to be worn? Does it shine for its creator/mother? Do your 'natural' children? Of course, so why not your designs?!
Take time to dance with joy.
A much adoring fan,
Mark
Movies
KINKY IN THE 'HAM FOX 6 Live TV broadcast
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Broadcast live on FOX 6 Birmingham, Designer GINA RENAY of AWE!Some Crochet with reporter Jeh Jeh
The Pursuit of Happyness, Happy Feet, Akeelah & the Bee, Yentl, Enter the Dragon, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Imitation of Life, Ong Bak the Thai Warrior, Fearless
Monk, America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, America's Best Dance Crew
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Books
The Bible
"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time. This expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open...Martha Graham
Heroes
my husband, Bruce Lee
If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. ~~~Bruce Lee
fashion designers I admire: GinaRenay, Yohji Yamamoto, Claude Montana, Issey Miyake, Thierry Mugler, Christian Lacroix, Yves Saint Laurent, Comme Des Garcons
Artists: Robert Rauschenberg, Jackson Pollock, Louise Nevelson, Georgie O'Keefe, Joseph Cornell, Picasso
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I am an avant-garde CROCHET FASHION DESIGNER, fiber artist, stylist, dancer & model(ling) my designs daily. I was born and raised in New York City, NY. I am a completely self-taught designer since childhood, and I wield my spontaneous weapon of praise joyfully. And, gyrl, I'm surgical with this instrument!-- I love what I do and who I am while doing it, wink. I have taught my childhood peers to crochet as well as adults to break all rules when it comes to yarn and a hook.
We are actually creating fabric as we work row by row and fabric eventually produces fashion--rejoice in the works of your own hands. I have hosted a television show in Moss Point, MS (pre-Hurricane Katrina) called "The AWE!Some Crochet YouGoGirl Show". I have also done numerous fashion shows both here & abroad, taught at the Sandra Eisler Summer Art Camp, had my work in galleries, been interviewed for news articles, walk daily in my creations--Da Hook has been good to and for me! Oh HOOK YEAH!
Shows I've participated in:
2009
Rhythm & Fashion From The Motherland: Celebrate the WARRIOR, March 6th
FLOW SO FIERCE Fashion Show, Feb 28th
Women Who Make Things Happen networking, Feb 22nd
Fresh Faces Magazine networking, Feb. 21st
A Night of Passion wth Daaijee, Feb. 14th
STARBREAKERS TV Taping, Feb. 8th
A New Beginning: Innovative Model & Talent Management
"Show Me The Money"/
Soul Sessions @ Tiempo Privado
"Chocolate In Winter"//my birthday celebration/mini fashion show
2008
CHRISTMAS BANQUET, First St. Peter AME
CATWALK With A CAUSE
CHRISTMAS PARTY, Osbourne High School
A REAL DESIRE PRESENTS: Fashion & Talent Showcase
PHOTO SHOOT With TIM BRANTLEY
DIAMOND STUDDED Fashion Show
Exclusive Xpressions Fashion Show
The Cutting Edge TV Show, Live Taping MACE AWARDS
YOUTH MOTIVATION DAY, Frederick Douglas High School, Atlanta
VIDEO MUSIC SHOOT with TRE CARTER, SLAZAH PRODUCTIONS
People TV Premiere Party Red Carpet
Greater St. Peter AME Church, Jonesboro
Atlanta Urban Fashion Week
Holy Convocation/95th Church Anniversary @ Greater St. Peters, "Fall Elegance" (received a standing ovation, wink)
Fall Glamour with TOP THIS! MODELS, Birmingham, AL
All White Affair/40th Birthday Celebration for film producer Gerald Barclay
Model Explosion II
Wet & Wild Pool Party
Men of Renaissance Live Fashion Production
Rock the Runway
Fashion in Motion: A Tribute To Mothers
"So Fresh" Stage Play
Phenomenal Women/Urban Network Fridays
A Diversity of Talents with American Idol Diana DeGarmo
Deelite Fashion Mixer
EXOTIC IDOL
"ALL EYES ON ME" @ Club Expose
WALK THE PIAZZA
KOFFEE "Miss Georgia: A Perfect State of Mind" Album Release Party
2007
SMS Fashion Matters Group
Carver Bible College
Fulton Co. Federal Bldg. Atrium
LaFemme Africaine Inc., PINKFEST
Ladies of NOW (Nigerian Outreach for Wellness
The Christian Socialites..
Fashion Fantasy 2007..
Summer Camp ages 5 - 14
Video Shoot with KeVasia, "ROLL CALL"
5th Annual Night Under the Stars/TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR CENTER
2007 Alpha Phi Alpha Fashion Show, Clayton State Univ
DREAM KWEENS Movie Premiere/Gala/Red Carpet/Fashion Show
Visual Erections
Milky Way 2007 Shake-n-Go Hair Fashion, New Orleans
L-Week Fashion Show/Lawson State, Birmingham, AL
Subliminal Spring Fashion Show/GA State Ballroom
Lace, Beads & Glimmer/100 Designing Women of Atlanta
African Cultural Show/Gordon College
Gifa Imoudu
Kinky in the 'Ham/Jazz Hall, Birmingham, AL
Lipstikk Inc.
Office Sports Bar 2nd annual lingerie show
2006
Greater Missionary Baptist Church "True Beauty"
Zeta Phi Beta Society
BET Hip Hop Awards 2006
"Celebrating Fashion"/TV taping, panelist
EXPO 2006 Pickneyville
United Ebony Society Juneteenth Celebration
Suwanee Arts in the Park, artist demonstrator
Photographers I've worked with:
CANDACE
A Real Desire, Matthew Carter Corey Reese Industry Image LLC
David Knox
Craig Sims
Shinobi Muhammad
Jason Scott
Kevin Stewart
Brandon Wiggins
John W. Washington
Perry Marcus/ReMARKable Photography
Timothy Brantley
Nick Romance
Kanen Photography
A Taste of Honey Artistic Creations
Make Up Artists:
Aaziah
Brian
Tamika
Cathy Carter
Eve Jade Artistry
Tiffany Sims
NYA
Makeup by Jewell
Karen Painter
Victor L. Perez
Sonya Tutuwan
IDEITY
Yvette Henry
Nikkole Kemp
Cresta
Angela Thomas
Makeup by Candace
Tynisha Lewis
HairStylists:
Natasha
Bernadettes Salon
Stylez by ZOE
PRINT:
Urban Mogul Magazine, FALL 2008
Urban Model Magazine, Oct 2008
Enjoy Life Magazine 'Beauty & Fashion' Oct 2007
CROSSROADS Official Newsletter of the City of Suwanee, GA, Sept 2006
Black Purls Magazine Jan. 05
NexStitch Summer 2005
The Mississippi Press (front page) 'To Thy Own Style Be True' 2005
MUSIC VIDEO
"Let's Drink & Let's Party", Sam Ajavon
TV
Better Mornings Atlanta LIVE, Cool Schools/Fashion Segment, January 2009
STAR BREAKERS: The Ultimate Showcase, "Live" tv taping
"A Konversation with Kelli" (Woman on a Hustle TV), guest panelist
Urban Fashion Atlanta TV, featured designer
Live TV Fox 6 Broadcast with Reporter Jeh Jeh Pruitt, Birmingham, AL, Jan 2007
SubUrban Underground TV taping 'Celebrating Fashion' Guest Panelist, Designer, 2006
'Spotlight on Jackson County', WKFK Channel 7, featured TV guest April 2004
RADIO:
Interview with Hip Hop Honeys, June 25, 2008
MOVIE CREDIT
"DREAM KWEENS" Designs on the Runway Segment
I am also an instructor; i.e., poetess in stitch in the Art of DA Hook, as well as a Sign Praise Intrepretative Dancer!
I am available for fashion & trunk shows, PHOTO SHOOTS, theatre, magazine print ads, video, tv & movie productions. I love collaboration and thrive on challenges!
I AM HOOKERLICIOUS!!!
~~say my name, say my name!!!
email me at ginarenay2@msn.com
~~~Redefining
my visual impact
unto the world: (of)
exuberant crochet!
manipulation
(of) innovative design concepts--ho rah!
In that stimulating progression of
in-the-moment
confrontational
tour-de-force,
let me entertain you
and
subject you
to the works of my hands
~~translation of style~~
(answering)
Envision:
carefree, unrestrained YOUniqueness
~~my creative soul to hands~~
an outpouring/
overflowing of art-rageousness
poetic threads:
BRING IT ON!/and drop it like it's HAUTE!
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Also!!!!
I AM a Katrina
Survivor
Arriver
Striver
Thriver
Ya better~~high 5~~her!!
you go girl
I am my own Designated Driver
"driven" by creativity
girl, you so crazy!
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I AM A HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUEE!
Da Black Hook: inventive, innovative, wild, bold crochet visionary~~daring to go where no chains have gone before
You can handle almost any social situation with grace, even the tricky ones. Strangers often find you charming and interesting. You are often remembered fondly. Even if you're not naturally outgoing, you can make conversation with anyone if you need to.
Whether you were born this way or had to work to get here, you are definitely charismatic. You're popular and well liked. People definitely look forward to being around you. Your social connections bring you a full and rich life. You understand how important it is to make a lasting impression.
YOU HOW WE DO IT EVERY WEDNESDAY BUT THIS FIRST WED AUGUST 5TH GLOBAL HUSTLE ENTERTAINMENT PROUDLY PRESENTS 2 OF NEW YORKS FINEST DJ DOO WOP AND DJ ENTYCE AND LADIES YOU STILL FREE TIL 1130 AND DRINK FREE TIL 12!! FELLAZ ONY 410 B4 1130!!AND OF COURSE THE GLOBAL HUSTLE GIRLZ WILL BE IN THE BUILDING !!!
Join Us at the 2009 NAAFA Fashion Show & Auction Dinner
Enjoy plus-size fashions at their best while you help support and celebrate 40 years of size acceptance advocacy efforts at the 2009 NAAFA Fashion Show on July 31, 2009!
This year Washington DC will take its place as the leading plus-size fashion capital of the world as we bring you the NAAFA 2009 Fashion Show & Auction Dinner being held on Friday, July 31, 2009, at the Dulles Airport Marriott. NAAFA is the world's oldest, largest civil rights organization working to improve the lives of people of size. We turn forty years old this year and are going strong with the strength we need to build a new future. This major fund raising event for our organization will feature food, fashion, music and our well known Not-So-Silent Auction.
Plus size fashion designers from around the country will present their latest collections of inspired designs. These talented designers have a sincere desire to see women return to the truth within themselves as expressed through what they wear, giving women of any age and size the opportunity to be truly fabulous. We are happy to announce that we have award winning makeup artist, Maisie Dunbar, to assist our volunteer model participants with their makeup and hair stylists from Paul Mitchell The School Virginia to finish their looks.
Be sure to bring your wallets, checkbooks and credit cards as we will showcase vendors of fashion, accessories and furniture--all catering to the plus size audience.
The event begins with dinner at 7pm on Friday, July 31, 2009. Tickets to this exciting fund raising event are $75 each for the entire fashion-filled evening and may be purchased through July 26, 2009 online by going to http://www.naafaonlin
We do hope you can come out to a very special show we are playing. Friday July 10th. 8pm - 4 gogirls bands playing in support of our fellow gogirls members, the band Cornerstone from Austria. Playing USA for the first time! Let's show them a warm Atlanta welcome w/green bracelet, electricsoul, and cell fehrenbach! Uptown Loft 9700 Medlock Bridge Road John's Creek (Duluth area)
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