Welcome to The Obtainery.
A place where the discarded, unwanted and abandoned items are recovered, dragged home, collected and refashioned into unique, one off costume characters. A creation house focused on upcycling and waste reduction by transforming what people call ‘junk’ into treasure. Your hard rubbish is a world waiting to be re-created.
Formerly of the Asylum Dollz, Janelle Dollery has gone solo and now creates as the ‘The Obtainery’.
Maintaining the spirit of multidisciplinary techniques, each character is a mix of learnt skills, new challenges and experiments… a lot of experiments. You can often find The Obtainery knee deep in fabric, glue, shiny things and something that looks useful.
Donated curtains, things from nanas old sewing box, car bits, snake sheds, acquisitions from the kerbside and left over renovation hardware are just some of the things you will find lurking in random design concepts of The Obtainery costumes.
The motivation starts with the raw material, (whatever that may be) and develops into a personality driven by mythology, nature and music - the end result being a complex woven story that needs a strong drink to explain and fully appreciate.
The Obtainery draws inspiration from Tim Burton, Alexander McQueen, JP Gaultier and Colleen Atwood; those who push the boundaries of street, stage and costume design. Like these gurus, each piece produced is a mix of strength, whimsy theatrics and musical soundtracks just waiting to break out and co exist amongst us mere mortals.
Like the toys that come alive at night, these are the characters created from stuff you throw away.
www.theobtainery.com
A place where the discarded, unwanted and abandoned items are recovered, dragged home, collected and refashioned into unique, one off costume characters. A creation house focused on upcycling and waste reduction by transforming what people call ‘junk’ into treasure. Your hard rubbish is a world waiting to be re-created.
Formerly of the Asylum Dollz, Janelle Dollery has gone solo and now creates as the ‘The Obtainery’.
Maintaining the spirit of multidisciplinary techniques, each character is a mix of learnt skills, new challenges and experiments… a lot of experiments. You can often find The Obtainery knee deep in fabric, glue, shiny things and something that looks useful.
Donated curtains, things from nanas old sewing box, car bits, snake sheds, acquisitions from the kerbside and left over renovation hardware are just some of the things you will find lurking in random design concepts of The Obtainery costumes.
The motivation starts with the raw material, (whatever that may be) and develops into a personality driven by mythology, nature and music - the end result being a complex woven story that needs a strong drink to explain and fully appreciate.
The Obtainery draws inspiration from Tim Burton, Alexander McQueen, JP Gaultier and Colleen Atwood; those who push the boundaries of street, stage and costume design. Like these gurus, each piece produced is a mix of strength, whimsy theatrics and musical soundtracks just waiting to break out and co exist amongst us mere mortals.
Like the toys that come alive at night, these are the characters created from stuff you throw away.
www.theobtainery.com
Photo credits, from top left:
Photographer: Darren Clarke of D.Clarke Photography
MUA and Props: Janelle Dollery
Skulls and Blood: Mark Shannon
Photo 1. Autumn Queen / Sandi Lee
Photo 2. The Shaman / Kaila Woodkin
Photo 3. Queen Isis / Paula Bye
Photo 4. Raider / Kat Mrow
Photo 5. Steampunk / Ren CG
Photographer: Darren Clarke of D.Clarke Photography
MUA and Props: Janelle Dollery
Skulls and Blood: Mark Shannon
Photo 1. Autumn Queen / Sandi Lee
Photo 2. The Shaman / Kaila Woodkin
Photo 3. Queen Isis / Paula Bye
Photo 4. Raider / Kat Mrow
Photo 5. Steampunk / Ren CG
