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SAMMM AGNEW

Can also be reached at www.SammmAgnew.com

About Me

a>Freelance specialist Make up and Effects artist interested in subversion and reproduction of natural form.
Fully experienced in many different make up and hair styling techniques and disiplines including airbrushing, face and body painting, and prosthetic creation.
Having been a professional make up and effects artist for over 5 years now with an honours degree from UAL:The London College of Fashion: in Costume, Technical Effects and Make up means that as well as make up and hair styling she has vast experience in many different types of prop design and production.
This includes puppets, dolls, body padding, helmets, masks, head gear. These are produced using carpentry skills, pattern cutting and fabrication skills and mould making, and casting techniques.
This wide range of disiplines means that she is able to easily identify the right technique and outcome needed for the project.
Together with her well developed knowledge of painting and finishing techniques this lady will no doubt be able to help you devise what it is you are looking for whether it be for private use,live action performances,theatre,exhibition,film,TV or print.
She is a regular occurance on the London club scene providing a range of hair, make up and production design services and can frequently be found working at Festival of Sins, Striplite, Torture Garden, and has also worked at Antichrist,and Corsets and Pearls.
Over the years has also provided make up, hair styling, and props for:
The Kings of Leon 2007 World Tour, Die Toten Hosen 2008 World Tour, and Coldplay-Viva La Vida 2008 World Tour.
Promo Videos:Coldplay-Viva La Vida, Arisca-Waxwork, Amanda Palmer-debut solo single
The promotion of: Hellraiser, Resident Evil: Extinction.
TV programs: The Chop Shop, Holby City, BBC News
Feature films: The Golden Age 2006, Fantastic Mr Fox 2009, Temptation 2008.
Live action Performances:Stan Wont Dance-Off The Wall-Southbank centre Reopening 2007,Run-Greenwich Festival 2008, Kerrang Awards 2008
Short films: Thou Shalt Not 2007, Baby Snatcher 2008, Twisted Love 2008, The Curious Case of Daniel Thompson 2008, Killing Spree 2008, The Drowners 2008.
Catwalk shows at the following events: The Xpo 2007, UUFA 2007, Passion 2008, Skin two/LAM Expo 2008, The Xpo 2008
Published:The London paper, Alternative London, Alt Fashion, The Mirror, Bizarre, The Make up Magazine
Exhibitions:The Skin Two Expo 2006, United artists fair 2008, Richmond Adult college 2008,LCF:JPS 2008 Below, you can see video snippets of some of her work.

My Interests

Contortion,subversion, manipulation and observation of resistant materials

The FEEL of:Yoga,a job well done pilates,listening to music whilst walking fastquestioning and finding reasons and links between events, and occurances in human language,behaviour, socialisation and general psychology

The TASTE of:watermelon,baclava,mogador,exciting variety of different teas,red bean paste, banana wheat beer

The SMELL of: freshly cut grass just after rain on a summers day, Reeves and Mortimer, Jean Paul Gaultier2, supracolour, almonds, coconut, fresh air

The SIGHT of:two tone,baby animals, juxtapostion, extravagant shape and form, Tank Girl, The Rocky Horror, Barbed Wire, Catwomen,the holy mountain,dogma,evil aliens,eraserhead, Velvet Goldmine, Batman the beginning, Breakfast on Pluto,Red Dwarf,Dr Who, the IT crowd, The Young Ones, Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (all but the film), Danny Wallace,biographies,James Herbert

The SOUND of:Depeche Mode, Adam And the Ants, Placebo, Dave Gahn, Fischerspooner, The Specimen, The Damned, Bauhaus, Edith Piaf,delerium, Marlene Dietrich, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The cure, Underworld, FC kahuna, The chemical Brothers, IAMX, MSI,

I'd like to meet:

Anyone cant be learnt from, or that has something interesting to offer. Please do not add blindly. It is annoying and a waste of time

Also runs private make up consultations, to create a fabulous look for a big night out please approach her for rates. News coverage of Alternative London Fashion Week-Kaoris Latex dreams show featuring gorgeous models large hairstyles Low-Res image of The kings of Leon performing Charmer at Wembley 2007-Starring Dangerous Dolly in full body paint and Foam wig Festival of Sins-(2007)Spank show featuring hair and make up make up/hair,UUFA(2007 Southbank Centre Reopening-mask/helmets/props(2007)

Television:

Coldplay-Viva la Vida promo video Coldplay performing on Johnathon Ross 2008 performing songs from 2008 album'Viva la vida' featuring TV prop. Travels of the TV prop-Coldplay on BBC2 18/5/08 peforming songs form Viva La Vida Coldplay with TV prop-Espacio Movistar-Barcelona 2008 Coldplay on Today show with TV prop Coldplay-Brixton Academy 2008 Temptation 2009-Make up designer

Books:



Heroes:

Guy Louis XV, Chris Barrie, Robert Smith

My Blog

update

All my blogs now are to be up on www.sammmagnew.comI will use myspace if its necessary, but for regular updates without fail please refer to my main site.See lots of you this weekend either at Skin 2/...
Posted by SAMMM AGNEW on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:03:00 PST

You will be exterminated...

Hello all! Its been an annoying few days or so but I'm back rearing to go, and almost fully over my annoyance at Myspace for deleting me in the first place! Thats the problem, people want me to do bod...
Posted by SAMMM AGNEW on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:28:00 PST