At home with the tea party

It all begins with an idea…. actually it all began when I saw this location and immediately thought of the amazing rabbit head that my model, Chi Chi, owned.

We all know about the tea party but I wanted to go home with these characters too and see how they lived once they got out of the book. Woo were they really?

Sourcing the props was pretty detailed and surprisingly hard. From broken old pocket watches to tea cups, cake stands and dead flowers. My car was stuffed full of not just the props and photography equipment but also bags and bags of ivy to ‘soften’ the set.

I loved all the little details of this shoot - pocket watch parts, splashes, dead flowers and even a little Dormouse at the party. I imagined the March Hare was a drugged up, slightly degenerate in a clinical bare home. Alice was a pregnant home body who liked knitting in a cosy house with retro vibes and finally the Mad hatter who wasnt actually so mad, but just slightly eccentric in a cool house, with a slight steam punk interest and a chilled attitude.

I just loved how much fun this whole project was.