where glamorous nonsense goes to thrive
Photo of Lenore Lenore by Cam Attree for Mx Burlesque Australia & Bombshell Burlesque
Photo of Phoenix Knight by Cam Attree for Mx Burlesque Australia & Bombshell Burlesque
hi! we are liss and lenore
Queer, neurodivergent, and frequently found saying yes to things we have no idea how to make possible.... yet. We are passionate about making things that are beautiful, functional, and a little bit more than anyone thought to ask for. Between the two of us we cover illustration, hand lettering, graphic design, brand identity, costume design, prop building, website design, print production... and honestly, whatever else is needed to help the excellent humans we work with bring their vision to life.
We're all about creative solutions with a healthy dash of queer chaos. So if you’ve got a fun project, you’re an excellent human, and you think we sound like the sort of people you’d love to work with, please get in touch!
lenore
illustrator / rhinestoning queen / burlesque performer
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Lenore is passionately devoted to the sacred art of gluing tiny shiny rocks to things until her eyes glaze over, rhinestones haunt our laundry, and your costume ascends to divinity. In fact, her personal collection has been lovingly inventoried, labelled, and counted to the individual stone using jewellers scales and a spreadsheet.
That same devotion shows up in everything she makes. Every illustration that comes out of Pink Nectarine is drawn by Len, by hand, from scratch - detailed, characterful, and entirely original to each project.
Lenore is also, to put it plainly, burlesque-obsessed - and has been for over a decade. With extensive experience on stages across Australia, she holds the title of Mx Burlesque Queensland 2016 and teaches at The Bombshell Burlesque Academy.
She cares big and deep about this art form. She understands from the inside how the best reveals happen, why a costume needs to move a certain way, what reads under lights and which rhinestone you need to make things truly pop. That knowledge is woven into everything she makes whether she's conscious of it or not.
A bisexual showgirl with a flair for drama and detail, Lenore brings poise, playfulness, and just the right amount of unhinged sparkle to every stage they grace… and to every illustration, rhinestone and project that lands on her desk.
liss
graphic + web designer / hand lettering specialist / textile witch
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Liss has spent the better part of their adult life making things look extraordinary - garment construction, graphic design, brand identity, web design, hand lettering, print production, and digital marketing.
They've taught thousands of students to letter through online courses, and have been sewing since their mum sat them down at a sewing machine at age five (their dad built a speed control for the vintage Elna out of a light dimmer so they could sew independently, because of course he did).
What Liss does - across every medium, every project, every brief - is see the whole picture clearly, and hold it there while every detail gets built.
They have an uncommon ability to hear what someone actually wants underneath what they've asked for, because most people have already talked themselves out of the real thing before they've made contact. Part of the work is finding that out. The rest is figuring out how to make it real - whether that means a brand identity, a website, a hand-lettered wordmark, or four mechanical ibises made from salvaged parts and feathers cut from foam they found at Reverse Garbage.
The "textile witch" title was Lenore's idea. It fits.