kellymariemcewan
Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art
Category: Experiments
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Review of Brief Encounters, Empire Theatre, Toowoomba
Review of Brief Encounters Toowoomba From the Brief Encounters at the Empire Theatre Facebook Page; a great review of the Brief Encounters project that I was a part of, which finished this Saturday weekend. By Amber Gwynne, Arts Writer. Brief Encounters: lasting impressions Once, in an interview, French painter Henri Matisse commented: ‘Creativity takes courage.’
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Does art matter? Artists say, yes.
Does Art Matter? …Is the question Benjamin Tupas, a producer for ABC Open posited to artists recently about the creation of art in Toowoomba in the article Art Matters. I was one of the artists, and I was quoted! The article was in reference to two events that were happening in Toowoomba over the weekend.
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Short film ‘Toy Shelf’ for Brief Encounters Toowoomba
Short film for Brief Encounters Toowoomba, called ‘Toy Shelf’ This short film is strange without context, so let me set you up a little; it plays at the start of our show, then the stage lights up and it is a life sized version of a work bench. There are novelty oversized erasers, needles, pincushions,
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Brief Encounters Australia – Creative Arts fusion in Toowoomba, Queensland
The Brief Encounters project – in Australia! Very pleased to announce I’ve been invited to participate in the Brief Encounters project. It has been running in Vancover since 2005, started up by some interesting folks called the Tomorrow Collective. I’ll be working on this project with Matt Collins, co-creator of other projects such as The
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Crochet flowers, crochet vines, assorted WIPs compilation
The phrase “when all is said and done, more is said than done” in reference to Pinterest had been haunting me. I love practicality. For the right people, it is much more than a collection of pretty pictures of cakes, nurseries and wedding dresses. The following collection of images are from a range of
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Amigurumi and Fair Isle crochet – the latest ideas
Amigurumi and Fair Isle crocheting have been two crochet techniques I have enjoyed working on for about the last month. I made a 3-dimensional squid in a hat (with a moustache); It reminds me of Thomson and Thompson. Except there’s only one squid, so…..just Thomson then. Then I properly learned the technique for Fair Isle
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Pinterest tutorial results, How To Cover Shoes
I tackled a shoe tutorial found on Pinterest a few weeks ago now. It was a tutorial on covering secondhand shoes with a new fabric to give them a new life. It is from the lovemaegan blog, direct link available here. She used a beautiful houndstooth fabric; …which I sadly did not have, but I
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Zine workshop results
Zine workshop I was supposed to post about the results from this event awhile back. Unfortunately, life gets in the way sometimes and I am certainly behind on writing about some recent artist events. Today I am also celebrating having access to a computer again! I haven’t had one for the last couple of weeks
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Drawing, sketching, thumbnails
Mentioned in last post, I have been doing some small sketches. I have compiled them here for posterity. All of these have been posted to friends and family, added to collages and postcards and glued to the master copies of zines. Enjoy!
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Drawing; new ideas, works in progress.
Drawing, new ideas and works in progress. Drawing of late. It’s an absorbing process to participate in, and I can feel a mental “dusting off” of skills that were in long-term storage in my brain. I have also been posting a lot of little sketches and thumb nail ideas into my Instagram account, as well
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