Creative practices of a textile artist from Queensland, Australia. Now living in Somerset, England.
Category Archives: Inspiration
Adrawingaday project, number 7
Adrawingaday sketches and ink drawings. Self-portraits, pin-ups, surrealism, reverse mermaids and some flowers that look suspiciously like vulvas. Continue reading
Posted in adrawingaday, Experiments, Inspiration, Paper, Puns, Works in progress
Tagged adrawingaday, artist perspective, cartomancy, drawing, drawing exercises, expressions, geometry, Moleskine, queen of clubs, queen of diamonds, queen of hearts, queen of spades, reverse mermaids, Sketching, social media, WIP, work in progress
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Mandala drawings since I have run out of wool
Mandala drawings, stickers and other sketches completed in December, 2013. Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Inspiration, Paper, Re-use, Stickers, Textiles
Tagged artist perspective, drawing, Experiments, ink, Mandala, paper, Sketching, Stickers
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What is my artwork worth? A awkward discussion about artist wages.
How much is my artwork worth? An opinion regarding paying artists for services rendered. Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Inspiration, Queensland, Research, Review, Textiles, Toowoomba
Tagged artist perspective, Award Wages, Creative Arts, review, Textile Artists, Visual Artists, Wages
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Ten thousand hours of crochet
Have I done 10,000 hours of crochet? I looked up some stats and roughly worked it out. Continue reading
Posted in Crafternoons, Crochet & Knitting, Inspiration, Research, Textiles
Tagged artist perspective, crafternoons, crochet, Maths, Reflection, Statistics, textiles
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Artist News / October Links Round Up
Artist News / October Links Round Up Personal artist news: Someone snapped a photo of a throw I created, and used it as a title image: http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b20044531929534bdd108e0a1&id=fda8a0348a&e=%5BUNIQID I found an older write up on Brief Encounters on ActorsGreenRoom: http://actorsgreenroom.net/archives/8525 I … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Inspiration, Queensland, Research, Textiles, theGRID, Toowoomba
Tagged artist perspective, Australia, brief encounters, Empire Theatre, Fair Isle, NAVA, promotional, theGRID hybrid arts collective, Toowoomba
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Snapped: Why I’m Wearing This contribution for ABC Open
Snapped: Why I’m Wearing This Vintage Green Dress ABC Open is asking for contributions for the series Snapped: Why I’m Wearing This. It was so difficult to choose any one particular thing; I went with a dress that is now … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Photography, theGRID, Toowoomba, Workshops
Tagged artist perspective, crafternoons, crochet, photography, professional, promotional, Queensland, theGRID hybrid arts collective, Toowoomba, Vintage, vintage books, wearable arts
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Collaboration, Exhibitions, Experiments, Inspiration, Queensland, theGRID, Toowoomba, Works in progress
Tagged ABC Open, alterations, Animating Spaces, artist perspective, Artslink Queensland, brief encounters, collaboration, exhibitions, experimentation, handmade, Toowoomba
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Large handmade postcards, collage crafternoon
I needed large handmade postcards for a recent spree of letter writing. I enjoy sending snailmail to people. With the assistance of Muzy, I have put together a compilation (or series of) the cards I collaged together from reused file … Continue reading
Posted in Crafternoons, Inspiration, Paper, Re-use, Works in progress
Tagged alterations, books, collage, compilation, crafternoon, crafternoons, drawing, experimentation, handmade, Muzy, newspaper, paper, postcard, recycled, reused, snailmail
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Vintage craft book adults
Vintage craft book adults have their shit together a lot better than their youthful counterparts. It’s probably because they chose to be there…but there’s a couple that are just amazing.
Posted in How-to, Inspiration, Vintage Books
Tagged how-to, photography, textiles, vintage books, wearable arts
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Vintage craft book kids
Vintage craft book kids are a strange lot. I don’t think photographers got as many chances at getting that “perfect” shot of children at play as modern photographers do. So here they are; enjoying their new beanie, wearing smocks, or … Continue reading
Posted in How-to, Inspiration, Photography, Vintage Books
Tagged crafternoons, DIY, handmade, photography, vintage books, wearable arts
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