kellymariemcewan
Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art
Category: Rugging
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Begin anew.
I never got around to the why of all those mushrooms. Those were used in a frantic fortnight of late, late nights and the hysteria you develop after days of reduced sleep. Looking back, I am glad I have photos as it’s all a blur of stitch, stitch, stitch, with brief intermissions when Micheal, the owner, wandered
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Crows Nest
I went up to Crows Nest Art Gallery yesterday and installed 4 of my works for their latest exhibition, Something Only We Know. Some of these works are a bit older, and I was astounded by where my head was then, and how connected these works are to periods in my life. I don’t think I have
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Fairy-ring 2, done and dusted.
So, it took approximately one month, and I have pretty much finished Fairy-ring 2. I say ‘pretty much’ as there is about another hour of polishing (clipping the loops to make the pile) needed, and I have yet to sew a wee label on the back. I added about another single and double sheets’ worth of material to
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Fairy-ring 2; an update.
So, over the last few weeks my work ground to a halt as I have started prac and moved house, but I have too much stuff I want to do so after some late nights working I am getting towards the end of Fairy-ring 2. I am helped by the amount of rags in shades of green I
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Fly Agaric Mushroom Experiments
Side-view of Fairy-ring 2 After the Blockwork exhibition I had time to think about where to go next, and I am not done exploring the comically otherworldly crocheted fairy rings. After a few days hunched over the hooks I had a couple of dozen new mushrooms to try out the new plan, and here it is: Fairy-ring 2 (beginning)
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Event (Johnston Kitchens Joinery Shed)
I was fortunate enough to be invited to exhibit in the now-finished Blockwork Art and Design Exhibition. Sally Johnston is the curator of these quarterly pop-up exhibitions, which alternate in theme between Visual Arts and Design & Photography. They are held in several places in Toowoomba, often at the Johnston Kitchens Joinery Shed which is, well, a joinery shed.
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Humine Spongiform, 2010. Wool and hessian backing. So, I am starting to write about my art in particular and crafts in general. Bear with me as I become accustomed to this. Above is an image of a work of mine. Currently, my favourite way of making works is by utilising crochet and rugging techniques, although I
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