kellymariemcewan
Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art
Category: Textiles
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Gail Grunske, Diane Symes and Carol Oyston; Out of the Box in Crows Nest
Although I spend a bit of time at the CNRAG, I obviously don’t pay that much attention to the upcoming events as it was with surprise that I greeted the new textiles-based exhibition that is up for the month of April. I really like it! My bias is obvious but the sheer mass of handcrafting that has gone
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What’s this?
NeedlesHooksPins the blog had a birthday over the weekend. Unfortunately, it appears I celebrate these milestones like I celebrate my own: remember a few days before, run out of time, do nothing until well after the fact. Hopefully this ‘celebration’ of sorts will occur during this week. Until then, I’ve been taking a break from
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Another experiment.
Two weeks ago, I hosted a pincushion making workshop for Toowoomba Brown Owls. Everyone was successful in creating their own pincushion; Thanks Melita, for your encouraging words of support. I still have a lot of left over materials for the kits, and have made extra ones up. We have spiralling in clockwise from the left: embroidery
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Finding out what else I can do.
A night’s folding and drawing, fooling around with ‘artsy’ shots Unofficially, I have set myself a challenge of getting out of my comfort zone this year. With uni behind me (for now) I am willing to set myself a lot more goals and due dates in relation to my art. So, as I have probably
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Recent inspiration, branching out.
So, I think in general, ‘street art’ as a concept is something that I’m becoming more interested in, and thanks to the internet, can research at my own pace, while networking with a vast array of artists seem to be freer in the production and distribution of their works than I am currently. There have been several
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Exhibition at Atelier gallery
So, I have works at the Atelier Unique Fine Art gallery. There’s an open day on this Sunday from 12pm-2pm and I would love to see people there, to talk about textiles and what not. There’s so much on this weekend! I will be swinging by there in between the Have a Go festival at the
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My felting process
Newly complete pieces. Afterbirth, wet cats, throw up…You don’t even need to think it. I know. You’ll note I’ve titled this post My felting process. It is a pretty rough n’ ready process, and I am not creating a finished product that is designed to be worn, machine-washed or subjected to any physical stress. What
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Felting phase 1: Complete!
Finally, finished. At three o’clock in the morning that night, I had completed the rest of the wool teasing process. That was good news, because intermittantly my hand was siezing up with a sensation that felt like the sound; “sproing!” Here they are, ready to felt. And, one rainy Sunday later: 10 pieces, roughly A4 size.
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Craftnoons, Jan 2012. Pt. 2: Felting, felting, felting
So, I am getting close to finishing the first large step in what may be the first of several felting projects, all in anticipation for theGRID‘s beginning in February. In these last couple of days, I am frantically trying to finish what I can, remember what I was supposed to do, be ready to move in and
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Crafternoons, January 2012.
My artist residency (did I say that right?) begins at theGRID on Wednesday 1st Feb. I am looking forwards to it, a home away from home, and I can probably draw on the walls. I am currently midway through a huge felting project, definitely related to the commencement of this latest adventure. You may recognise
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