kellymariemcewan
Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art
Category: theGRID
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The manager, the artist, the all of it
The last few weeks have been busy. So busy, in fact, that I’ve really got to keep on making works. This will hopefully be a quick post, where I will recap on some recent interesting events and discuss what’s on the horizon. Past:So, I was fortunate enough to be invited to participate in not one, but two documentary
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theWORK
With the dust of the residency beginning to settle and the works in a place of pride in the MARS gallery of theGRID, life is returning to normal. I have time to reflect, and post a behind-the-scenes montage of the making of Humine Spongiform II – Advancement. Is montage even the right word
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I’m in…
Really excited to start my first week of artist residency at theGRID hybrid arts collective space. Oh no! Just kidding! I have been sitting on these images for months. It looks like this now: Our room! Classy couches (don’t look closer) Best desk. Needs tabletop? Quapoor has moved his drawings in… A table with blackboard
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Leading up to the woolbombing
On Wednesday last week I began the afternoon sessions leading up to International Yarn Bombing Day. Things have started off slowly, for everyone else. Currently making a lot of everything, as fast as I can! Lots of little flags, cuffs, wraps and 1/3rd of a beanbag chair. Picnic on the gallery floor Crochet party of
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Shithouse wallpaper.
Not wallpaper for your shithouse. Wallpaper that is shithouse. Some images taken from theGRID/BoogieShack mid-transformation. Parts of some pieces are just so striking…. and then also partially peeled off. The mish-mash of bold colours, lines and prints……! Under the stairs Floor beside under the stairs Two different wall papers, floral and tartan, and a whole
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At the end of February; update on theGRID
Bit later than I was expecting, a quick post about the supplies I have generated going into March. Currently, theGRID is projected to be finished midway through this month, and I will simply keep going. I don’t think it is possible to have too many supplies for this project. Felting/felt supplies All the felt, crochet
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theGRID – Planning for super secret fun times pt. 3
This is the last installment of pre-planning photos. It’s exhaustive, but I wanted to cover all the angles. Half a pathway, near the tree A place for the smokers? I have been told the wall mounted…. object was a clothesline Anyone have a book on beginner’s clothesline repair? This is just depressing, but I’m glad
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theGRID – Planning for super secret fun times pt. 2
Welcome to the second installment. There’s a lot of different angles to be covered, so stay close. Reusable materials DANGERZONE Barren Is virgin soil called virgin soil because it hasn’t been ploughed? Are repairs made, or do we let the jungle have what it wants? Two trees. Not negotiable. Hmmmm….. Front view of the trellis.
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theGRID – Planning for super secret fun times
Slightly off tangent post about a different kind of practice.Around the back of theGRID hybrid arts collective’s space there is room many different outside-based things. I will be having a go at creating one of these things, and as there is still a lot of work going on around the space, we are in the early stages. Waiting
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