Creative practices of a textile artist from Queensland, Australia. Now living in Somerset, England.
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I, of Providence
Getting my work out into the world where it can inspire maximum joy! Crop tops, bralettes, boleros, chokers, armlets, comfortable dance wear for the plur lifestyle 💕🌈🐝 Continue reading
Posted in Crochet & Knitting, Experiments, Festival Wear, Sewing, Textiles, Travelling
Tagged artist perspective, Bikini, Bralette, crochet, Crop Top, Depop, Festival Crochet, Festival Fashion, Festival Wear, handmade, Handmade Fashion, Slow Fashion, social media, textiles, travelling artist, wearable arts, Wool
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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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Sketches from the #adrawingaday project (round 2)
A drawing a day is progressing well. Still drawing on sticker blanks for #adrawingaday, a regular and simple project for sharpening drawing skills and also, unwinding at the end of the day. While I can’t noticeably see an improvement, hopefully I will be … Continue reading
Posted in adrawingaday, Paper, Stickers, Works in progress
Tagged adrawingaday, art noveau, beards, belle epoque, drawing, handmade, ink, Instagram, paper, social media, Stickers, WIP
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Crochet chickens coming home to roost
Crochet chickens coming home to roost Awhile ago, I wrote this post about a competition I entered, and won. Someone was watching, and approached me to create a pair of crocheted Converse Chuck Taylor style booties for her child. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Crafternoons, Crochet & Knitting, Textiles, Toowoomba
Tagged crochet, DIY, handmade, social media, textiles, Toowoomba, Wool
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The magic of make up
The magic of make up during Brief Encounters Toowoomba I forgot to post this from awhile ago. For Brief Encounters, I did some amateur elaborate makeup. Namely, false eyelashes. It was somewhat of a transformation. Here is the before/after photo: … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Crafternoons, Experiments, Sewing, theGRID, Toowoomba, Works in progress, Workshops
Tagged A4, choose your own adventure, collaboration, collage, drawing, dubstep, experimentation, handmade, homosexuality, independent press, ink, jesus, Muzy, paper, Queensland, scrolls, scrollwork, Smells Like Zines, social media, theGRID hybrid arts collective, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Regional Council, what is a zine, workshops, YouthConnect TRC, zine, zine workshop
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Paper, Works in progress
Tagged artist perspective, collage, drawing, drawing women, experimentation, fur and leather, handmade, ink, Instagram, ladies, paper, pastels, pencil, photography, screenshot, social media, women in art
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Artist Video – round up of short films about own artist perspective
Artist video round up I need to put some metaphoric eggs into a collective basket. These eggs are in the form of some short artist videos about my artist practice and residency at theGRID hybrid arts collective in 2012. The … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Exhibitions, Film, Inspiration, theGRID, Toowoomba, Works in progress
Tagged artist perspective, collaboration, films, photography, promotional, social media, technology, textile design
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Pinterest was explained to me in a way I’ve understood, and now I have a presence there.
Pinterest is something I have been aware of for some time now, but have held off on joining. It’s something that several people have expressed confusion over; because apparently, my work would fit in well there….? Externally, I’ve seen it … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Experiments, Inspiration, Research
Tagged experimentation, gender divide, pinterest, sexual segregation, social media, technology
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