BIFB 2011 “An Alphabet of Found & Fallen”

my 1 goal for this year was to show new work as part of the Ballarat international Foto Bienalle…. and i actually managed to do it….. YAY… this year has turned out to be a super crazy too with us buying our first home and also with me being preggers again… but even with all the craziness I worked really hard to get some new work together for the BIFB…  I ahd been talking to Jo from the Elephant Patch about showing again ( I showed there during the last bienalle) and she was super excited to work with me again…   I had been continuing to collect insects and with a move to the hills i was so inspired by my surroundings i wanted to incorporate them into the works too, this is where “an alphabet of found and fallen” came from.  the work has been getting alot of very positive comments and i have even managed to sell one … YAY… with another 3 weeks to go we will see what people think…

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2011 exhibitions

I have been very lucky to have been involved in 3 exhibitions this year….

 Wendy Currie organised for our group (the catalogue c exhibition from Obscura gallery  “Re-imaging the Classic Print – From Digital to Handmade” to travel to Canberra to the wonderful Photo access gallery   (you can download the catalogue here)

I have also shown the starts to my new works at the beautiful Kallista Tearooms thanks to the wonderful Sandra for opening her walls to local artists… It was a great opportunity to start my new series and get some feedback from my wonderful friends who came to have a look…

Feeling the summer love

i have to say with the warmer weather i have been really inspired to get out in my backyard and have a slow wander and take photos…. im pretty lucky as i live in the hills (Belgrave, the home of Puffing Billy) and it is so beautiful and green with tree ferns and so many native birds….

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5 New uses for old cameras

1. Jewellery

http://www.oyemodern.com/bracelets/

http://www.canonmugs.com/

3. Helping disadvantaged youth

http://camerarecycleproject.org.au/

4. plant pots

5. handmade cardboard cameras…( not really reusing old cameras but recycling all the same)
http://www.kieljohnson.com/kieljohnson.com/cameras.html

“Markit” Market full of insperation

On Sunday i was up early and off to the “Markit” Market at Federation Square. It was rainy and cold but in the Atrium it was a hive of activity with stall holders busily getting ready to show off there latest wares

MARKit, Melbourne’s newest design market located in Federation Square’s Atrium, has been created to nurture and support Australian designers creating illustrative and decorative based products.

Australia’s best creative minds, independent designers, artisans and craftspeople will be selling original works including art, fashion, jewellery, stationery, homewares, collectables and giftware, made by passionate and highly skilled people whose products are limited edition or one of a kind.

I could have spend so much money but controlled myself and instead just came home with a HUGE amount of inspiration.


Ink & Spindle design the most beautiful fabric

In-Sync Design making beautiful scribbles into fantastic jewellery..


Lightly recycling saucers to show them off as new works of art

Nikita making use of the stubby bits of pencils….

Okt-ober-dee stunning bags with wooden panels..

Printspace super cute kids prints

Smug Design I would re-pierce my ears for there beautiful cicada like earrings

The Gently Unfurling Sneak quirky brooches with allot to say

Awesome things to see….

I have been to see a few fantastic creative things lately (and a little while ago, sorry for being so slack)….

I went to the the nicholas building open studios and saw some fantastic jewellery and art.

I was very inspired by clare whitney, a fantastic printmaker and by

the beautiful jeweller Deeana Michela
I have also been to some fantastic exhibitions of work by friends and people who realllly inspire me…..
Jenny Hall and Nick Pledge have had shows that i managed to get to and was thrilled and proud to see there work…

Shane organised for a night out to go tot he opening of the Audrey Kawasaki Exhibition at Outre and it was stunning, i got a little star struck and couldnt actually go and talk to her…. i have always wanted a piece of her work but it has been a little out or reach but i do have one of her beautiful brooches…

big babies, small ladies and brief history of photography

what more do you want from a day than sun family and fantastic art…. yesterday the sun was shining brilliantly and shane had the day off so we want to the NGV to see the Ron Mueck exhibition…. I had been meaning to go for some time but with the little tacker it always takes a lot longer to do anything… The works where fantastic with such minute detail but so strange to see so out of proportion in overall size…. its funny how different people react to art, the first piece you see is an old man but very small just layed out  titled “dead Dad” i thought it was beautiful but an older lady didn’t like it and thought it was horrid, people loved the two old ladies who looked like they had been disturbed in the middle of a good gossip… but the one that moved me almost to tears was the old lady in hospital…. it was a very small elderly lady in hospital blankets looking very small and frail and reminded me so much of my grandmother when she was ill… i loved the fat lady carrying sticks which showed the strength of her body and reminded me of old master’s paintings where large women was a sign of power….  also showing in the NGVS photography gallery was a fantastic collection of works like a small history of photography called re-view with stunning pieces…  Also there was a great collection of chairs in another gallery room that i drooled over….

Peter Alexander PJ’s and sculpture grandeur

It was my birthday a little while ago and my hubby got me a wonderful present of a beautiful nightie… unfortunately he sees me still pre baby and got me one too small (isn’t he wonderful) so he told me to return it for something that did fit…  I didn’t think i would get anything different jsut the right size but the one he picked isn’t available any longer and i was very lucky to see the new autumn range… after drooling over all the beautiful fabrics and styles i chose a Pj pant…  “far away forrest wide pant” they are soooo beautiful with falling leaves and forest critters and with 30% silk feel just divine to wear…

My beautiful husband also noticed that a fantastic story on dateline about the NZ business man and sculpture collector  Alan Gibbs was on (again after i fell asleep which watching it the first time) and set his timer so i could watch.  It was very interesting and made me wonder where i could find a patron like him… if you missed it check it out here… THE ART OF POLITICS

With a floating island made out of stainless steel and a ‘celestial trumpet’ calling to the skies, a rural corner of New Zealand’s North Island has become the unlikely home of one of the world’s major sculpture collections.

There are almost two dozen works of art nestling around ‘The Farm’ in the Kaipara countryside, owned by wealthy businessman and hard-line economic rationalist Alan Gibbs.

Almost all of them were commissioned especially for the collection. The sculptors featured include Richard Serra, Anish Kapoor and Zhan Wang.

To see the amazing sight, captured on camera by video journalist Amos Roberts, and to find out why Alan Gibbs thinks New Zealand is run like communist Cuba, watch Dateline’s report.

Who wouldn’t want an Andy Goldsworthy sculpture in there own garden….

Richard Serra’s “Te Tuhirangi Contour”, this piece holds a special nerdy place for me because it is the actual contour of the land …stunning

3D MOVIE FUN

Grandma and Geoff looked after teh little man yesterday so shane and i  ould go to the movies, it was the first solo movies we had been too since his arrival and it was great.  since we knew it was being made we where super crazy excited about Alice in wonderland

it was fun, fantastic costumes and sets and who could not love a crazy mad Johnny Depp mad hatter, the 3D didn’t seem necessary and i thought bits looked a bit blurry but it added a nice depth to it…

Watching this movie made me think f the other 3D movies i had seen recently…. when i was super heavily preggers Shane treated me to gold class to see UP

this was a fantastic movie with real heart and the 3D really added to the visual appeal….

Another great 3D movie we hired out, complete with 3D glasses was “Coraline” this was super crazy fantastic, all animated dark and creepy but looked spectacular and the 3D was great even on the tv at home…

Inked and Lead – drawing class

I was very lucky last night to get a night off and go to a drawing class run by the fantastic Cherry Darling.  Inked and Lead was started buy a friends of mine and fantstic pinup photographer Helen Mclean who i have had fun playing photographer and model with over the past few years… we have shot me in a corset and a japanese cos play outfit and Helen as Betty Page and Audrey….

I have to admit i was VERY rusty in the drawing department but i had alot of fun….