This is as far as I got yesterday – the side seams and hem are unpicked and I have stitched on 3 strips of the shirt fabric to the back of the dress as a guide for getting the other patches ...
Recycling a Little Blue Dress 2
This is as far as I got yesterday – the side seams and hem are unpicked and I have stitched on 3 strips of the shirt fabric to the back of the dress as a guide for getting the other patches straight. As I was doing that I thought “well, that’s mistake number 1 –...
Recycling a Little Blue Dress
I bought this little blue dress at an op-shop. It fitted well but the fabric was so thin you could see through it, and it was a bit short. I decided it was a candidate for one of a series of altered clothing pieces that I have had in mind for a while (read that...
Only one day left!
I have thoroughly enjoyed my stay here at the Basement Gallery and feel really quite sad that this is my penultimate day. This morning I gave an artist talk – which turned into more of a conversation between friends so my nervousness quickly faded away 🙂 I pulled out all my materials, pens, brushes, papers,...
Artist Talk – Thursday 23 November 2017
The Gallery Manager (Mathew) here at The Basement Gallery has put all my works from Reef – A Fine LIne on their website as an online catalogue. There is still time to see the exhibition “for real” as the exhibition runs until 4pm on Friday 24th. I am giving an artist talk on Thursday 23...
Pen and Ink Workshop Tuesday 21 November 2017
I will be running another pen and ink workshop at the basement gallery from 10am to 1pm on Tuesday 21 November 2017. To register go to their facebook event page or email them on gallery@colosoul.com.au The cost is $20, payable on the day. We’ll look at the properties of different papers so that you know...
Promotional Ideas
It has been very interesting working with the work experience volunteers at the Basement Gallery for Reef – A Fine Line. The A3 posters and A6 flyers for “Reef – A Fine Line” were created by Tegan Edwards the team leader of Pop Creative Graphic Design and Marketing Agency. Pop Creative work alongside The Basement...
Artwork Delivered to Basement Gallery
On Friday I delivered my artwork to the Basement Gallery so that Lauren and Matt could begin the curating process and hang the works ready for opening on the 10th November at 5pm. I have 51 small artworks in total comprising 26 pen and archival ink drawings/paintings on Arches 300gsm paper, 5 collages of various...
A Solo Exhibition – Woo Hoo!
Sometimes everything comes together to create an opportunity you just cannot pass up. That’s how come I am having a solo exhibition next week…. A friend noticed a Facebook post by The Basement Gallery asking for emerging artists who might be interested in holding an exhibition in their new premises (241 Hay Street, Subiaco) to...
Altered States – Giving an Artist Talk
I was one of several artists invited to give a 5-minute artist talk on Thursday 21 September about how it felt to take part in the WAFTA Altered States challenge exhibition. See below for the notes I used to jog my memory as I spoke. Initial reaction What a hodge podge of materials! How on...
Altered States – A WAFTA Exhibition
Altered States was the title of the exhibition challenge set by WAFTA. Buying a bag full of “bits” was the entry point for the exhibition launched in April 2017. The bag contained: A magazine, a dress pattern, a synthetic and very stretchy cocktail dress, 2 lots of wool carpet yarn, sea-grass rope, a piece of...
