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 ...
Artist in Residence – The Bonus Week
What a Bonus! It was a huge bonus to be asked if we would like to stay for another week and we jumped at the chance. Robi wanted to add to her installation in the window and I still had lots of experiments I wanted to do. Experiments with Heat Setting Polyester Fabric I manipulated...
Artist in Residence – Intentions Go Awry
The Artist in Residence Brief As part of the “interaction with students” in the brief for the WAFTA Artist in Residence we were encouraged to give talks to groups of students and WAFTA members towards the end of the first week, and another talk towards the end of the second week. The AHA Moment Early...
Artist in Residence – I intend to…
As Artist in Residence I set out to: Research ethnic body ornament and contemporary personal adornment created with textile techniques prior to the residency. Design and create items of personal adornment such as necklaces, collars, bangles, rings, anklets, cuffs, brooches, ear-rings, and hair ornaments inspired by the research during the 2 week residency. Have the...
Artist in Residence
Today both Robi Szalay and I set up our Artist in Residence spaces in the Shopfront Gallery, 149 Beaufort St, Northbridge. We were ably assisted by Gail Hawes (WAFTA AIR Coordinator) and Margaret Ford (a very willing friend). WAFTA have done a great job with the publicity – posters and postcards. Robi and I are...
Carders and Spindles for Spinning
I recently had reason to try and spin some donated Alpaca fleece. A friend of mine, Margaret Ford, gave me some carders for my birthday which was great – I was able to card all of the fleece. My FIL put the handles onto the spiky “cards” for me and of course, once that was...
WAFTA Challenge “Altered States”
WAFTA have issued a challenge to its members. To buy a bag full of “bits”, make an artwork from said “bits” and the resulting artwork will be shown in an exhibition at the Perth Town Hall from 16-25 September 2017 The contents of my bag was a very mixed lot – sort of cocktail dress...
WooHoo!
Not one, Not two, but three Jolly Gerbera Series drawings were sold recently by the Artisan Store of Fremantle. I’ve been on a high ever since 🙂 There are still some drawings available for purchase. Numbers 1, 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 are still for sale. I’ve just updated...
Work for Sale at The Artisan Store Fremantle
I’m EXCITED to have my work for sale in The Artisan Store Fremantle. I have a glass cube and a glass shelf quite close to the window. Currently in the cube I have several hair barrettes and a bracelet made using Japanese seed beads. Also in the cube are 2 ceremonial bowls (made by recycling...
Collagraphs
The Collagraphs Amongst other things, I made 9 small collagraphs (printing plates) (4.5 x 3 inches) over a period of a few weeks (quite a bit of drying time for various layers). They were experiments to create texture and to see how much depth variation gives a good print when using the press. The answer...
Learning to use Edinburgh Etch with Shana James
About the etching class For 3 Sundays in a row Shana James gave a beginners etching class hosted by PAWA (Printmakers Association of WA). We etched the copper plates with Edinburgh Etch solution. As I am very much a novice print maker I learned a great deal at this class. I had been keen to...
