Doily art

Oh I know it has been done before but I could not resist decorating this tree near my home when I found a stash of doilies at my local op shop. Do you see the skulls?

Woolly winter cushions

Finished the cushions, so cosy, so satisfying.

Crossed cushion

Creating new cushions for the couch in a chunky wool with embroidered graphic images to keep me occupied on the winter nights.

Art Work

A selection of my early art work.

From Sacred Heart Series [10 x 10cm, 1994] cast bronze, NZ handmade flax paper, beeswax, ink.

'Oh Really' [20 x 14 cm, 1994] cast bronze, handmade NZ flax paper, ink, beeswax

Violet collage [20 x 30 cm, 1993] handmade NZ flax paper, beeswax, found paper, ink

Sacred Heart Series [25 x 35 cm, 1994] cast bronze, handmade NZ flax paper, ink, beeswax

'Just Calm Down' [20 cm, 1994] cast bronze, handmade NZ flax paper, ink, beeswax

Art Work:Hung, Drawn and Quartered

This work made from tissue thin handmade NZ flax paper and called Hung Drawn and Quartered [2500 x 1000 mm, 1994] went up in flames by a missed placed candle at a very rocking party!

Art Work: Spiral Mirror

I made a series of cast bronze mirror frames and sold them in NZ design shops for a few years. This is one of the few left... Spiral Mirror [30 x 40 cm, 1994].

Art Work: I Owe You A Letter

'I Owe You A Letter' [25 x 20 cm, 1994] made from cast bronze and handmade NZ flax paper, printed, sewn and dipped in beeswax.

Art Work: Good News to the Sick

These nine pieces were in my final year exhibition at Nelson School of Design, Nelson, NZ where I did a Diploma in Craft Design. Called 'Good News to the Sick' [50 x 40cm each, 1992] each piece related to a herb that had remedial powers for the skin. Made from handmade NZ flax paper, moulded, printed and waxed, and backlit to enhance the reference to delicate skin.

Street Art

I was allowed to steal these small xmas deco card cutouts by Paul Cosgrave [laser cut from recycled cardboard packaging] from the totally stylish Matterhorn Bar in Wellington, NZ on the last night of their showing.

So I brought them all back to Melbourne and found them all a lovely new home in Elwood and St Kilda.

Graffiti

I have been writing chalk graffiti in my street for a while now, just things to keep me smiling and to pass a thoughtful or silly message on to passersby [who I can see thru my studio window reading them!]. I was inspired by Keri Smith's book The Graffiti Art Kit.

'Everything will be just fine' is a good mantra to have as you walk outside your home, or 'just look up we are both under the same starry sky'. Across the road is a wedding venue where I wrote 'this day will never happen again'. Or 'you look really good today'.

It still does not rain around here much so the chalk words last for ages.  I was very moved to find this note carefully waterproofed and taped to my fence yesterday!

Domestic Interior - Dickens St: Spare room

Basket collection and hula doll collection in the spare room.