Brb...

Well I'm flying off to the Philippines in a couple of hours so...

*Dr Nick* Happy Holidays everybody and good riddance bon voyage George!

So long 2008... bring it on 2009!

^_^

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Meanwhile a sneak peak at something that will be in my shop mid January...

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God Is In The Details...

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Rodarte
S/S 09

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rodarte.net

Yen Magazine!

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You can see my work in this month's issue of Yen Magazine!

Big thanks to Michelle and the lovely ladies at Yen, I especially had mad fun designing this poster. :)

There are better closeups of it on my flickr if you're interested...

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Summer Succulents

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I took these photos at a local nursery and I wish I could've taken them all home with me!

You can see bigger versions on my flickr here:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

I'm so in love with succulents right now because they're money savers as well as water savers.

They're super easy to propagate!

♥

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Rest in peace.

♥

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Rest in peace.

My first gocco print!

Rocks shape Water print, Series 1 (above)



Free gift tags (above)



Wrapping for the prints (above and below)





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Phew. Hehe ok I know it's been super super quiet around here but here is something to break the silence!

A couple of months ago I bought an old gocco on ebay and later (way later) plucked up the courage to put some batteries in it and create my first gocco print.

I started experimenting with sketches I drew that were inspired by the sea snail trails, intricate rock pools/formations and water reflections I saw at a beach in Sorrento (here, here, here and here).

I'm so used to working with endless amounts of colour so choosing just 4 colours was really a challenge, but an exciting one! The metallic aqua was this close to being pale blue and the whole yellow layer was very last minute (pretty much last second). Despite some of the problems (old bulbs... can I get an amen people?) I'm really happy how the print turned out in the end.

I also printed gift tags using the same screens I used for the print.

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The first 30 prints will be shipped with 4 free gift tags (the remaining prints will have 2 free tags).

This gocco print is now available to purchase in my shop!

Nurture nature...

Last week at the beach...






Yesterday at the Orchid show...

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More photos from the Orchid show...

First layer...

L - first layer on paper, R - pressed the ink through the mesh making interesting texture after i finished printing




layers on the comp




sketches


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First layer of my first ever gocco print! So far so good. :}

But I'll have to buy more bulbs and screens, such a shame you can't re-use the bulbs...

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Going to these tomorrow if the weather is good...

Kimono: Osaka's Golden Age at the Immigration Museum in Melbourne
Illuminated manuscripts from Cambridge, Australia and New Zealand at the State Library of Victoria

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Ello...

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Autumn has come and quickly gone, the strong Antarctic winds are making Melbournian drawing fingers numb. But at least summer is gone (I really am a winter kinda gal).

The crickets have been chirping around here lately... but I promise there are good gocco-y poster-y things to come! ;}

For now a few nice things to share with you all...

* Lovely Jessica and Nancy of modamuse featured me in their blog. Click here to view the post... thanks girls!

* Just swung by Borders today and saw a copy of the beautiful Curvy 5 book. It features lots of great International and Aussie female artists and there's a little interview with me in there too! It's the first time for me to see the book (I was flu-y the night of the launch and couldn't make it) and was totally taken by surprise when I saw they used my patterns as endpapers. Hehe I totally squeaked when I first noticed it, gawd I'm such a dork.

* THE ultimate Bento box blog...

* Hannah Whitaker has quite the eye...

Björk - 'Wanderlust (2d preview)'

Curvaceous!

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This year I'm a part of the travelling Curvy exhibtion which off the top of my head is currently showing in Brisvegas!

You can see the pieces I submitted here and here.

Click here to find out the exhibtion dates and gallery addresses for Melbourne and Brissy. :}

Music for a long drive...

'I Got You' - Split Enz


'Message To My Girl' - Split Enz


'Six Months In A Leaky Boat' - Split Enz


'I See Red' - Split Enz


'Things' - Split Enz


'One Step Ahead' - Split Enz


'I Hope I Never' - Split Enz


'Don't Dream It's Over' - Crowded House


'Weather With You' - Crowded House


'Something So Strong' - Crowded House


'Better Be Home Soon' - Crowded House


'It's Only Natural' - Crowded House


'Fall At Your Feet' - Crowded House

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Sublime!

Van Dieman's Land...

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My digital camera decided to die right at the start of the trip so all of the pictures I took were on an old Pentax that I wasn't really sure how to use. Well, not really die.

Note to self: always make sure you've put the battery in the charger cradle correctly (you clumsy doofus, you).

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I haven't had much experience with snow and have never seen snow fall from the sky which is why I will never forget the drive up to Cradle Mountain.

The road was winding to the point where it was almost hypnotic. Eventually my ears started to pop a little and the clouds seemed closer to us than before. I noticed a thin layer of mist on the road which gradually grew in size. The mist gathered in large clumps like semi-transparent clouds, it wasn't continuous at all (which is what I've always imagined pre snow fog to be like). As we drove further I couldn't stop blinking because each ghost-like clump softly thudded on the windscreen and then disappeared behind us.

And then something ressembling a white rain drop hit and then dissolved on the wind screen. The snow lasted for about five short minutes.

It was one of those "I can't believe this is really happening" moments. It was magic.