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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Monday, September 20, 2010
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So 2008...
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Not 2000 and late.
A quick preview of one in a continuous series of very large prints (A1 size approx. 23.4 x 33.1 inches) I've been very slowly working on. Hopefully I'll be able to get them finished in time to sell for the Chrissy hols. I dream of getting them printed onto silk scarves too...
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Do you ever get the feeling that there's so much you want to achieve... only problem is there is so little time and so little money? *deep sigh* Ah life. Still there's room for small pleasures. Is it so wrong that I got overly excited about the purchase of a small 15cm metal ruler yesterday?
Also is it wrong that I've developed a small crush on Sheldon Cooper? Yeah, I didn't think so!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Post No. 150!
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Here are some sneak peek details of a large poster I've been working on...
150 posts... hopefully by the 151st I'll have some sitting pretty in my shop!
I took advantage on online Easter book sales and ordered this book.
I know patience is a virtue... but hurry up and get here already! Please?
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Missing the Colours of Spring...
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Alexander McQueen S/S 07
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Balenciaga S/S 08
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Sunstract, by artist Michelle Armas.
Love those colours!
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I hope hope hope we'll be able to take ya'll there the next time you come to Melbourne Lillycakes!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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.
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!
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Nurture nature...
Last week at the beach...
Yesterday at the Orchid show...
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More photos from the Orchid show...
Sunday, May 18, 2008
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
Friday, May 02, 2008
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...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
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. :}
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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).
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.
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