Spreading The Word

A couple of lovely mentions this week.
Thank you all for spreading the word.

P1uon

Mixed Plate

KNERQ

Design Diary

and a wee bit longer ago....
Art for Housewives

One-Of-A-Kind

I sent my work off to Pomme this week for the Flowering Art exhibition, and I've got to say that I felt a little sad about it. The work sent marked the near end of some of my favourite vintage materials. These included a Tupperware pastry sheet manufactured in Melbourne in 1969, cellulose buttons from the 1950's, the best retro tape measure I have found to date with really big black numbers, a shampoo bottle (O.K not old but I would have to get through another bottle of pretty average shampoo to get another), a smallish supply of 1950's plastic sequins that are dwindling rapidly and lovely old plastic games counters that just don't compare to the plastics used today.

It sure is sad but I guess I'll just have to think myself lucky for finding such special things in the first place. Now back to the never-ending hunt for more and better vintage knitting needles.

Liana (and I don't mean me)

During some recent blog surfing I came across an Indie shopping blog titled Mixed Plate run by Liana. Yes there is another Liana out there who isn't a 4" doll (referring to my collection of Liana kelly dolls)! I couldn't resist the urge to say "Hello Liana", so I did and Liana said "hello" back. This Liana is very nice and did a lovely feature on me. So thank you Liana.

Liana is a particularly active blogger, blogging every day (sometimes more often!) and also has an online shop On a Friday in which she is the sole Designer/Owner. I also believe she is working on another online venture. Phew!

I'll sure you could say "Hi" to Liana and she would be happy to hear from you and would even say "Hi" back (even if you aren't another Liana).

As Seen On.......

Thank you to the blogs that mentioned me this week.
It is much appreciated.

As seen on....

Modish

magpie & cake

Craft

and just a wee bit longer ago...

Polymer Clay Daily

Guru Jay

Jay McCarroll is my Guru.
I love Jay.
Jay is the best - ever!
Too much?
I say NOT ENOUGH.

For those of you unfamiliar with Guru Jay, he is the Season 1 winner of Project Runway. You could describe Guru Jay as, a poor white trash, chain smoking, fat, gay man with bucket loads of passion and talent. He probably would describe himself in much the same way - except he would be blunt! That's the thing about Jay, he always speaks the truth. He says it as it is, there is no spin, there is no c**p. What more could you want in a Guru?

Jay has so many lessons to teach. Whenever I need a reality check I'll go visit Guru Jay.

Make Jay your guru today .Don't forget to watch the video.

What's In The Shop Today?

My SHOP is now online. Yay!

Shop News

You may be wondering when I'm going to get my shop online, as it seems that I have been promising it for sometime. It did seem that it would be up today (I am so close now) but as luck would have it I was interrupted from completing it by having a radio interview trust upon me. I'm not media shy but radio interviews are not pleasant. I have felt a little out of sorts before and since. This is my third one and my first one live-to-air. So this is my excuse for today and I'm sticking with it.

The shop will be online tomorrow - yes really!

Serendipity Of the Floral Kind

All the work has been sent to THE HIVE for this week's show- phew!
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Now to sit down to an episode of PROJECT RUNWAY 2. But just as I'd had my fill of floral jewellery and giant plastic wall flowers I discovered, with equal measure of horror and delight, that this week's challenge was to make wearable floral fashion.

Flowers , flowers everywhere.

Community

One of my favourite aspects of starting this blog has been the connection I've made with other people. Connections that are starting, and will no doubt grow.

A recent Internet customer Alicia, ISLANDGIRLA, wrote in an email a few things I agree with,
1. I really like having other artists pieces to show off.
2. I think we should all support each other in our creative endeavours
3. It's not very often that a 'one of a kind' comes along anymore.


Alicia also says something personal on her blogs about creativity and the healing powers of craft.

After losing everything we own in Hurricane Katrina and living in a hotel since August 29, 2005, we've turned to miniature creations through multimedia art forms. With the limited space available that comes with hotel living, I've found that crochet is a perfect small- spaced form of creativity with unlimited room for growth. To complement this, I've just started to learn the art of hand spinning. These two activities fit right into the small spaces of my life right now.

Alicia I think you are ONE OF A KIND, I want to support you in your creative endeavours and I'm happy to show you off through my blog.

One of her miniature creations is pictured above.

Knitwit Chunky

I did have fun making these supersized versions of my regular knitwit bangles. There are only a limited number of these. A few will be going to the MoB Store today and a few more will be kept for my ONLINE store which will be up and running (baring any natural disasters or computer crashes) by Monday.

"Distinctly Sydney"

Do I make Brisbane work since I live here? Do I make Sydney work since I grew up there? Does my work reflect my European heritage? Would my work be different if I spent time in Perth?

I'm really not sure. Perhaps it is "yes" to all of the above.

I started wondering about this when I came across the website of my favourite ceramicist, during my days at the Rock's Markets. I was a little obsessed and have a number of her bright pieces that I use almost daily. On her opening page she describes her work as "distinctly Sydney" and I wondered what that meant as her work has few references to any of Sydney's icons. Was she referring to the colours? Are they Sydney colours?

I'm not sure how location or heritage influences my work I'm just sure that they do. Yesterday it was wet and overcast, a rare day in Brisbane, and I became fixated on making grey plastic jewellery. Lots of jewellery - all grey.