old things swimming about

revisiting an older image from two years ago now. this was something i was doing before i left for london. i have been digging up old things and looking at them again.

i've also started to map out my 'cyling the clouds' book.... some sneak peaks coming soon.

painting and sewing

here are some finished projects. one is a painting that i have had in my head for months now, finally out on canvas. i think it works well. i like the colours. it is so nice to get back into oil paints.

the other project is my kitchen quilt, now finished with its matching cushions. i am practicing goosdsewing (no cutting corners) for when i start printing my own designs and want to sew them up into things to sell. i think i will try to sell these pieces at an open studio i am preparing for, maybe some time early next year.

mansfield natural dye workshop

last week was a very special week for me. i went to mansfield with a couple of friends and participated in india flint's landskin felting and natural dye workshop. here are some snaps from the journey. it was so good for my soul and a lovely way to integrate back into living in melbourne. it has been a bit of a culture shock coming back from london, but going out to the country with creative people reminded me of why i love this country!

painting europe

i've been trying to get some work done today, but i have given up now. it is such a nice day and its been a bit all over the place.

i have been noticing lots of old buildings in melbourne and trying to order my head. i feel like i have so much imagery stuck behind a dam wall and not enough time!however  i have been painting some little things. it feels easier and safer to start small. adam and eden gave me some great little canvases that i have been painting some images from my travel journal. i wouldn't usually post up an unfinished painting, but i felt compelled to... but just be aware it is unfinished! (the third image.)

also at the top of this post is some old paintings that are in the insync surveys office in william street, melbourne. it was nice to revist these this morning. i had forgotten about the fish one... not sure if it is my favorite, but its good to see where i once was. (note... they wanted a fish themed painting... its a bit different for me!)

galleries

the printmaker gallery where i started out selling work has just launched a website.... anyway it got me to thinking that i might put all the links on here so you can check out my prints for yourselves. enjoy!

printmaker gallery, fitzroy, melbourne

port jackson press, collingwood, melbourne

australian print workshop, melbourne

dickerson gallery, collingwood, melbourne

these are all lovely galleries so if you are in melbourne sometime you should check them out.

back in the melbourne studio

so here we are back in the studio pottering around and around. i had to start something so i have started making little quilts and cushions in these very english country home colours... nostalgia! i would like to sell them at a little open studio that we are planning. i will keep you all posted about it.

i've included some photos of my studio getting all set up again. how lovely it is to have a space of my own again and space full stop. it take three steps from one wall to the other! very lovely! it was all rainy today and with the door open it was like looking out into magic.

scanners, online books and progress

so with a bit of gentle persuasion i got the scanner up and running again. it chugs like a steam train but the quality was better than the one that my parents have in the office. it is like an old friend with a cough. anyway, tom flintham taught me about issuu and i have been beavering away and getting my travel journal up and on line so that you can flick through it at your hearts desire. it is a bit botched, but hopefully you will be too engrossed in the images to notice my shoddy in design skills (you have to start somewhere!)

enjoy!