2007 is the Chinese Year of the Pig.
I'm busy making some textile collages with this in mind. The pieces will be exhibited at the Robin Gibson Gallery in Sydney in February. They are made from materials I've collected from op shops (clothes, haberdashery, doileys, buttons etc.). I've chosen a palette which I call my Marie Antoinette palette - it consists of a muddy turquoise, orange-pink, grey-blue and muddy putty. The collages are assembled on calico and will be stretched on little frames. They aren't finished yet.....some more piggy details are needed.

A bamboo shoot.

These are the first yoyos I've made(slightly dodgy). I've been so inspired by all the Flickr images of gorgeous yoyos I wanted to make some myself.

I love the poppy fabric in the middle.... it came from a threadbare cushion cover.

I love his strong haunches.

This will have a little pig flying in to land in the tree.

A happy little pig!
5 almost finished, 7 more to go.