Last week I drove into Brisbane to deliver my prints, corals and greeting cards to m(art), the retail face of Craft Queensland. This has meant spending many hours crocheting and felting corals and printing linoprints. I've had the weekend to rest..... aaahhhh!!
The felting process...... friction, hot water and dishwashing liquid. Preferably done wearing pyjamas and accompanied by many cups of tea.
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The Gooseflesh Lab is open for business. I decided to open a new shop to replace my Etsy shop. The Etsy shop interface can be difficult to navigate for new buyers and I never liked the Etsy banner. So the Gooseflesh Lab will be a new shop to sell experimental things I make.
A blue T-bag:
Made from T-shirt yarn, stash fabric and a couple of crocheted buttons.
A bag full of "Gooseflesh" labels has been sitting in my box of trims and ribbons for approx. 25 years........ yes, I'm not kidding. I had them made when I was sewing some clothes as a very young chappy.
Some pouches made from plastic detritus and beach collection fabric:
A plastic detritus pouch with zip and a curious blue weevil looking for a cosy home.
A beach collection pouch with zip and grey felted zip-pull. Lined with driftwood coloured linen.
A homemade portfolio containing six plastic detritus hand-coloured linoprints heading for the Grafton Regional Gallery print night 23.9.10 and three pouches for the Gallery shop.
...........and finally today's harvest:
Cos lettuce, sebago potatoes, turmeric, peanuts, bean seeds and the last of the cherry tomatoes.
Phew!
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I had a visit to Sydney to see family and friends. The suitcase was stuffed full of unfinished projects and not many clothes....ha! The city completely consumed me and the unfinshed projects were barely touched.
Now back home in peaceful surroundings, I'm busily making up for lost time. The little red bag is made from yarn cut from an old Tshirt. The gingham came from the Salvo Opshop and the buttons were in my stash.
Tshirt yarn and a little patchwork pad for the Tpot.
Some time ago I had the "Plastic Detritus" linocuts printed onto fabric. The fabric has been tucked away for ages and I finally decided to make some little pouches from it.
I've been thinking about selling these at the local markets or perhaps online...not sure yet. Some sideways glances have been cast onto the crochet hook and plastic bag yarn. It won't be long before I start again. There are still some coral gardens in me waiting to materialize.
In the background of the shots are some old sheets of corrugated iron..... I love their colour, texture and patina. My partner Tigger, has been making a series of compost bays using these sheets which he bought at the "Tip Shop" for $2 a sheet......... now that's what I call a real bargain. There's a full wheelbarrow of Hariette's poo waiting to be composted.
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Some framed and unframed prints from the Plastic Detritus series. They are part of The Incredible Print Show at the Artstream Gallery, Rochester, New Hampshire, USA. The Exhibition runs from May 1 - June 27. 50 artists 100s of prints.
I wish I could be there for opening night.
Thanks Susan for including me in the show.
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Grafton Regional Gallery is the home of the biennial Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA). The gallery will soon be hosting the 2009 Postcard show which offers postcard sized artworks from Australian artists. The works will be auctioned off to raise funds for the 2010 JADA.
I will be donating these three postcard sized prints.
Moffy, 2006
Charcoal on paper.
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A curious thing happens........... for some reason there are lots of plastic toothbrushes washed up on my local beach. Have they fallen overboard?
The block
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The printing bug has taken hold.
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