May 2008

Autumn leaves me 11

Autumn leaves me

I have been having such a good run of days where everything feels perfect and like it’s all clicking along just the way it should be. You know the feeling – you find yourself...

On my desk – turned wood 25

On my desk – turned wood

On my desk today are a group of beautifully turned wooden kokeshi-like dolls. My Uncle Michael has had a wood lathe for a long time but just recently has been spending some serious time...

Crafty goodness in Melbourne 6

Crafty goodness in Melbourne

I feel so lucky to live in Melbourne today because Pip and Gemma have launched the spectacularly cool and awesome and useful website — “Craft City Melbourne – A Directory of Local Faves“. If...

Spray in May 23

Spray in May

Finally!! I got a chance to finish those stencil images I sarted working on before everyone got sick. Speaking of stencil art, J.otto seibold had an awesome looking exhibition in Portland at the beginning...

Creatures of Habitat: Nathalie Lete 18

Creatures of Habitat: Nathalie Lete

Nathalie Lete is an amazing French artist who works in lots of different media including some of my favourites (look at that gorgeous octopus!). Her studio, house, life, loves, passions and work are documented...

The Friday Archives – inky houses 15

The Friday Archives – inky houses

Back to 1995 – and back to my printmaking sketchbook from that year again for this week’s Friday Archives. I was obsessed with houses in 1995 – it was the year I moved out...

Inspires me: Seonna Hong 5

Inspires me: Seonna Hong

It would be wonderful to be in Tokyo this month to see Seonna Hong’s solo exhibition, Viscery Loves Company, at KaiKai Kiki Gallery. She and I share a thing for Mary Blair (along with...

And the winner is… 4

And the winner is…

Lily drew number 87 out of the basket and promptly stuck it in the playdough. Congratulations Judy! You are number 87 and you win a copy of The Boss of You by Lauren Bacon...