tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40033987231549530152024-02-19T01:43:50.271-08:00wimceewimcee's whims and chickadeeswimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-26194266039947504992013-09-10T20:28:00.000-07:002013-09-10T20:40:37.549-07:00Tasselmania!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Brisbane chapter of Brown Owls made funky tassel bunting to hang high above the recent ECO Bazaar in the Queensland Museum's whale mall.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a tasseled silk cap that I made for a recent themed exhibition.</td></tr>
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Tassels, the close relative of the trending pom-pom, are a wonderful way to add embellishment to hats, beanies, bags, cushions, clothing, curtains and so on, and SO easy to make.<br />
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I'm going to include here a tutorial about making tassels. Once you have mastered the basic technique you can apply it to all sorts of materials that you may have to hand (think streamers, plastic, string, braid...) and use the results to add something a little extra to any project you are undertaking - or have undertaken in the past. You can also add tassels to store-bought items such as cushions, tote bags, and so on, or to furniture or architecture. Easy peasy - sky's the limit!!<br />
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Using yarn in your choice of colour, wrap it repeatedly around a piece of card (this one measured about 12 cms.), a small book, or even your hand.</div>
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Once you've reached the desired thickness (experiment to get a feel for this - depends on the material you are using and the use to which you are putting the finished tassel), slip a separate length of yarn between the card and the body of the tassel and tie firmly.</div>
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Slip the yarn off the card, and cut through the body of the tassel at the opposite side from where its tied.</div>
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Hold the bundle of yarn to make a small ball where it is tied and use another length of yarn to tie off the tassel's 'head'.</div>
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Now give the tassel a hair cut - hold it firmly and cut off all the extra long bits, turning slightly to make sure you find them all.</div>
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To tidy up the tassel, use a wool needle to weave tie ends into the centre of the tassel. Take another length of yarn (vary colour as required) and wrap it around the neck tightly before using the yarn needle to weave the end of this length into the body of the tassel as well.<br />
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I use embroidery thread and a finer needle to attach the tassel to an object. If you like you can add some beads at this point - again tidy the finished tassel by sewing the end of the thread into the body of the tassel. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">wimcee will be at the fabulous BrisStyle indie <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/152989881535236/" target="_blank">market</a> in the city hall on Saturday 14th September, from 9 am until 3 pm, so if you are local please feel free to drop by, have a chat, and see what new things I've been making!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have great tassel-making days!</span><br />
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wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-53339317512314231032013-09-03T14:28:00.001-07:002013-09-03T14:30:45.381-07:00The happiest market of them all...<span style="font-size: large;">It's ECO market time again!</span><br />
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The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/563330650398193/577356265662298/?notif_t=like" target="_blank">BrisStyle ECO market</a> is a special market every year - for no really obvious reason it always seems infused with a mellow mood that speaks to my inner semi-hippie. It might be that the crafters who take part are those particularly driven by an environmental passion - there are always, certainly, local ground-breakers aplenty who fit that description. It may be that the customers and browsers who come along to this market are inspired by the hunt for wares that are slightly different to the normal markets out there, BrisStyle and others - not simply hand-made, not only vintage, not just green, but a market that brings it all together and presents itself as a unique work of art. The music is usually perfectly matched to the occasion, and the avant-guardedness of marketers, marketeers, and market all seem to dove-tail happily in the early spring sunshine (or, this year, in the cultural centre concrete shade).<br />
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This year, BrisStyle is holding its annual indie ECO market - with the emphasis on recycle, vintage and eco-friendly - in the Whale Mall, adjacent to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/qldmuseum" target="_blank">Queensland Museum at South Bank</a>. Even more enticingly, in association with an opening exhibition of things Afghani at the museum, the theme this year is ECO-BAZAAR.<br />
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Bizarre Bazaar - look out for the hip, the edgy, the rock-abilly, the shabby chic, the Frankie-esque, the steam-punk-pumped, the eclectic, the boho, all in one significant event with green values and artisan artistry. See you Saturday, 7th September, from 9am!<br />
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As she herself says, her work includes everything from the scenic to the floral, all crafted in intricate detail, but her first love are the fantastic, loveable dragons that she fashions as one-off pieces by hand, using no moulds or production-line techniques whatsoever. Fabulous! Dragons are a connection many of us have with our inner children, with fairy tales and imaginary worlds, and this is the audience that Deb addresses with her work so successfully.<br />
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Not limited to stand-alone work, Deb also incorporates her polymer into practical pieces, decorating vases, candle-holders and so on with leaves, flowers and tendrils - the perfect, one-of-a-kind gift if you are after something different and unique.<br />
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Deb also incorporates other materials in her designs many of which feature beads and findings, or, as in the case of her <i>piece de resistance </i>'Under the Sea', glass tile mosaic.<br />
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Take a trip to DebiMDesigns and reconnect with your inner child, a world of joy and colour! You can also find Deb on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/debimdesigns" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. </div>
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Brisbane local Zoe offers a range of useful decorating ideas from kids' personalised name signs to wedding decor items, all professionally finished and tailored to your requirements.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One such shop is my promo for this week - 'Treasures from the Past' belongs to Cindy (and Randy) Rogers, a.k.a. RCEastman, a couple from Eastman USA. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a soft spot for dolls born of a wonderful, long-lost, collection in my childhood - I loved my tall 'walkers', I loved my beautifully nationally-dressed travel souvenir dolls collected for me by my mum, and I loved my collection of Barbies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So in amongst all the great paraphernalia that Cindy has collected, her dolls are the stand-out item for me! Like this original, bubble cut Midge doll (Barbie's friend) from the early 60's.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">For those not so excited about vintage dolls, how about something seriously momentous, such as the 1969 moon-landing, or more specifically a newspaper headline recording the moment!</span></div>
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wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-57163847265238515272013-05-05T15:16:00.000-07:002013-05-05T16:00:18.070-07:00Showcase!<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This month I have joined a group of fellow artists and crafters wishing to improve their on-line profiles by a bit of cross-promotion - a fabulous idea and one we all owe a debt of gratitude to the wonderful <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/dentheARTS?utm_source=convo&utm_medium=trans_email&utm_campaign=convo_html" target="_blank">denthe</a> for facilitating. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first of five artists I will be introducing you too is Kirsten, the artistic force behind Lillibean Designs and her esty shop, sensibly, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LillibeanDesigns" target="_blank">LillibeanDesigns</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kirsten's big-eyed girls are highly reminiscent of the style of work popular when I was a child growing up in the 60's - brooding, whimsical, and very retro-esque. But there is nothing glib about her work - it is beautifully executed, with her clever use of materials including recycled text giving her pieces a modern twist.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LillibeanDesigns etsy shop includes post card sets of 6 designs as well as the larger canvases, so it is possible to secure a sample of Kirsten's magical imagery for a small investment, or these sets could make a wonderful gift.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, her original mixed media collage/painted canvases, either small or large, are very reasonably priced, so have a visit to her shop and browse the full range of images and detailed descriptions for yourself if you are on the look-out for an extra-special present, or the perfect accoutrement for your environs. </span></div>
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wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-47370733628203171212013-04-15T13:01:00.000-07:002013-04-15T13:01:37.275-07:00collagestryAt the end of this week I'm submitting my piece for a curated exhibition, <a href="http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/environment-waste/rubbish-tips-and-bins/rubbish-tips/brisbane-tip-shop/tip-shop-art-competition-2013/index.htm" target="_blank">The Tip Shop Competition</a>, and it's proving to be the largest piece of fabric collage I've ever imagined myself capable of completing. We're at the stage of me sitting, sometimes lying, on the floor to get to the tricky bits. I have needle-stuck fingers and a permanent pain in the neck. But it's been great fun nonetheless - it's playing with colour, pattern, shape and texture...what could be better!?<br />
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The bags and pouches that I've made for the last few years have been greater or lesser degrees of collage, as have been many of the aprons that I make, as well as the skirts and dresses I've done for children, so this is I guess a natural extension. I did a whole series of small collaged pouches a while back:<br />
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and more recently have finished a series of small shoulder bags made from Japanese vintage kimono off-cuts and stocked by <a href="http://reversegarbage.com.au/gift-shop" target="_blank">Reverse Garbage</a> in their Emporium:<br />
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(These or similar can be found from time to time at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheCollectiveStore" target="_blank">The Collective Stor</a>e in Wynnum and at <a href="http://www.bleedingheart.com.au/" target="_blank">Bleeding Heart </a>Gift Shop in the city)<br />
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The Tip Shop project involves reusing materials sourced from the local <a href="http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/environment-waste/rubbish-tips-and-bins/rubbish-tips/brisbane-tip-shop/index.htm" target="_blank">Tip Shops</a> - Endeavour Foundation administered out-lets for re-usable goods dumped at the Brisbane City Council tips by residents, with all profits going to Endeavour. The aim is to publicise the shops (there are two in Brisbane, at Acacia Ridge and at Geebung), and to demonstrate one possible out-come for re-use, that is art work.<br />
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I've been blown away by some of my gem finds at The Tip Shop, including a precious haul of embroidery cottons, many of them French, many wound carefully onto card and labeled, to which it's a true honour to give new life:<br />
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Here are some sneak peeks of the work-in-progress...all will be fully revealed soon on-line via <a href="http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/environment-waste/rubbish-tips-and-bins/rubbish-tips/brisbane-tip-shop/tip-shop-art-competition-2013/index.htm" target="_blank">The Tip Shop Competition</a> links.</div>
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wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-33357280952169620202013-03-01T09:57:00.000-08:002013-03-01T09:57:44.550-08:00My life as a powder keg, and afterwards...I haven't written a post here for about nine months, not since last June/July. My blog tends to be more personal than anything else that I write and the problem nine months ago was that everything became a bit too personal when I was found to have a shadow on my lung.<br />
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Who can say that they HAD lung cancer? And what does that actually mean? I have lots of questions and not very many answers so it's a difficult place to visit or revisit even now.<br />
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I <i>was</i> surprised to find that cancer, dying, death...all those phantoms...were not so frightening to confront. I went into hospital one morning and came out without half one lung less than a week later, and that was, apart from being excruciatingly painful, not all that terrifying an experience. I was so very well looked after by doctors and nurses, and I was, by and large, a very good patient and did everything I was told to do.<br />
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Really and truly, my main if not only concern was the distress I was causing my family and friends - my sons, my parents, my husband, my sister... Bad, bad wimcee for being such a nicotine addict for so many years and bringing this on everyone around me.<br />
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After my operation the prognosis was that there was no need for further treatment - no chemo, no radium. The nature of the cancer was such - so new, so small, so contained - that there was nothing to indicate a better outcome if I underwent further treatment than if I didn't.<br />
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I had initially gone to my GP with a recurrent pain in my chest - in the left side - which led via tests to the discovery of the shadow - on the right side - which was unrelated. To this day nobody knows what was causing the original pain - possibly the rigours of learning crochet which I took up about that time (and which kept me sane in hospital it must be said!) - but it probably saved my life.<br />
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I don't know what comes next with this - the thoracic specialist said before Christmas, 'now we watch, and we wait' - but when my eldest son became engaged to his long-term sweet-heart in January, and my middle son took up a terrific new position in Sydney at about the same time, and my baby boy embarked on his thesis more recently, how could I not feel blessed for having been here to enjoy and savour these moments? <br />
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I did a very few markets towards the end of last year, with enormous help and support from the heavenly Helen and the others at the BrisStyle helm, but for now I'm off the marketing circuit. Sadly. Miss the camaraderie very much; miss taking my work to town; miss meeting the browsers and the customers... But I do want to give more time to my parents and to my husband this year and I was finding the markets took bigger and bigger chunks of time.<br />
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I am cranking up both on-line stores - etsy and madeit - in lieu, and giving more time and attention to real-time retail through The Collective Store, Bleeding Heart, Rosemount, Reverse Emporium, and other possible outlets instead. And I'm also hoping to get back to painting again this year, or at least working more on the art/craft combination - the soft sculptures and fabric collages and so on that I've dabbled with previously.<br />
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So - watch this space!<br />
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Life is a very wonderful, precious gift to be cherished but also to be taken at the flood and joyously exploited!<br />
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<br />wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-1963870309786483652012-09-01T12:14:00.000-07:002012-09-01T15:16:48.330-07:00Sew Happy at last!My mother was an excellent, creative seamstress, and I grew up familiar with sewing machines, specifically the heavy-duty Singer that Dad gave her as a wedding present in 1956.<br />
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This machine still works beautifully, and at the age of 80 she still uses it to do small repair jobs and to alter clothing to fit. Very recently she had it lovingly serviced by <a href="http://www.sewingmachinesbrisbane.com.au/" target="_blank">Henderson's</a> at Chermside in Brisbane, and she feels it's working better than ever. </div>
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Mum used to make her own clothes before she was married, whipping up dresses for dances with a wing and a prayer, literally, as she had no time for patterns or conventions. And yet she understood all about cutting on the bias and how to drape fabrics. A genuine creative.<br />
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I learned to sew on this machine, but believe me when I say that I was an absolute disaster at it - to the extent that my mother's heart was always in her mouth when I went to work, wondering if her precious machine would survive. Not one of life's naturals, by any stretch of the imagination! Which just goes to show that where there's life there's hope, and it IS possible to teach a more mature dog new tricks, so to speak. Unlike my mum, I used patterns, which I didn't always understand, nor have the patience to follow when I did, and my frustration with the results lead to vigorous arguments with Sally Singer. Finally, leaving a trail of threads and scraps all over Dad's study where the sewing machine lived in those days, I was banned...a relief to me, Mum, and the sewing machine no doubt!<br />
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Which didn't stop me feeling a need to sew. When my boys were born I made tentative steps back into the sewing world with a little basic Janome, a pile of <i>Top Kids</i> magazines, and the strangely sparse retail fabric world of Queensland in the 1980's. </div>
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My sons got to wear some interesting dressing gowns and jackets as toddlers: the best attempt I could make at the cool world of German children's fashion meets <i>Saved by the Bell.</i><br />
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The need was definitely there; I just hadn't found the skills (or, it has to be said, the resources) at that stage to meet my aspirations.<br />
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Fast forward to 2007, when my sister gave me a new sewing machine for my [mumble]-th birthday.<br />
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wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-67373496342097692112012-08-22T00:55:00.001-07:002014-02-05T15:36:16.449-08:00To market, to market...This Friday night I am setting up shop at the BrisStyle indie Twilight Market. This will be my first 'real' market all year and here it is almost the end of August.<br />
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Markets are rather special, especially when it's BrisStyle, which is hand-made only and the primary retail out-let for this not-for-profit collective of craftspeople. These twilight markets can be hugely successful, especially running up to Christmas, but it's also an opportunity to catch up with members of long standing and meet some of the newer recruits.<br />
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I've got some new work in the pipeline for Friday night, the nature of which has been in part dictated by physical limitations after surgery in July - my beloved sewing machine hates my back at the moment. So lots of crochet and some paper and glue and embroidery have been my most comfortable options.<br />
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If you are local, drop by King George Square from 5 p.m., browse the stalls, bop to the band, and grab a bite to eat at The Groove Train...look forward to seeing you and being back in the thick of a market once more!</div>
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wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com2King George Square, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia-27.4684182 153.0241399-27.470179199999997 153.0216724 -27.4666572 153.0266074tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-31618774978891745652012-07-29T10:26:00.001-07:002012-07-29T10:26:27.325-07:00August AugustLove August!<br />
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My birthday comes along at this time of year and I still harbour that little-girl anticipation of celebrations, not to mention gift-getting, even though, if asked, I don't actually feel I need or want a lot of frivel...much prefer sourcing out the perfect present for other people in reality.<br />
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For the young the Ekka was - still may be, although somehow I doubt it - a bit of a rite of passage: eventually you were deemed old enough to go alone and unsupervised in the company of friends to spend a day and an evening riding the big dipper and the octopus, feasting on dagwood dogs and get-your-cheerios, and collecting trophies from the sample bag pavilion. Young girls and young fellows strutted their stuff - too young perhaps for boyfriends and girlfriends, but old enough to be aware of display.<br />
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Pre-Dreamworld days, we loved the Ekka, with its something-for-everyone...baby animals for the kiddies, floral dioramas for the Mums, spivvy cars for the Dads, handicrafts for the Nannas, and traditional pit-stops like the wood-chop and the silhouette cutter's stand that were as predictable as night following day in a world otherwise full of flux and change.<br />
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August this year involves a number of wimcee ventures: a workshop, an exhibition entry, a market - more of these shortly or visit me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/wimceeswhims" target="_blank">facebook</a> to be kept up-to-date.<br />
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wimceexxwimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com0Clem Jones Tunnel, Bowen Hills QLD 4006, Australia-27.45 153.0327778-27.4535225 153.0278423 -27.4464775 153.03771329999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-21448808078133442952012-06-28T18:44:00.001-07:002012-06-28T18:47:36.990-07:00Almost as good as sacs...!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My nanna taught me to knit with fat pink needles and bright red wool, but no-one ever taught me how to crochet.<br />
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There's crochet and there's crochet - whole articles are written on what NOT to crochet.<br />
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But knitting is not the craft of choice for anyone who's not looking for a way to fill in an awful lot of time. I used to knit when I operated a switchboard in a little nook, shut away from the rest of the world. I used to knit when I was waiting for my babies to arrive. I still knit in doctors' and dentists' waiting rooms. But overall knitting is way too slow. Too slow, too unforgiving.<br />
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So for a number of years I have been determined to learn to crochet. I want to make granny squares too! I want to do clever things with the yokes of cotton dresses! I want to make lovely wool flower embellishments and amigurumi like all the other clever crafters! I want to be retro and play with colour and get all free-form.<br />
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Finally I mastered the hook - a combination of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/brisbanebrownowls" target="_blank">Brown Owls</a>, <a href="http://meetmeatmikes.com/" target="_blank">Pip Lincoln on-line tutorials</a>, and how-to books got me over the line. I made my very first squares, my first cushion cover, my second cushion cover, and now ...*drum rolls* ... The Boho Bag!<br />
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My inspiration for the bag, 'u<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 25px;">n sac, du crochet, du Liberty, de la dentelle et quelques fleurs' was made by Cecile Balladino and </span>came from here: <a href="http://gipsybazar.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/un-sac-du-crochet-du-liberty-de-la.html" target="_blank">eclectic gypsy land</a><br />
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Cecile took <i>her</i> inspiration from Lucy Laine's '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://lucylaine.canalblog.com/archives/2011/08/05/21738563.html" rel="bookmark" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Les Sacs Me Font Perdre La Boule!!">Les Sacs Me Font Perdre La Boule!!</a>' which is shown <a href="http://lucylaine.canalblog.com/archives/2011/08/05/21738563.html" target="_blank">here</a>:</span><br />
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If I take the rectangular cushion out it's much the same shape as Lucy's. And like her I've used some special vintage lace in homage if for no other reason.</div>
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Inside is some lovely Japanese print from the girls at <a href="http://voodoorabbit.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Voodoo Rabbit</a>.</div>
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So pleased with this, partly because I had to make it up as I went along, and pull it apart and try again here and there, so another tick against new skills learned, and a big tick also for perseverance. </div>
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I have loathed the keep-calm-and-carry-on trend since it first raised its dull and repetitious head several years ago...ok, I guess, if you are English AND living in England AND preferably lived through a war, but in Australia it just smacks (to me) of a total absence of original thought married to a lurking cultural cringe-i-ness.<br />
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Ditto union jack cushions and all things bull dog. Love that those folk on that island over there have a lot of fun with their own love of country - good for them, and they do it with a lovely touch of humour - but it's not something we can pick up and run with and why on earth would we want to?<br />
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In most respects though, on self-examination, I find I'm otherwise surprisingly non-judgmental and tolerant about interior design. Like anything in life, so long as it's not too contrived, it's legit in my book. Home is - it really is - where the heart is, and if there's affection afoot that's as design excellence as you can get.<br />
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When I was growing up, my Dad revealed a fetish for light fittings which he indulged via ceramic chandeliers (complete with little gilded cherubim) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">and ornate metal flower-and-leaf illuminations. As young teens we died of embarrassment over these non-early-seventies baroque-esque style statements that couldn't help but dominate otherwise ordinary family room and bed-rooms. Yet my sister and I have admitted to each other in recent years how strangely drawn we are to excessive light fittings ourselves now...</span></span><br />
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So people in glass houses, or houses resplendent with coloured glass lanterns and faux art deco frosted wall sconces, obviously have no right to throw stones of any hue.<br />
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Go the personal predilection - if you can't feel free to have fun at home, where else could you possibly let your hair down and be self indulgent?<br />
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Just don't, please, k. c. & c. o.<br />
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If in doubt, remember: Australian = laconic...something worth celebrating.<br />
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Have a giggle!wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-58797363330074939572012-06-04T14:38:00.000-07:002012-06-04T14:42:28.900-07:00Retro campers and kitschy kitchenesque<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The little red caravan that could!</span><br />
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The caravan is a marvel - Helen, BrisStyle eventista extraordinaire, and beautiful Bel have done magic with their collection of retro lounges, beach brollies, and charming flamingoes!<br />
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And I had a great time sharing a tent with the talented <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AnitaGosden" target="_blank">Anita</a> from Mum's Cupboard (as in, what's in Mum's cupboard) for wimcee's first market outing for 2012.<br />
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I've gone kitchenesque for the time being, which has been fun, in an effort to build up my stocks again after the hiatus. Had such a lovely time making five new aprons to take to market only to sell four of them before opening time...very happy for them to find good homes so quickly, but it threw my theme for the day just a little.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some new retro style aprons available from: http://www.madeit.com.au/detail.asp?id=554834</td></tr>
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All we need now is some old-fasioned Brisbane winter sunshine to smile on the market season in full swing. Here's to blue skies, with no early Westerlies!<br />
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With support from the Brisbane City Council, BrisStyle - our collective of crafters, artists and artisans - has this year been tasked with spreading itself about a little more liberally. The brief is to share skills and experience with the wider community, and, more importantly bring creative heads together to support each other. <br />
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OK, so we've had a bit of fun too, fitting out the vehicular manifestation of this initiative.<br />
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Speaking as a marketeer of a number of years' standing, winter has to be the magic season for Brisbane markets and festivals! Even if it's cool, the sun is usually shining and the sky is almost always cloudless and blue. So, no better way to kick off the winter markets season than a craft festival in the CBD for the first day of June! Check it out!<br />
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Have great weeks!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1px;"><img height="200" id="il_fi" src="http://s6.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/DE3B82D1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="199" /></span>wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-89027007724549459512012-05-08T10:52:00.001-07:002012-05-08T10:52:50.662-07:00Hey Green Tamborine...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Terrific Trev fancied some R&R over the Labour Day long week-end, so off we went to the fabulous <a href="http://www.escarpment.com.au/" target="_blank">Escarpment Retreat</a>, which is next but one to <a href="http://www.stbernardshotel.com.au/" target="_blank">St Bernard's Hotel</a> on "Mount" Tamborine.</span><br />
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"Mount" because it's not really a mountain in the strictest sense, more of a small plateau-hillside settlement. But the vistas are extraordinary due to the plummeting cliffs of the Scenic Rim, and the flora is pure Gondwanise:- massive figs, thick tarzanesque strangler vines, ancient cycads, dappled sunlight, leaf canopy and all...beautiful! About 90 minutes from Brisbane, it's the perfect week-end get-away.<br />
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St Bernard's is a scene-stealer itself. This grand old hotel has been a local land-mark since 1898. In it's accommodation-based hay-day in the 20's it boasted a tennis court, a large swimming pool fed by a creek, walks to visit the five local waterfalls, and extensive gardens on the edge of the escarpment - all perched right on the cliffs with a view north-east to the Gold Coast and islands of Moreton Bay.<br />
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I remember family day trips up to Tamborine when I was a child, with St Bernard's the destination for lunch: a choice of roasts, with vanilla ice-cream and caramel sauce to follow... such were the heights of culinary sophistication in Queensland in the early 60's. But served up by maids in uniform on fine china, silver cutlery and starched white tablecloths.<br />
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<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4003398723154953015" id="ctl00_ctl00_cph1_cph1_ctl00_lnkMainLightbox" style="clear: left; color: #6d9384; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Picture of Caravan Teapot" id="ctl00_ctl00_cph1_cph1_ctl00_defaultImage" src="http://www.tamborinemountainteapots.com/images/thumbs/0000203_300.jpeg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial;" title="Picture of Caravan Teapot" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span>The Gallery Walk on the Long Road is an eclectic mix of dress shops, galleries, craft and nick-nacks, with a variety of eateries, brewery, wine cellar, a cheese factory, and a couple of hum-dinger ethnicentric pit-stops including the (German) <a href="http://www.cuckooclocknest.com.au/" target="_blank">Cuckoo Clock Nes</a>t and the Dutch Bite Cafe and Clog Place. I love a genuine Black Forrest cuckoo clock and a bit deft china along with the best of them...Tamborine is a bit like that; all oblique if not downright obvious references to a vague Continental heritage. <a href="http://www.tamborinemountainteapots.com/topic/6-about-us.aspx" target="_blank">The Tamborine Mountain Teapot Shop</a> features some pretty wild creations imported from England; the <a href="http://www.polishplace.com.au/" target="_blank">Polish Place</a> serves up food, drink and objects d'art in the Polish tradition. When I was a student we used to drive up to savour coffee in a brass kettle and a potato and bacon hash at the long-gone Swedish Cafe, with it's blue and yellow flag painted roof, when IKEA was just a twinkle in someone's flat-packing eye.<br />
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We also shared out retreat in a general rather than specific sense with this year's <a href="http://www.garterbeltsandgasoline.com.au/garterbelts/index.html" target="_blank">garter-belt and gasoline convention</a> - a colossal coming together of hot-rods through the ages, most in pristine nick, with rockabillia excelsis thrown in for good measure! Bands, balls, a massive show-ground festival - ladies of all ages done up from top-to-toe in 40's/50's fashions, and greased-back locks and sharp shoes for the blokes. Spectacular! Time for a quick visit to <a href="http://kittysvintagekitsch.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Shop Time Forgot and Kitty's Vintage Kitsch</a>, the mountain's retro mega mecca.<br />
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We wined, dined and did some gentle trekking to make up for it all - the non-leech-infested Sky Walk for one (someone mentioned the 'L' word to TT), and the Curtis Falls track for another, the latter setting off from one of the prettiest picnic grounds in s-e Queensland.<br />
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All in all, a fabulous retreat...and just slightly la-la land enough to be great fun!<br />
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<br />wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-16271163337493425192012-04-21T22:54:00.001-07:002012-04-21T23:01:17.474-07:00Inspired...<br />
If I need a push-along with a project, inspiration is so easily accessed...there are wonderful books, magazines and a whole universe of on-line material in which to immerse oneself. It's immersion therapy - one wallows in a collection of colours and patterns and images, in the ways that others have collected and remixed, and after basking in this extraordinary collage, I find I can't wait to get back to my own work and let my own creative energy go crazy on whatever it is I'm doing.<br />
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<a href="http://pinterest.com/wimcee/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> is full of visual feats - I can revisit my own pin boards or have a look at others or get a bit of pinning action...<br />
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And there are all the fabulous blogs out there to be read as well: like blissful <a href="http://pinkfriday.blogg.se/" target="_blank">Pink Friday</a>; the chic <a href="http://www.carnetsparisiens.com/" target="_blank">carnets parisiens</a> and the quirky <a href="http://blog.alltheluckintheworld.nl/" target="_blank">All the luck in the world</a> just for starters.</div>
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The library of crafting books out there is growing daily. <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/State-Craft-Victoria-Woodcock/dp/0956205348" target="_blank">State of Craft</a></i> by Victoria Woodcock is a recent favourite...in fact anything that is a like a visual/literary craft compilation I find to be fascinating: <i><a href="http://www.craftactivism.com/" target="_blank">Craft Activism</a> </i>by Joan Tapper and Gayl Zucker; and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"></span><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568987870/ref=s9_sdps_c1_s1_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0S61WFASACE8PGVWX2VM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383351&pf_rd_i=507846" target="_blank">Handmade Nation</a> by </i>Faythe Devine and Courtney Heimerl.<br />
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I have a mini-exhibition at <a href="http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2011/12/06/passion-for-art-stirs-christina-better-business/" target="_blank">Gallery Frit</a>, Imbil, running through April. The curator and owner, Christina, has established Frit in Yabba Road, which makes me think Flintstones, but the local waterway is the Yabba, and this is main street Imbil, with the gallery housed in an elegant old Queenslander. My work is cheek by jowl with some other lovely and eclectic pieces and it's an absolute buzz to give my work this new home for the next few weeks. This is pop-up wimcee - because I am not attending markets at the moment I've basically provided my market stall for the show - everything from paintings to cushions, feather head-dresses to children's quilted jackets, and one monkey soft sculpture...<br />
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Imbil is simple to get to - head north from Brisbane, turn left at Eumundi, turn right at Kenilworth, and then take the turn-off left to Imbil and the <a href="http://www.maryvalley.com.au/leisure/lake_borumba.htm" target="_blank">Borumba Dam</a> from the Kenilworth-Gympie road. Easy-peasy.<br />
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And of the tribe, as we had about 100 or so of her friends to a champagne afternoon tea to celebrate, together with a smattering of their young who we were friends with as children.<br />
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This was indeed a challenge, and Dad did promise us fine weather, and obliged, fortunately, as otherwise we would have really run out of room under cover. But an absolute pleasure as well:- equipped with pacemakers and walkers and sticks the tribe came ready to party, so it always was going to be a huge success. They quaffed champagne (the tea things went unnoticed, but the blue themed cup cakes all vanished, as did the oysters, and most of the prawns and sangers) and because they rarely get together now except for funerals relished with gusto the opportunity to catch up with old friends. I'd told Terrific Trev not to worry about music as it would never be heard above the cacophony, so we had a few chords or very pretty opera right at the start and then he gave up. He hadn't time anyway - he was seen with glasses and bottles in all corners, stopping only to find old girls a chair and a drink when necessary. They came at 3 on the dot, and all went home at about 5.30 with their designated drivers, and we fell in a heap for about 48 hours. But SO, SO worth it. Never was there a more appreciative bunch of revellers, and the little mountain of thank-you letters, beautifully written on letterhead, is what it's all about in their view... you enjoy, and you express that properly.<br />
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So the tribe came and went (not far; they mainly live within a radius of perhaps 2 miles) and the clan has stayed on. My baby sister from London and her growing brood and handsome hubby, here for several weeks...my little brother, his wife and child, mixing in too. Mum and Dad as happy as pigs in mud. En famille...<br />
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Have happy weeks!wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-14873562686204437402012-03-10T10:27:00.000-08:002012-03-10T10:27:13.886-08:00¡VIVA! [II]<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Opening night of the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/268432066504536/" target="_blank">Viva la Frida</a> exhibition was a scintillating success for the organisers - the <a href="http://www.artshedbrisbane.com.au/circle-gallery.html" target="_blank">Circle Gallery</a> was packed to the rafters with floral hair-do's and sombrero-ed musos, which was not only gratifying for the 28 participating artists but also fiscally rewarding for fund-raising efforts benefitting the <a href="http://www.wlsq.org.au/" target="_blank">Women's Legal Service</a> on the eve of the <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/" target="_blank">International Day of Women</a>.<br />
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I'm heading back this morning for a quieter look after a family breakfast. The show continues for the rest of the week and is open daily, 10-4.<br />
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For me personally it was special to get a new portrait finished, framed and hung. I've struggled with painting for the last few years so inched my way back into this time by reverting to a childhood technique of oil crayon and water colour tin...an investment sans frame of about $15 in materials including the matt board surface from <a href="http://www.reversegarbage.com.au/" target="_blank">Reverse Garbage</a>. The box of coloured derwents came out for finishing touches, and voila...!<br />
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Love, love, love making do technically - love that it's possible to make art with whatever's to hand if the spirit takes you.<br />
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Looking forward to more art in the months to come after a long break, and more opportunities to find the overlap between art-making and crafting.<br />
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On the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">9th March</span> I'm taking part in a mixed exhibition called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/VIVA-La-Frida-The-Exhibition-Circle-Gallery-West-End/265570810119637" target="_blank">"Viva la Frida"</a></span> at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">The Circle Gallery</span>, Westend. It will run for a week, and features the work of more than <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">25 local artists</span> and craftspeople. Associated workshops are being organized by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">The Art Shed</span>.</div>
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This show has generated enormous excitement amongst those I know who are involved. Everyone knows, or should know, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.fridakahlo.com/" target="_blank">Frida Kahlo</a></span> - that Mexican artist with the monobrow who painted many portraits of herself in a part <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">naïve</span> part <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">surrealist</span> </span>style, often incorporating animals, flowers, fruit and other <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">symbolic</span> embellishments in her work.<br />
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As a person she was attractive (the famous mono-brow not withstanding), sensual, nymph-like (especially when seen in the company of her husband, fellow-painter <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera" target="_blank">Diego Rivera</a></span>, and a charged-up representative of her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">culture</span>, making a fashion statement of frills, beads, shawls and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">colour</span>.<br />
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Above all, we both paint. I have a lino print that she made from one of her son's drawings of sharks watched from the jetty at Broome, WA, when they lived there; she has an oil still life that I did a hundred years ago for my first exhibition ever, when I lived on a Darling Downs farm.<br />
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For me though pick of the pack was "Bessie Gibson: an artistic life". My mother feels that my grand-father knew Bessie from his time at Brisbane Technical College, and her work speaks of that earlier era of dynamic Australian female artists. And also has something of my grand-father's feel about it - the palette as well as the gestural brushwork of her larger oils.</div>
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I think we all need the odd day out of our usual lives like that, and an amble down Memory Lane. My friend Melanie from <a href="http://kimonoreincarnate.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Kimono Reincarnate</a> talks about the pleasure of keeping art dates with yourself, and I enjoyed meeting up again with Trish so much - revisiting memories of my years in the country and finding out about how she's meeting the same sorts of challenges that life throws our way at this stage in our lives where ever we live.<br />
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I came home feeling a little challenged, wonderfully stimulated, and utterly refreshed - although that last might have been partly to do with a nice long drive in My Lovely Car's air con too, with Brisbane rejoicing in a typically sultry February! <br />
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Have happy days!wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003398723154953015.post-6059506004031226722012-01-31T13:45:00.000-08:002012-01-31T21:43:21.303-08:00Bridging moments<br />
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Terrific Trev took me to Sydney for the January "long" week-end - to see the<a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/picasso/" target="_blank"> <span id="goog_688129049"></span>Picasso exhibition</a><span id="goog_688129050"></span> at the Gallery of New South Wales, to scour <a href="http://urbanwalkabout.com/paddington/fashion/boutiques-shops/" target="_blank">Oxford Street</a>, the sales, the city arcades, to visit the markets, and to dine wonderfully at hand-picked venues. He is the king of travel planning, and I am a very lucky crafter as a result.<br />
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Before we left we walked along the Harbour Bridge feeder road, overlooking Circular Quay, to the foundation stone above The Rocks. The bridge was opened in March 1932, a week before my mother was born, so that was a bit of a moment as she, and the bridge, turn 80 next month.</div>
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And she is eternally grateful that her parents decided NOT to call her 'Sydney Bridgette'.<br />
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This week-end I have my first market - the very special <a href="http://www.saintmarys.org.au/what's-on/saturday-markets.aspx" target="_blank">Heavenly Harvest</a> in the grounds of St Mary's Church above the southern reach of our very own Story Bridge.<br />
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If you have a fondness for Jane Marple's village of St. Mary's Mead, or the Parish of Didley, this is the market for you! You can take tea in a pot with its own eccentric cosy accompanied by home-baked scones seated high above the river on the Kangaroo Point cliffs, rifle the jumble, browse hand-made wares, take a self-guided tour of the church, and go home with farm-fresh fruit and vegies, sweet treats and great bread. It's a bit of a hike, and far from extensive or over-crowded, but that's part of what makes it so special.<br />
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My other bridge moment coming up is an exhibition in which I'm participating of paintings and other works inspired by our very own Brissie icon, the Story Bridge - not as monumental perhaps, but in its own way as structurally impressive as its southern cousin. I have contributed ten bags and pouches - no paintings on this occasion because I simply ran out of framing time, but thematic sewing is lots of fun, challenging to start with but in the end self-perpetuating. The exhibition opens on February 14th at the <a href="http://www.robynbauergallery.com.au/home" target="_blank">Robyn Bauer Studio and Gallery</a>, Paddington (the Brisbane one) and includes work from ten artists.<br />
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And why does one say "out from London" - are we some sort of <i>outer space</i> in Oz, or do they get let <i>out </i>of a wintry UK, as from the penitentiary?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">We missed them all, as much as one does miss one's favourite little sister and her lovely hubby and dearest chickadees. But I had a lovely time shopping, in London as it were, on-line for their Christmas and birthday presents (my niece and nephew were born on the 1/1 and 2/1 respectively). I roamed <a href="http://www.harrods.com/%20-%20United%20Kingdom">Harrods</a> and <a href="http://www.fortnumandmason.com/%20-%20United%20Kingdom">Fortnams</a>, browsed <a href="http://www.designersguild.com/">Designers Guild</a> and <a href="http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/home/uk/en/zara-I2011">Zara</a>, and shopped at the <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_2075394231"></span>London Science Museum<span id="goog_2075394232"></span></a> and <a href="http://www.accessorize.com/">Accessorize</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">My cyber visits to London reminded me of how much I am drawn to English crafting, English vintage, and English quirkiness generally. I'm not particularly anglophile, but no one does eccentric quite like Britannia.</span><br />
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I've been feeling so blessed this year.<br />
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My big boys are all finding their paths in adult life, my parents have stayed in excellent health as they both turn 80, Terrific Trev is mellowing and enjoying life more than he has allowed himself to for years!, and I've had the most wonderful time all year ignoring housework and exploring creative avenues in all sort of directions.<br />
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I've met great people through the markets, both fellow marketeers and also wonderful marketers. I have had good times with old friends and spent wonderful moments with my sister, brother-in-law and their children when they visited. I nursed new great-nephew Harry within hours of his birth - how special does that feel! - and spent time with all of Trevor's wonderful family, including my first visit to his home city, Adelaide, where his 90+ year old Dad still lives. Life is pretty sweet, and I really do feel privileged to be able to say just that.<br />
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Thank-you, dear followers of this blog, for keeping up with my ramblings this year! Have very happy Christmases and stay safe and healthy for 2012!wimceehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14677079324743219078noreply@blogger.com2