Saturday, February 26, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Speaking with Laura Williams
Tell us a little about your background
I grew up in Australind, an hour and a bit south of perth. We had a beautiful house that was surrounded by bush and looked out over the estuary.
Did you grow up in a creative environment?
Yeah, my family is pretty creative but in different ways. There is a lot of quilting and sewing and cooking and gardening and music and generally making lots of things - everyone has their projects and we are a fairly practical family. We have always been encouraged to follow whatever we were interested in and I was always making stuff and had little projects on the go all the time. Papier mache bowls, necklaces, paper clay, paintings, sewing pencil cases in the shape of elephants...
One of my brothers is a graphic designer too (also with lots of painting and screenprinting and other projects on the go) so we often bounce ideas off each other and get another opinion on things. It is great having a family with lots of skills in different areas because if I am unsure of how to do something, someone else usually knows!
Who/what are some of your creative influences?
I get inspired by lots of artists, movies, books, music and often just things i see or come across. In terms of artists, I really like artists such as Andy Goldsworthy, Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, Clarice Beckett and lots of others. I also have a general love for patterned fabrics and papers. I recently realised that I collect a lot of things too (having had to pack it all up!). I have a lot of postcards of reproductions from exhibitions, fabrics, buttons, jewellery, beads – elements of these things inspire me , even if it is just the colours.
I also have a couple of lever arch files that are filled with pages that I have ripped out of old magazines or just general images that I have found. They are mainly of places and objects - gardens, plants, landscapes, animals, all kinds of things, but I've found this is a really useful resource if I am feeling stuck. I like to be surrounded by stuff that relates to what I'm working on, so at the moment there are a lot of photos of plants and gardens everywhere.
What do you like about Perth? How do you think living in Perth has influenced your work?
The lifestyle and the weather in Perth is pretty great and I really like looking at all the beautiful gardens in the streets around the house I have been living in. I do like the beach too – I feel pretty lucky to be able to go swimming at the beach in the morning and see a school of fish swimming next to me. I think that in some ways I am usually more influenced by other places i visit though or the photographs I have brought back with me. I get inspired in places where there is a lot of natural space and I feel like I need to get out of my current environment every once in a while for a bit of a refresher.
You are moving to Melbourne soon! Will you be continuing your practice there and what creatively are you looking forward to most?
Yes, I’ve actually just arrived! It’s quite exciting and I am planning to continue to paint and draw and make things but I’ll probably have a little break from exhibiting for a while and just focus on the making. I find going to new places really exciting: working out where things are and what I find interesting and how everything operates. I guess I am just looking forward to taking everything in and I’m planning to see as much and learn as much as I can too.
What are some of your creative goals?
I tend to look at everything I do as a learning curve, whether its how to use a material better or just hopefully improving my skills and techniques as I go. Every so often, I have a little bout of extra enthusiasm and start entering works in lots of exhibitions and putting ideas together for possible shows. In reality though, my goals are more about what I am working on at one particular moment. It always feels as if there isn’t enough time for everything. I guess this is a good way to be as I always have the next project or idea waiting in the back of my mind. It is more a matter of trying to get these ideas and images that I have in my mind onto paper as best I can - that is always the main goal.
What are some of your favourite materials to work with?
I have been working on paper for a while now and most recently with watercolours. My favourite part is putting the first wash of colour onto the paper. I like the way that painting of any kind always feels like something that you gradually learn more and more about but there is always more to know. I also did quite a lot of video and animation work while I was studying and I am quite keen to do some more. I like the way it challenges me to bring time into the equation and the ideas are no longer only about 1 or 2 images.
Any medium you would like to explore that you haven’t done yet?
I would like to try using oils sometime soon as I haven't really done much oil painting before. I have also been experimenting with resin recently and I'm really enjoying working out how to get different effects and seeing what it can do so that is definitely something i would like to explore a little bit more
Are there constant themes you are attracted to in your work?
I am usually drawn to natural themes - gardens, plants, insects, water, weather - i find these things endlessly fascinating. Over the past year or so I have mainly been focussing on gardens and plants and most recently, I have been doing some mini watercolour works in the shape of windows looking out into gardens. I guess I'm trying to make the works have the same effect as a nice window - a view into a calm sanctuary. I do also like drawing cute things too so every so often I do a bunch of drawings of tiny smiling snails or checked pigs or something!
Do you tend to work in a studio, from home or both? What is your workspace like?
I just work wherever I can but I have usually had a dedicated corner to work in with a table or a little bit of bench space. I have had a beautiful studio in Subiaco over the last few months and I think this was really good for my work. Prior to that I had always worked at home, so it was a good way to see if I could work somewhere else. It made me a lot more disciplined (no web browsing!) and probably a lot more productive too. Having said that though, I need a lot of things around me to be able to work effectively: paints, other materials, books and images that relate to what I'm working on - I always seem to surround myself with stuff. Hence, wherever I am working is also always a really messy area!!
Do you listen to anything when you are working? If so, what?
While i am working I usually listen to music or audiobooks depending on what I am working on. If I am doing really detailed and repetitive work, I find that listening to books really helps me work longer and not get distracted. Most of the time I listen to music though, and i like all kinds of things so it really depends on my mood. For some reason, Joanna Newsom's music and the Ys album in particular instantly inspires me but lately I've also been listening to Arcade Fire, Laura Marling, LCD Soundsystem, The National and Dan Sultan amongst lots of other things.
Where can people find out more about your work?
I have a blog: http://laurajwilliams.blogspot.com/
and an etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/laurajwilliams
Any future shows coming up?
Not in the near future. I'm just planning to concentrate on the making side of things for a little while and then see how i go, check the blog for updates on this one though!
I grew up in Australind, an hour and a bit south of perth. We had a beautiful house that was surrounded by bush and looked out over the estuary.
Did you grow up in a creative environment?
Yeah, my family is pretty creative but in different ways. There is a lot of quilting and sewing and cooking and gardening and music and generally making lots of things - everyone has their projects and we are a fairly practical family. We have always been encouraged to follow whatever we were interested in and I was always making stuff and had little projects on the go all the time. Papier mache bowls, necklaces, paper clay, paintings, sewing pencil cases in the shape of elephants...
One of my brothers is a graphic designer too (also with lots of painting and screenprinting and other projects on the go) so we often bounce ideas off each other and get another opinion on things. It is great having a family with lots of skills in different areas because if I am unsure of how to do something, someone else usually knows!
Who/what are some of your creative influences?
I get inspired by lots of artists, movies, books, music and often just things i see or come across. In terms of artists, I really like artists such as Andy Goldsworthy, Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, Clarice Beckett and lots of others. I also have a general love for patterned fabrics and papers. I recently realised that I collect a lot of things too (having had to pack it all up!). I have a lot of postcards of reproductions from exhibitions, fabrics, buttons, jewellery, beads – elements of these things inspire me , even if it is just the colours.
I also have a couple of lever arch files that are filled with pages that I have ripped out of old magazines or just general images that I have found. They are mainly of places and objects - gardens, plants, landscapes, animals, all kinds of things, but I've found this is a really useful resource if I am feeling stuck. I like to be surrounded by stuff that relates to what I'm working on, so at the moment there are a lot of photos of plants and gardens everywhere.
What do you like about Perth? How do you think living in Perth has influenced your work?
The lifestyle and the weather in Perth is pretty great and I really like looking at all the beautiful gardens in the streets around the house I have been living in. I do like the beach too – I feel pretty lucky to be able to go swimming at the beach in the morning and see a school of fish swimming next to me. I think that in some ways I am usually more influenced by other places i visit though or the photographs I have brought back with me. I get inspired in places where there is a lot of natural space and I feel like I need to get out of my current environment every once in a while for a bit of a refresher.
You are moving to Melbourne soon! Will you be continuing your practice there and what creatively are you looking forward to most?
Yes, I’ve actually just arrived! It’s quite exciting and I am planning to continue to paint and draw and make things but I’ll probably have a little break from exhibiting for a while and just focus on the making. I find going to new places really exciting: working out where things are and what I find interesting and how everything operates. I guess I am just looking forward to taking everything in and I’m planning to see as much and learn as much as I can too.
What are some of your creative goals?
I tend to look at everything I do as a learning curve, whether its how to use a material better or just hopefully improving my skills and techniques as I go. Every so often, I have a little bout of extra enthusiasm and start entering works in lots of exhibitions and putting ideas together for possible shows. In reality though, my goals are more about what I am working on at one particular moment. It always feels as if there isn’t enough time for everything. I guess this is a good way to be as I always have the next project or idea waiting in the back of my mind. It is more a matter of trying to get these ideas and images that I have in my mind onto paper as best I can - that is always the main goal.
What are some of your favourite materials to work with?
I have been working on paper for a while now and most recently with watercolours. My favourite part is putting the first wash of colour onto the paper. I like the way that painting of any kind always feels like something that you gradually learn more and more about but there is always more to know. I also did quite a lot of video and animation work while I was studying and I am quite keen to do some more. I like the way it challenges me to bring time into the equation and the ideas are no longer only about 1 or 2 images.
Any medium you would like to explore that you haven’t done yet?
I would like to try using oils sometime soon as I haven't really done much oil painting before. I have also been experimenting with resin recently and I'm really enjoying working out how to get different effects and seeing what it can do so that is definitely something i would like to explore a little bit more
Are there constant themes you are attracted to in your work?
I am usually drawn to natural themes - gardens, plants, insects, water, weather - i find these things endlessly fascinating. Over the past year or so I have mainly been focussing on gardens and plants and most recently, I have been doing some mini watercolour works in the shape of windows looking out into gardens. I guess I'm trying to make the works have the same effect as a nice window - a view into a calm sanctuary. I do also like drawing cute things too so every so often I do a bunch of drawings of tiny smiling snails or checked pigs or something!
I just work wherever I can but I have usually had a dedicated corner to work in with a table or a little bit of bench space. I have had a beautiful studio in Subiaco over the last few months and I think this was really good for my work. Prior to that I had always worked at home, so it was a good way to see if I could work somewhere else. It made me a lot more disciplined (no web browsing!) and probably a lot more productive too. Having said that though, I need a lot of things around me to be able to work effectively: paints, other materials, books and images that relate to what I'm working on - I always seem to surround myself with stuff. Hence, wherever I am working is also always a really messy area!!
Do you listen to anything when you are working? If so, what?
While i am working I usually listen to music or audiobooks depending on what I am working on. If I am doing really detailed and repetitive work, I find that listening to books really helps me work longer and not get distracted. Most of the time I listen to music though, and i like all kinds of things so it really depends on my mood. For some reason, Joanna Newsom's music and the Ys album in particular instantly inspires me but lately I've also been listening to Arcade Fire, Laura Marling, LCD Soundsystem, The National and Dan Sultan amongst lots of other things.
Where can people find out more about your work?
I have a blog: http://laurajwilliams.blogspot.com/
and an etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/laurajwilliams
Any future shows coming up?
Not in the near future. I'm just planning to concentrate on the making side of things for a little while and then see how i go, check the blog for updates on this one though!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
New on the Paper Chain
There is something new and lovely to see on the Paper Chain blog. It's by Kristi Chua Pinjes, sent to John Parkes on Chain # 9.
Check out a slideshow of this work here -http://thepaperchain.tumblr.com
and while you are there, why not have a look at some more of Kristi's work at Kristi Chua Art on Facebook
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Speaking with Lorraine Corker
Did you grow up in a creative environment?
I was born in Manchester, England in 1952 into a rather large and eccentric family, I being tenth of twelve children. As you can imagine there was never a dull moment, the house was always full of activity and interest. My dad was a welder by trade but drawing was his passion and he was very good at it. He would often draw his workmates in the rest periods.
Money was in short supply but that never stopped us from having a rich and fulfilling life, we just did things a “little” differently…
We always had a plentiful supply of drawing equipment using carpenters pencils and the back of blue prints that dad salvaged from work. It was this kind of resourcefulness and thinking that not only provided our basic needs but also our spiritual and creative ones.
What is your earliest creative memory?
My earliest creative memory was figure drawing in lipstick on my dad’s baldhead while he was sleeping.
My fondest creative memory was the biennial event of redecorating the house. This was always a family affair where we all pitched in to strip the wallpaper. The anticipation would build as the walls beneath started to reveal themselves and squeals of delight and laughter would ring out with each fresh discovery. Growth charts, drawings, poetry and memories were exposed. Once the walls were completely stripped we were given carte blanche to draw whatever and wherever we wanted. Eventually our work was all covered over with fresh wallpaper, hidden from the world, until the next time.
What drives you to do what you do?
I have deep rooted need to create and express ideas, the more I create, the more I need to create – put simply it’s an addiction.
Who/what are some of your creative influences?
A few years ago I started to develop a particular trail of thought that I knew would encompass a way of thinking capable of underpinning my art practice.
At this time it was quite a revelation to discover how much I had in common with the Dada movement’s philosophies and practices. It was in response to this I developed my own philosophy called maMa.
“…maMa has not only responded to, but also reacted against some of Dada’s philosophies and practices. In doing so it has adopted those methods that are in keeping with its ideology and practice, such as the use of chance, the arbitrary act, and the meanderings of the mind.
“In reacting to the negative and destructive tendencies of Dada, maMa has tried to address the Dadaists need to shock, exclude and affront. In understanding their brutal approach, it has been possible to build a new model, one which utilises a positive approach that is based on the very act of creativity. In this respect maMa leans more towards the approach of Yoko Ono, whose work is not outwardly aggressive, but nevertheless challenges its audiences by undermining their compliancy. She often turns the viewer into participator in a manner that seemingly relinquishes the artist’s control, but is in fact placing the viewer in a situation where they have to confront their own values and consciences”. (extract from maMa - Honours Thesis, 2005)
Are you self-taught, formally trained or acquired skills from family/ friends?
All of the above.
Any medium you would like to explore that you haven’t done yet?
I am primarily a painter but my work extends far beyond the canvas. I have spent some years ‘painting as performance’ both within the public arena and the gallery context. The effect of this process is transformative. The paintings often become the ephemeral element of the work and the documentation the end product. My work has led me into the fields of painting, drawing, installation, performance, video, printmaking and photography but is not limited to these as each project sets it own parameters.
Did you always want to be an artist, or did it come later in life?
I always wanted to be creative. It never occurred to me that I could or should be an artist. Going to college was merely a means of acquiring the skills to work in industry. I gained a diploma, but before I had a chance of putting my skills to the test I started a family. Then, just like my parents had done, my resourcefulness and creative skills were employed putting the quality into our lives.
It was some twenty years later when I had the opportunity to enter the art world. I won a prize with my first painting and I went on to have a variety of solo and joint exhibitions in which I made good sales. I was invited to curated exhibitions with well-known and respected artists but still I did not dane to call myself artist.
Eventually I went to university to study fine arts and made a deliberate decision to put behind me everything I thought I already knew. I went out of a limb with every project, daring to push my knowledge and capabilities to the limits, courting failure at every turn. It was through this process that I eventually emerged and began to call myself an artist.
What are some of your creative goals?
The work I do invariably generates more ideas and inspiration for future projects than I can handle at any one time. I have therefore decided to reinvestigate those possibilities with a huge degree of enthusiasm. I don’t plan to do any more ‘live’ performance, although I do not rule it out.
What do you like about working in Perth?
I sometimes wonder if I made the right decision to settle in Perth as there seems to be so much more support for the arts out east. But I quickly dispel those notions. I love the lifestyle here and I could, and perhaps should push myself a little more to belong to the wider art community both here and over east.
How do you see the creative scene in Perth? What if anything, do you think would improve it?
I believe there are a wide variety of things to see and do, but they are not necessarily main stream. Enough for me to run myself ragged going to all the art exhibitions, shows and events, (from which I have now taken a back seat). The mainstream theatre and music scene can be quite prohibitive and unfortunately we do miss out on some of the major events. The arts should be so well supported that it would be impossible to go anywhere without having some kind of encounter with the arts. Well, I am allowed to dream aren’t I?
How can people find out more about your work?
I am in the process of building a web site, which should be up and running shortly.
Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57564435@N02/
YouTube:
email:
rottenart@iinet.net.au
I was born in Manchester, England in 1952 into a rather large and eccentric family, I being tenth of twelve children. As you can imagine there was never a dull moment, the house was always full of activity and interest. My dad was a welder by trade but drawing was his passion and he was very good at it. He would often draw his workmates in the rest periods.
Drawing by my father, S. J. Wilson.
Money was in short supply but that never stopped us from having a rich and fulfilling life, we just did things a “little” differently…
We always had a plentiful supply of drawing equipment using carpenters pencils and the back of blue prints that dad salvaged from work. It was this kind of resourcefulness and thinking that not only provided our basic needs but also our spiritual and creative ones.
What is your earliest creative memory?
My earliest creative memory was figure drawing in lipstick on my dad’s baldhead while he was sleeping.
My fondest creative memory was the biennial event of redecorating the house. This was always a family affair where we all pitched in to strip the wallpaper. The anticipation would build as the walls beneath started to reveal themselves and squeals of delight and laughter would ring out with each fresh discovery. Growth charts, drawings, poetry and memories were exposed. Once the walls were completely stripped we were given carte blanche to draw whatever and wherever we wanted. Eventually our work was all covered over with fresh wallpaper, hidden from the world, until the next time.
What drives you to do what you do?
I have deep rooted need to create and express ideas, the more I create, the more I need to create – put simply it’s an addiction.
Who/what are some of your creative influences?
A few years ago I started to develop a particular trail of thought that I knew would encompass a way of thinking capable of underpinning my art practice.
At this time it was quite a revelation to discover how much I had in common with the Dada movement’s philosophies and practices. It was in response to this I developed my own philosophy called maMa.
From the performance video What is Art?
“…maMa has not only responded to, but also reacted against some of Dada’s philosophies and practices. In doing so it has adopted those methods that are in keeping with its ideology and practice, such as the use of chance, the arbitrary act, and the meanderings of the mind.
“In reacting to the negative and destructive tendencies of Dada, maMa has tried to address the Dadaists need to shock, exclude and affront. In understanding their brutal approach, it has been possible to build a new model, one which utilises a positive approach that is based on the very act of creativity. In this respect maMa leans more towards the approach of Yoko Ono, whose work is not outwardly aggressive, but nevertheless challenges its audiences by undermining their compliancy. She often turns the viewer into participator in a manner that seemingly relinquishes the artist’s control, but is in fact placing the viewer in a situation where they have to confront their own values and consciences”. (extract from maMa - Honours Thesis, 2005)
Are you self-taught, formally trained or acquired skills from family/ friends?
All of the above.
Any medium you would like to explore that you haven’t done yet?
I am primarily a painter but my work extends far beyond the canvas. I have spent some years ‘painting as performance’ both within the public arena and the gallery context. The effect of this process is transformative. The paintings often become the ephemeral element of the work and the documentation the end product. My work has led me into the fields of painting, drawing, installation, performance, video, printmaking and photography but is not limited to these as each project sets it own parameters.
trans-Pose
live performance at The Kurb, Lorraine Corker and Lorretta Gibbs
Did you always want to be an artist, or did it come later in life?
I always wanted to be creative. It never occurred to me that I could or should be an artist. Going to college was merely a means of acquiring the skills to work in industry. I gained a diploma, but before I had a chance of putting my skills to the test I started a family. Then, just like my parents had done, my resourcefulness and creative skills were employed putting the quality into our lives.
It was some twenty years later when I had the opportunity to enter the art world. I won a prize with my first painting and I went on to have a variety of solo and joint exhibitions in which I made good sales. I was invited to curated exhibitions with well-known and respected artists but still I did not dane to call myself artist.
Eventually I went to university to study fine arts and made a deliberate decision to put behind me everything I thought I already knew. I went out of a limb with every project, daring to push my knowledge and capabilities to the limits, courting failure at every turn. It was through this process that I eventually emerged and began to call myself an artist.
Painting as performance in The Space
What are some of your creative goals?
The work I do invariably generates more ideas and inspiration for future projects than I can handle at any one time. I have therefore decided to reinvestigate those possibilities with a huge degree of enthusiasm. I don’t plan to do any more ‘live’ performance, although I do not rule it out.
from visual diary
What do you like about working in Perth?
I sometimes wonder if I made the right decision to settle in Perth as there seems to be so much more support for the arts out east. But I quickly dispel those notions. I love the lifestyle here and I could, and perhaps should push myself a little more to belong to the wider art community both here and over east.
How do you see the creative scene in Perth? What if anything, do you think would improve it?
I believe there are a wide variety of things to see and do, but they are not necessarily main stream. Enough for me to run myself ragged going to all the art exhibitions, shows and events, (from which I have now taken a back seat). The mainstream theatre and music scene can be quite prohibitive and unfortunately we do miss out on some of the major events. The arts should be so well supported that it would be impossible to go anywhere without having some kind of encounter with the arts. Well, I am allowed to dream aren’t I?
Painting from the trans-Pose performance.
How can people find out more about your work?
I am in the process of building a web site, which should be up and running shortly.
Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57564435@N02/
YouTube:
email:
rottenart@iinet.net.au
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Paper Chain 2011
There is a new collage by Pauline White up on our Paper Chain webpage!
Check it out, join in, tell your friends.
Also for those who didn't see it, we were featured on the Frankie blog!
Thanks Frankie, you are awesome : )
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Speaking with Ben Mitchell
Collected Works - Ben Mitchell
Tell us a little about your background
I grew up in Auckland and Sydney to where I emigrated at 19. My family were involved in the Arts and to this day my Dad draws better than just about anyone else I know. I attempted to study Art at RMIT in Melbourne and didn’t have the discipline. I thought Art was what I saw in foreign books about the History of Art so headed out to find it.I gained an Honours degree in Painting at ECU in 2005. Since then I have been in several shows in Perth, Italy and the US.
Tell us a little about what kind of work you do/ what you make
Mostly I have been painting and drawing in oils, acrylics and recently with varnishes and stains. My practice has consistently involved using recycled materials in amongst new materials and often found objects as grounds for pictures. The subject of recent pictures has been an exploration of the effects of decay on Polaroid film and how that can be interpreted in Paint.
What drives you to do what you do?
The main drive behind what I do is curiosity and the desire to achieve something I haven’t been able to yet like a dog running around a track with a rabbit on a stick.. Doing one thing then having it raise other possibilities that then logically seem to need investigating.
What is your earliest creative memory?
That would be drawing a crayon picture of a patch of strawberries seen from above.
Did you always want to be an artist, or did it come later in life?
From growing up around Artists and going to endless openings, the only things that ever really moved me were Art and Music (in the way people are moved by football say), so yes I knew this was the thing to be . It took a while to realize it.
Did you grow up in a creative environment?
Yes both my parents were and still are highly creative as were their friends. We were encouraged to do something with ourselves
Who/what are some of your creative influences?
My Mother and Father, my aunt Brigid, my former colleagues from ECU, some Modernist Painters like Robert Ryman, Rosalie Gascoigne, Cy Twombly, the list could go for pages. Recently things like torn billboards, and erased signs are influencing my focus.
What do you like about where you live?
I love the fact that I am 20 mins drive from the Beach which apart from my studio is my favourite habitat. These days beach trumps Nightclub.
Do you listen to anything while you are working? If so, what?
Yes, I enjoy flicking the radio around to suit my mood and playing random CDs of everything from Brian Eno, Electronica, Pop, 70’s funk & early Hip Hop etc to Schumann , Miles Davis and points in between.
Where can people find out more about your work?
Facebook: Ben Mitchell
Kurb Gallery
Primo Piano Gallery
Artsource
Or by email: mitchell855@gmail.com
Any current shows?
I am currently exhibiting new paintings at Kurb Gallery in William Street Northbridge till the 24th December in conjunction with fellow ECU alumni Candy Goldsmith. Openings hours are: Monday 20th, 10am-4pm; Tuesday 21st, 10am-6pm; Wednesday 22nd, 10am-6pm; Thursday 24th, 10am-4pm.
Many thanks to Ben, for agreeing to be the first in the Bear among bees Speaking with... series!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
There's a new collage on The Paper Chain block!
I received this lovely collage in the mail yesterday! I'm so excited!
We have been running the Paper Chain since April this year, seeing all the lovely work everyone was producing I was waiting (as patiently as I could) for my name to come up in our monthly random name picks and at last it did.
Morgana Robb has made this very inspiring mixed media collage for me and I now need to make a collage response to send onto the next link in our chain (#8). You can pop over to our Paper Chain blog to see a slideshow with detailed images of Morgana's collage, follow our progress, and even join in if you like : )
Sunday, November 28, 2010
2010 Crochet Blocks, so far...
A few days ago I mentioned wanting to show you some things I've made but was too excited about exhibitions and shows I saw last week to actually get to the showing off part, so here's what I was on about....
Almost a year ago I set myself the crazy goal of crocheting 200 blocks from Jan Eaton's book. Well, I'm nowhere near 200 yet - surprised? but I have made seven new additions to the collection and took them to the park last weekend for a photoshoot.
I've added a black border to all the blocks that isn't in the book - for consistency when I join them.
Centred Square, block # 55 in Jan Eaton's Book.
Subtle Stripes, block #44.
Lacy Wheel, block #42.
Gavin's Stripes, block #39.
Lemon Peel, block #52.
Plain Granny, block #56.
Four Patch Granny, block #43.
More on flickr.
Almost a year ago I set myself the crazy goal of crocheting 200 blocks from Jan Eaton's book. Well, I'm nowhere near 200 yet - surprised? but I have made seven new additions to the collection and took them to the park last weekend for a photoshoot.
I've added a black border to all the blocks that isn't in the book - for consistency when I join them.
Centred Square, block # 55 in Jan Eaton's Book.
Subtle Stripes, block #44.
Lacy Wheel, block #42.
Gavin's Stripes, block #39.
Lemon Peel, block #52.
Plain Granny, block #56.
Four Patch Granny, block #43.
More on flickr.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
The Paper Chain is gaining momentum!
Two new collages have recently arrived in Paper Chain peoples mail boxes! Go see!
Morgana showing what she found in a mysterious parcel
that arrived at her door from the other-side of the country...
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wonderful things are happening on the Paper Chain...
Two wonderful new collages have arrived by Laura Williams and Carla Thursday, so go check them out at thepaperchain.tumblr.com
And why not go see the work of these talented ladies at their websites too :)
Laura Williams - http://laurajwilliams.blogspot.com
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