Monday 5 September 2011

Crows Nest

I went up to Crows Nest Art Gallery yesterday and installed 4 of my works for their latest exhibition, Something Only We Know. Some of these works are a bit older, and I was astounded by where my head was then, and how connected these works are to periods in my life. 

I don't think I have mentioned these works at all so far, but this is some of the soft sculptural work I just love to do:

A collection of cups and bottles, 2009


A collection of cups and bottles, 2009

Background: works by Chelsie Luck

Family, 2009-2010

Family, 2009-2010

Family, 2009-2010

Fairy-ring 1, 2010-2011

Fairy-ring 1, 2010-2011

Fairy-ring 1, 2010-2011

Fairy-ring 2, 2011

A moment of install, in the background, works by Ester de Boer

 
The works of Ester de Boer


And a little bit more Chelsie Luck


The ladder was in front of Danish Quapoor's works, so, here's Danish with some of mine. What's he so mad about?


Sunday 4 September 2011

In the interim...

It's been awhile. I have some study commitments, and like most, have to hold down 'a real job'. Fortunately, it's one I love, and I'm learning new things every day.

I haven't stopped though, just slowed to a crawl. Here's what I have been up to in the meantime:


150+ mushrooms, slowly, slowly.


So, I have talked about this one before:



I have done a couple more, and here they are in order of production:



Those ones have been created on some hand-me-down cross stitch material I have had lying around the house for years. Now, I am starting to think about what else I can cross stitch on. It just needs a clearly defined and evenly spaced weft and weave, right?


Raffia placemat from the best op shop I know (you know who you are) 
And to top it all off, I am expanding my stitch repertoire:


Stitch types: Long stitch, back stitch, running stitch, cross stitch
 

Trying to be artsy with the detail.
So there you go. Works in progress and recent experiments. I have also been delving into macrame, and wearable art. More on those later.