MINI ILLUSTRATIONS

I've drawn a series of mini illustrations. Each of these are one-offs and are for sale for $15.... email me if you're interested and let me know which one you'd like.  

 

SO FAR

My goodness this year is flying by.... a lot has happened.....birthdays...big decisions made about the next couple of years (I'll be able to share more about this soon!)... and the biggy... our wedding!!!(post and photos to come!) But just quickly wanted to share the bits and bobs I made in the 6 week pottery class we just completed. I got 16 'vessels'. Throwing was sooooo fun, messy and slippery... Turning was easily my favourite process though.... you can start to see the profile and personality coming out... and then glazing.... which was a bit of a gamble, some of the under glazes turned out pretty nasty... had a few successful little guys though and will definitely be doing the next set of classes! above are the lovely/tricksy under glaze colours before firing... and below are the finished ones.... unforch most of these are going to be presents..... 
Particularly happy with this little guy.. bit of an experiment with multiple layers of glaze.   My utensil holder needs a bit of help keeping things upright, bit short and squat.....

A quilt slowly being made by me

Cross detail on the back to hide my terrible sewing...... looked a bit cute so I did it on all corner joins.

I made the front piece for this quilt some time last year and then got stuck back into it about 3 weeks ago, I'm not the best sewer so I kept it pretty simple and there was no real planning, just patched it all together and it turned out square...... not sure how.
I'm waiting for our next Japan trip in June to purchase some super thick tape/binding from Fog Linen to finish it all off.
Or if anyone knows where I can get 10cm-ish bias binding from?..... It seems that it's only being made in mini sizes.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON EMBROIDERY

I made this heart embroidery for a large frame I bought a couple of weeks ago..... got to the end and it didn't fit in the frame....... classic Lansell. So for now it's going back in the fabric box until I am less annoyed with it.

1638

And so it is done... well nearly... sewing it together is taking a long time.
I go through fazes where I like it and then I don't...... it's fun looking and then it's way too busy.....
It's by far the biggest home project I've undertaken... 1638 felt balls.....
I ended up going with a geo because the random mixed up option was fit inducing.
Final sewn together photos to come!

Felt Ball Rug

So the felt ball rug saga continues....it's not really a saga, more a painfully slow pruney finger drainer......
I have done 43 colours.... 17 to go.... although there is this horrid purple called Grape Crush that I'm pretty sure I'll leave out... 16 to go!!
I'm not sure which way to sew it all together...... Circular or Lines.... any opinions??

FUTTE FUTTE

3 weeks ago I was without employment (bliss) and thought it would be a great idea to make my very own felt ball rug... I'd been admiring them on various websites but was never going to be able to justify spending thousands on a rug (unless of course it's this one) so I ordered 60 colours of wool fiber and a wee Japanese tool (futte futte) to start this monster truck project..... A day after the materials arrived I got a job, a very good job which I love...... but now the super fun felt ball rug has been put on the back burner. I'm making about 30 balls a week..... zzzzzzzz. I'll keep plodding away....GANBATTE PU-CHAN...... EN....

Geo

Some drawings I did with my MUJI textas, not the best quality textas (you can see some of the colour is fading after a week in the frame...) but using anything MUJI makes me happy! Stretch is headed to Tokyo tomorrow for work, I'm sending him off with a near empty suitcase and a comprehensive list of treats to bring back.... MUJI wooden christmas gifts of course and if he has time I asked for some presents from CINQ. They have such lovely little treaties!

POTATO STAMPING

Potato Stamping one afternoon.

Scandanavian hand knitted blanket, just before finishing.

Cloud Mobile. I made this for my lovely friend's baby January Jane White.

The lovely Nella Themelios and Kim Brockett popping my Measuring Tapes into capsules! See full post here.
Below are the deats for the exhibition.

Mon 1 March - Sat 6 March Craft Victoria: 31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Tue 8 March - Sat 13 March Captains of Industry: Level 1, 2 Somerset Place, Melbourne (off Little Bourke St)
Sun 14 March - Sun 21 March Alice Euphemia: Shop 6, Cathedral Arcade, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne
Mon 22 March - Wed 31 March The Thousands Shop: Level 6 Curtin house, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne

Insert Coin Here is a group exhibition curated by Nella Themelios and Kim Brockett. The exhibition is part of the 2010 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival cultural program.
Measuring Tape is a fashion object that examines the process instead of the garment itself. The act of construction often sits in the background, rendered as supplementary rather than fundamental. Influenced heavily by the masking tape craft culture of Japan, this work has the air of the handmade with the material itself forming its integral measuring units.