Working with found objects and recycled fabrics
My sketchbook project theme is “Middle”. One of the meanings of middle is “belly”. It’s not a meaning I’m exploring thoroughly but inspired the choice of the wrapper of a chocolate block for this page....
View ArticleNew work for the Embroiderers Guild (Victoria) Annual Members Exhibit
The 2014 Annual Members Exhibit Saturday August 9 -Sunday August 24 10.00am – 4.00pm daily Location: Embroidery House 170 Wattletree Road, Malvern 3144 I intend to have a piece of work in this...
View ArticleLearning from tasks you dislike
This was originally intended to be a sketch of diamonds covering the whole page. It was to be a precursor to a painting along the same lines. However drawing diamonds that size is repetitive. I dislike...
View ArticleMy artist manifesto: 9 beliefs about art
1. Art can be anything and made from anything. Marcel Duchamps proved that amongst others. 2. Art is stronger when it has meaning. There are exceptions and there are cases where an artist’s body of...
View ArticleThe Beginning of the Dream Scroll
I’ve been preparing for this piece for sometime. I’ve made a sample and chosen fabrics. This scroll is going to be my focus for a while because I want to show it at the Embroiders Guild of Victoria...
View ArticleA progression of art ideas
This is my latest page for the sketchbook project. Inspired by the previous page and wrapping dad’s birthday present. The second blue paper on the page is blue wrapping paper. This is the previous...
View ArticleHow use a baking paper stencil
This post describes how to use a baking paper stencil using examples from my dream scroll. Materials Baking paper pencil preferably 2B A project sewing materials Method 1. Draw a shape or complex...
View ArticleDream scroll WIP update
This is what I have done since my last blog post. I’ve been asleep a lot and spent three days trying to find a pathology centre that could draw blood for my three monthly blood test *grump*. In better...
View ArticleThe importance of simple shapes in my collage
This piece is my latest collage for my sketchbook project. (Once again I’ve used yuzen Japanese paper) I used to think I couldn’t use collage as a serious fine arts medium because I have low fine motor...
View ArticleMy first painting: from rough sketch to pencil outline
There are two things that determine how I make art – cost to get it from start to exhibition, and the limitations of my Non Verbal Learning Disabilities. I looked at my works on paper and realised how...
View ArticleSociety has always been influenced by Queers
I’ve finished my first painting. It’s called “Society has always been influenced by Queers” (International readers please note Queers is an acceptable way to refer to the LGBTI community in Australia....
View ArticleWind Mandala
I’m doing a series focusing on the Four Elements. Each is a mandala in acrylics on a small canvas 10″ x 10″ (25 x 25 cm). The wind mandala is the first finished. I’ve started the water mandala. The...
View ArticleThe question of the meaning of life, the universe and everything
I don’t claim to know the meaning of life. Physicists, mystics, philosophers, and satirists have all have had attempted to define the question and the answer for several thousand years. It is however...
View ArticlePagan and an Artist but not “a Pagan Artist”
I’m a Kemetic Neo-pagan. I worship the gods of Ancient Egypt and venerate my ancestors. I’m more interested in your willingness to let me get on with my religion, and your ethics than your religious...
View ArticleWater Mandala
I painted this last year but didn’t blog it. The initial design has just the circular motif without the cup. I added the cup because without it the whole thing looked like a blueberry boiled lolly. The...
View ArticleEarth Mandala WIP
Art is going crawling slow. My fatigue is high. I think I spent April and May burning the candle at both ends. Extra medical appointments and far too many family birthdays. This mandala is small, 10″ x...
View ArticleAset WIP
I’m working on a painting called “Aset, Goddess of Sovereignty”. Aset is the Goddess of Sovereignty from Ancient Egypt. The Greeks called her Isis. I’ve started to block in some of the main areas. The...
View ArticleAset in Gold
The most obvious change to “Aset, Goddess of Sovereignty” is that I’ve added her gold dress and the hieroglyph on her head. I’ve also extended the wings and the under painting for her cleavage. I have...
View ArticleAset Arises
It’s finished. Last Kemetic New Year (August 2014), Aset told me she wanted me to paint a portrait of her by August 2015. I didn’t make the deadline but she was pleased with what I learnt from the...
View ArticleBes walked in
Bes wasn’t intended to be in this artwork. Some of my art pieces are designed such as my portrait of Aset and ‘society has always been influenced by Queers‘. Others evolve like ‘Divisions’ and...
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