Look who came for afternoon tea yesterday. I was very pleased to see him/her but my usual black and white guests were not particularly welcoming. Speaking of which more embellishment has been taking shape and hooray, hoorah and hallelujah my sewing machine seems to be working again after a considerable time of only being able to make the loopety-loop stitch.
The nuts have progressed
and experimenting with screen printing and embroidery has begun.
Having nearly finished the plates of my fanciful and real beasts I am back thinking about nuts. And being interrupted by moose and pengiuns with the arrival of winter.
Mundaring Arts Centre’s biennial Children’s Literature and Book Illustrations Festival opens on Friday night. The State Library of Western Australia have kindly leant them a couple of the original illustrations from My Superhero, including this bad boy.
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My work bench is nearly as full of magpies as my garden is.
Perhaps the first echidna that I am happy with. Well maybe…I have been down this prickly road before (several times) and it never quite works out how I intended. I like this sketch though, especially its random harlequinness, just have to hope that the relief print comes out equally as well.
And one thylacine made up from the best bits of three others. Its head is rather large but I kinda like it.
A trip to Rockingham for a serve of sculpture made from recycled materials, and chips with an audience.
Our new coffee table made from a trunk I found on the verge years ago and an old luggage trolly.
Great handles. Reminds me of my mum who uses bailer twine to fix just about anything.
