It just goes to show, I am a weaver at heart. Anytime I see multiples of anything, I start seeing patterns and potential. That would explain why I still have brimming boxes labelled "Dried Magnolia Stamens; 2009" and "Banksia leaves; 2010" stashed away in my Mum's garage (please don't tell her)! This was a pile of leftover passes from the Melbourne International Flower Show. I couldn't help myself with the wacky, Pop art paper weaving. This one also goes up in honor of the fact that I've thoroughly enjoyed all the coverage from the Chelsea Flower show this year. Go BBC specials every night of the week, for the duration! I am so inspired, now I just need to find a garden and a wealth of funds so that all I have to do for the rest of my life is create the most magical garden the world has ever seen. Hmmm
I'm working up to it
I thought if I put some pictures up of me getting crafty last month, it might spur me on to get my paints out again over here. Hmmm, we'll see.
Look down
Hello Northern Hemisphere
Just wanted to a big hello and thank you Helen of Lilac and Lily. This lovely lady messaged me recently from the UK and then featured us on her delightful sight. Helen has amassed quite a collection of beautiful imagery over there and reading her "About" page, I feel sure we will be friends. Ditto on her whole "likes" list just swap the Sunday croissant for some organic spelt toast & I'm there. Thank you Helen.
Dreaming
I'm currently experiencing a strong bout of the "Anywhere but here" syndrome. Living in the world can be hard. Most of the time you just keep your chin up & battle on but then one often receives a somewhat uncomfortable whiplash to the spirit and this inevitably throws one into an existential crisis ... or is it just me? And so I enter an active period of the aforementioned syndrome. For me this consists mainly of daydreaming of places I would rather be and inventing the most magical answers to the question: "If you had unlimited finances, time and good health; what would you want to do? What would your life be like?" Then if I really want to create an insomnia cocktail for myself, I follow that up with: "So what's stopping you?"
Images: The Isle of Man, my homeland (even if I was dragged up all ocha). I'm missing it.
images by Northline
Things I like doing
Crocheting and reading Rumi; obviously not at the same time, that's a bit tricky.
Wrappings
Katsumi Hayakawa
Been laid down low this week by a nasty-pasty cold, so I don't feel I have much to say or show. I have however discovered many an interesting thing during my web travels ... such as this amazing artist: Katsumi Hayakawa. I'm rather partial to paper work and to art that is ridiculously repetitive and labour intensive in it's production, this has got it all! I feel your pain, sister, but let me tell you, it was worth it.
I found her via today and tomorrow, I love this blog for showing me some really innovative, contemporary art; a lot of it multimedia and installation stuff. Speaking of which, if you do jump over there, also check out the interactive installation One Hundred and Eight by Nils Volker. Mesmerising.
Talking about Anthropologie ...
While I am loathe to be sucked into the world of commercial fashion production and all the evils it represents, blah, blah, blah; I can't help myself when it comes to Anthropologie! Their visual merchandising is quite simply, Art; as these images from their November catalogue prove.
image via hinydesign
image via hinydesign
This is penelope waits
images by penelope waits
You know how sometimes you meet a person just briefly but know that if you sat down for a cuppa together you'd find you had heaps in common? Well here is one such lady: Esther of penelopewaits.com. I have been serving her in our shop for years, this week she told me about her blog. You must take a look, especially if you are crafty, this girl is stitch-crazy!