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Lotus Dress complete
The lotus dress is complete at last. Hooray. I found it much harder to make than the map clothes I made a few years ago. Not sure why. More complex design? Fear of spoiling pristine white paper, whereas old maps […]
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Wearable paper clothes
I visited some artist friends who suggested that I look into using tyvek paper and think carefully about the lighting in the Storey Gallery. A quick cruise through tyvek installation images on google was stunning. I especially liked the Tyvek […]
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Jolene’s Dilemma
Jolene, model for motorbike wear, is currently on loan to artist Catriona Stamp. Though initially excited by this new opportunity, Jolene is now expressing doubt and concern. ‘I thought an artist would have more appreciation for my face and figure, […]
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First Print Run – Warts and All
It is a long time since I did a print run – I have either made a collection of one-offs for prints in a suitcase for Holocaust Memorial Day 2014, or made digital prints – mainly due to body problems. […]
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Migration – developing the lino cut and dress design
I realised that some areas of the dress will have lots of folds and will probably not take glued sections of thicker map paper. In the first lino cut I left the flowers as a simple overall shape, just to […]
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Test fabric designs
100615 Wedding last weekend, Inter-communities Volleyball Championship this weekend; it is hard to get art work done in between. Not that I am intending to play volleyball, just cheer from the sidelines. I am just the concierge for the tent […]
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Untitled blog post from "Migration – working title"
030615 I have let myself be distracted by wedding prep for some friends of mine – helping make banners, flags and wreaths, but I have managed to look at maps and papers. I ordered some maps on line – they […]