christmas whimsy...family and friends...don't look!

These are my Christmas ladies, photographed like this they look a bit fashionista

Red and other Summer-y colours

Some more necklaces...soon to be for sale

this one is sold

In my big cartel

 

I'm keeping this one

And this is how the big red one looks on

necklaces and brooches

all available at the geelong gallery @ $38

Geelong gallery has some new necklaces and brooches, just in time for christmas...

these will probably be around $80...maybe a bit less at the Geelong Gallery

Phew...It's hot

Just got back from a very excellent time in Geelong, meeting new people, and happily selling some of my wares. Thank-you!
Just letting anyone interested, that t.he online shops are a little bare of hand-painted crockery now. Not too sure if I'm continuing with that as a thing, but rather spending more time on the jewelry.
Over

the artist is home...Beeac

brooch

new summer-y necklace

Just took some more things out to Beeac today...To the artist is home this is a treasure trove..and you should go there and look...and then buy something.
77 Main St Beeac 3251
ph 03 52346454

pink tea set

available at my shop

Big cartel...tiny little shop

available at bigcartel

profile of bowl

available at my bigcartel

I've just established my own little venue to sell things, most of my things are on Etsy still, but as things expire over there I think I will be doing my own shop...but, I don't have much extra stock at the moment and I'm experimenting with big cartel, so at the moment it looks a bit plain and I've got a bit of work to do.

Rafia

I'm pretty excited about this little experiment, I got wind of Sophie Digard using rafia for a new range of summer accessories, and thought I might have a go at it myself...keeping in mind I have absolutely no idea of what her new stuff looks like. Any way, I'm not too sure of this, only that I find it interesting....and really fun to do.

new knitwear...maybe for a boy?

Well, This is number 3. My mannequin form is not doing this one justice. But it is a very soft, and light little jumper, perfect for a cool spring day. Quite nice on a little chappie with a t shirt and a pair of corduroys. Hand spun by me. It is Alpaca and spun cotton fabric, with a little wooden toggle.

Finished vest....bring on the sugar plum

Yay, it's finished!
I hand spun and sewed all these bits together to make this.
It's made from Merino wool I got in Drysdale Vic, vintage sequins and buttons. It would fit a 1-2ish year old girl, great with a stripey t-shirt and jeans...mmm I wish I was little enough to wear it.
I also had to make the little form under neath it. I was lying awake the other night, trying to figure out how to make something that wasn't spooky for a mannequin, I decided on the squishy pillow look...very formless and ambiguous. Phew, now I'm working on an alpaca vest that might suit a little boy.
So, I have decided to sell this on my etsy shop  go on...have a look.

knitting

this is the new experimental spinning and knitting I'm doing at the moment....this will be a child's vest

new shop and etsy!

Finally, I got back on the computer after all these weeks!

I have a new shop called The Artist is Home, 77 Main St and it's in Beeac. Victoria. I have some brooches there, and some knitware I've been experimenting with.

Also, Etsy! this very afternoon I did it Kitchen Table Studios  re launched on etsy, phew!

geelong gallery

Kitchen Table Studios can now be seen at Geelong Gallery. 5 brooches, in the cabinet, beautifully displayed. Very happy.

New look

I"ve been noodling around with some lino tools and decided that I like this look a little bit more than the collage-y title I had before...I think it will go better with more things.

I will be putting my new brooches in at The Geelong Art Gallery in the next few days too.

I've also psyched myself up to re-launch my Etsy shop. I've got quite a lot of things left over from that market I did a while back, and the things are really nice, but they're not doing anything all wrapped up in boxes in my room are they? No, they're not. So stay tuned.....

New things to see

This is my latest work, Now I'm doing neck ware too.

Moving to a new making blog....

See you later elsewares, I may come back here. But for now I'm over here at Kitchen table Studios.

A start

Well, this is my new thing. I've been making these brooches using all the gorgeous little scraps of fabric I've been collecting. The following brooches are for sale at The Briar Patch at The Wintergarden in Geelong, Vic, Australia

The following brooches are all handmade by me. They retail at about A$38. Most are Japanese silks.