Author Archives: Nancy

Clermont Flying Arts

A Flying Arts visit to Clermont to create banners at the Gold Cup Camp Draft weekend Home

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spanish angels

An unexpected trip to Spain photographing angels. They adorn entranceways, advertisements, fountains, friezes and fabric, background to battles between beliefs. They hold signs, halos, palm leaves and announce narratives to the tales they are background to. They are paraded through the … Continue reading

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vegetable flags

Making these vegetable flags this week has reminded me how as a child I looked forward to seeing the vegetable displays at the show. Here are photos of big vegetables by the flagonladies: radish flag, potato flag, broccoli flag, carrot … Continue reading

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knitting Nannas, olives, recycled music and fashion

Arts in the Olives festival in Lost Valley near Beaudesert. Photos from my Flying arts adventure to this delightful Arts festival. There were blacksmiths, protesting Nannas, delicious food, weird and wonderful musical instruments played with a catchy drum beat on … Continue reading

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brooches for vegetable lovers

Here are pictures of making the brooches and the finished printed ceramic brooches. we sent them to Melbourne for a brooch show: Fitzroy Library (wall display cases) 128 Moor St, Fitzroy 2 May – 29 June 2013 then Toorak/South Yarra Library (foyer … Continue reading

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more winged things

Grievous angels. Today I made a new pair of wings to add to my lost property rack. They are outside drying. From an exhibition called Restoring the Lost and Broken. So many lost and broken things.

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vegetarian

This savoy cabbage caught my eye at the markets this morning. I have been making little printed fruit and vegetable clay mosaic tiles for brooches this week.  

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celtic designs

Just in time for St Patricks day! some of my celtic designs cushions.    

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printing on ceramics

This week I’ve been helping put designs on screens for Catriona Holland working on some commissioned ceramic sculpture for Paddington. Catriona has been making dainty mosaic pieces from printed ceramics with delicately printed script and I helped with the screens. … Continue reading

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Winged things

Ingrid printing her wings at my studio

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