Category Archives: ceramics

making babies

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Nancy

Some photos from the remarkable studio of Fatima S Hellfish where I spent a Sunday afternoon soldering jewellery, while she made babies.  

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Bookish

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Nancy

There are a wonderland of books in the Brisbane library system. To me, flicking through photos and illustrations wandering around the shelves, reading snippets and making slow decisions about what I want to borrow is like taking a little holiday. … Continue reading →

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Porcelain printing: continuing on continuously

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Nancy

Continuing on with the porcelain printing It has taken much more time that I imagined.  Here are some pictures.

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Knots

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Nancy

Puzzling over knots in my sketches this week. The circles create a world of their own. I’m feeling excited about transferring them to the screens.

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Mosaic Garden table

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Nancy

I like finding fragments of broken china in the garden and looking at the old patterns and writing on them. The table celebrates the garden and gardening with images and words that we printed on porcelain. I made the wrought … Continue reading →

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Ekka time

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Nancy

As the Ekka winds arrived on cue, I stayed up late printing neon comets of cabbages and artichokes on gumboots and preparing vegetables for my urban gardenwear outfits in Horti-couture wearable art Parades at Brisbane’s annual agricultural show inspired by … Continue reading →

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printed porcelain brooches and silk scarves

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Nancy

Botanique Art Bazaar is held at the Mt Coo-tha Botanic Gardens in Brisbane with a range of botanically inspired artworks, jewellery, fabrics and hand made items at the Richard Randall Art  Studio (near the entrance) My groups made brooches by transfer printing … Continue reading →

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brooches for vegetable lovers

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Nancy

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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vegetarian

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Nancy

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

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Nancy

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

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