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Category Archives: inspiration
into the blue
Indigo: complicated and unpredictable, irresistable shades of blue. Making new from old with my indigo pot, with bizarre transformations from green to blue. Shibori: the art of clamping, pleating, transforming and twisting fabric to create and repeat pattern. http://rawart.com.au/product/shibori-indigo-pot
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Shifting
It’s Ekka time again, I have made some shifts for the Botanical fashion parade, my contribution to the slow fashion movement, a small and growing sewing machine led rebellion to the globalisation of fashion. A response to questions that are … Continue reading
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Tagged handmade Brisbane, shift of consciousness, shift of seasons, slow fashion, transformational shift, wearable art
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Impress
Some photos from the Advanced Etching weekend workshop at Impress Studio. http://www.impress.org.au/. We began the images with sugar lift technique. Everyone printed a two plate etching, and made image transfers on aluminium plates. Whenever I tutor I learn more about … Continue reading
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Tagged etching, image transfer etching, multi plate etching, printmaking, sugar lift technique
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Travels
Sketching while travelling. It’s been a long time since I’ve sketched with watercolour. At art school many years ago I painted obsessively this way. Plein air painting during the long days allowed us time to study the architecture and landscape. We … Continue reading
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Tagged journal, plein air, watercolour
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Alchemy and pattern around the Hills
On my line from today’s workshop, Shibori folded, clamped twisted and sewn. I found some triangles, circles and squares to clamp onto the cloth at Reverse Garbage, http://www.reversegarbage.com.au/ We created some very geometric pieces of indigo dyed cloth, with the … Continue reading
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Tagged handmade Brisbane, indigo Brisbane, indigo dyed shibori, Nancy Brown artist, shibori Brisbane
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Back to Coochie
The 8.30 ferry from Victoria Point took us across to the little island . I had brought along some silk, and I wanted to print some treasures from Coochie onto it. The group were busy preparing for their annual exhibition, … Continue reading
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Tagged Coochiemudlo island, Nancy Brown artist, printmaking
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Rusty Roo Artist retreat
A weekend at Rusty Roo artist retreat collecting leaves for printing onto scarves. I was very happy to see how well the leaves from the property printed onto the material. Brewing the pots on a fire that Cameron built for … Continue reading
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Tagged handmade in Brisbane, indigo Brisbane, Nancy Brown artist, plant dyes, plant prints, Rusty Roo retreat, shibori, shibori Brisbane
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