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Category Archives: silk printing
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
Posted in Artist in Residence, Fabric printing, Indigo Dyeing, inspiration, printmaking, silk printing, vegetable prints, wearable art
Tagged handmade in Brisbane, indigo Brisbane, Nancy Brown artist, plant dyes, plant prints, Rusty Roo retreat, shibori, shibori Brisbane
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finishing touches
The pre school group are putting the finishing touches on their individual textile pieces, ready for the Early Childhood Educators conference at the Brisbane Exhibition centre. They discussed all the steps, and remembered all the stages in making their prints. … Continue reading
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Tagged Brisbane Artist in residence, community arts textiles, early childhood arts, Nancy Brown artist
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camouflage
The tawny frogmouths who freeze silently on the branches of the wonder garden were visible yesterday. Some days we can’t find them. As the preschoolers arrived, I noticed a theme- many of them wear camoflage. When I mentioned it, the … Continue reading
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Shibori at Raw Art West End.
I brewed up and indigo vat, and we wrapped, folded and painted the silk and cotton with resist pastes. Then the pieces were oxidised in the air to deepen the blues, Photos from a Shibori session at Raw Art. There … Continue reading
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The third teacher
The environment is the third teacher, all the keys to learning are contained within it. I am resident artist at a preschool where the learning is modelled on the Reggio philosophy. . We are exploring cloth, ” wrap” “rapt” in the … Continue reading
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Woodford unmasked
Another Woodford Folk Festival, and 2015 began with fire ceremony, music and the arts. Woodford’ visiting artist this year was Wang Wen Chih from Taiwan who with a team of 30 people created the nest like bamboo entranceways to the … Continue reading
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Tagged festival childrens activities, printmaking, printmaking with children, screenprinting, Woodford 2014-15, woodford visual arts
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Pop
http://nancybrownstudio.bigcartel.com/ Just a few weeks ago, two busy and dynamic people had an idea about a weekend shop for Brisbane designers, and set about making it real, as well as designing and making items for the collection themselves. Here are some … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, Fabric printing, jewellery, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, screen printing, shop, silk painting, silk printing, wearable art
Tagged artisan Brisbane, Brisbane made pop up shop, Nancy Brown artist, porcelain jewellery, silk printing, the curious caravan
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Popping up
All the porcelain jewellery in my collection begin as images in my journal, which I print, shape, glaze and fire to make into jewellery. After much making, my work is now in these shops: Kickarts Gallery Cairns– gallery of contemporary … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, Fabric printing, Indigo Dyeing, jewellery, paisley, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, screen printing, silk painting, silk printing, vegetable prints, wearable art
Tagged artisan Brisbane, blue porcelain jewellery, broken china jewellery, made in Brisbane, printed porcelain, printmaking, screenprinting
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indigo
I brewed up an indigo pot for my class at BIA last week, It’s always quite tricky and there is no point in rushing, Indigo transforms at it’s own pace, and if it isn’t ready all that happens is blue … Continue reading
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Tagged artisan Brisbane, indigo blue, indigo dye, indigo dye Brisbane, indigo pot, Nancy Brown artist, natural indigo
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