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Category Archives: wearable art
new year energy
It’s been a beautiful summer in Brisbane, long sunny days, poinciana trees festooned with brilliant red flowers, and the temperature has been mild enough to enjoy long cycles around South Bank in the evening enjoying the reflections on the river. … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, illustration, inspiration, jewellery, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, shop, wearable art
Tagged Kickarts Cairns, Noosa Regional gallery, Redland Art Gallery
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T shirt printing course
https://nancybrownstudio.wordpress.com/courses/ This weekend (16th and 17th January 2016) I am running a course that is great fun, very creative, and is full of information. It’s a T shirt printing course at Brisbane Institute of Art. I often print my … Continue reading
Posted in courses, Fabric printing, illustration, printmaking, screen printing, shop, t shirt printing, Upatree Arts, Upatree Puppetry, wearable art
Tagged Brisbane T shirt, t shirt printing Brisbane, t shirt printing course
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power of the potter
My mother was a potter. I remember feeling excited to see the glazed pieces being unwrapped, opening and closing a set of rectangular boxes with lids that fitted perfectly, drinking from her stoneware cups and being in her wheel room … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, Fabric printing, Festivals, illustration, inspiration, jewellery, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, screen printing, shop, t shirt printing, wearable art
Tagged delft blue, porcelain printing, recycled silver, soldering silver
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Brains and beauty
I’m obsessed with squid at the moment. They are the ultimate body decorators and sculptors. They are outstanding navigators and complex communicators. They are dexterous and exceptionally spacial. They are not egotistical. Unfortunately for them, cephalopods are also tasty. They … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, inspiration, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, shop, wearable art
Tagged cephalopod ceramics, cephalopod mosaic, squid art
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Squid
To celebrate the grouting of the squid there was a garden party. Fatima S Hellfisch and I decided to make some attire for the project leaders and team. Heroic undies, a squid apron and chesty bond singlets, as well as some squiddley … Continue reading
Posted in Fabric printing, illustration, inspiration, mosaics, printmaking, screen printing, shop, t shirt printing, wearable art
Tagged Catriona Holland, David Joffe, Fatima S Hellfisch, handmade Brisbane, inspired lunacy, squid art
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Etsy shop
https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/NancyBrownPrintshop It’s always a long journey from the artwork to the finished piece. The new pieces back from the kiln. I’m always amazed at what a beautiful job Corey at Milton Pottery supplies does firing my work, This time the … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, Fabric printing, jewellery, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, shop, wearable art
Tagged blue and white porcelain, delft blue, handmade in Brisbane, Nancy Brown artist
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Day of the Dead
http://www.upatreearts.org/ Preparing for Day of the Dead with Upatree Arts at Mt Nebo, preparing and creating images on the screens ready for a day of printing.
Posted in banners and flags, Fabric printing, Festivals, illustration, inspiration, lantern making, printmaking, screen printing, silk printing, t shirt printing, Upatree Arts, Upatree Puppetry, wearable art, winged things, Zombies
Tagged day of the dead, festivals, printmaking, screenprinting
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silk scarves
Making silk scarves, some work in progress, for Catwalk Botanique event, Friends of Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens.
Posted in Fabric printing, printmaking, silk painting, silk printing, wearable art, winged things
Tagged hand printed silk, handmade Brisbane, shibori, silk painting, silk scarves
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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
Posted in Fabric printing, Indigo Dyeing, inspiration, printmaking, silk printing, wearable art
Tagged handmade Brisbane, indigo blue, indigo moon, indigo shibori
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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
Posted in Fabric printing, inspiration, printmaking, screen printing, silk painting, silk printing, vegetable prints, wearable art, winged things
Tagged handmade Brisbane, shift of consciousness, shift of seasons, slow fashion, transformational shift, wearable art
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