Highlights: Chandeliers and Sculptural lighting of the Woodford Folk Festival.

Posted on January 2, 2018 by

Kez Howell designs the amazing chandeliers and sculptural lanterns for the Woodford Folk Festival. These ingenious creations adorn the venues, lakes and walkways.  Kez Howell and Cliff Salaun sculpt, forge, weld, print, paint, dye sew then run the electricity through these incredible structures of metal and cloth. They create magic across the entire festival each year.

kezzahowell@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

Woodford Folk Festival lanterns designed and created by Kerry Howell and Cliff Salan
Kez Howell lighting Woodford Festival
Key Howell chandelier
Kez Howell chandelier Woodford Festival
Kez Howell Blue Lotus lights Woodfordia
Kez Howell Yam-delier Songlines Woodford Festival lighting
Kez Howell lantern Woodford Folk Festival
Kez Howell Woodford Festival Blue Lotus lights
Sculptural lights Woodford Folk Festival Kez Howell Artist
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Festival season

Posted on December 23, 2017 by

I visited Maryborough for the Festive heart of Christmas celebrations. There were a range of offerings each day for families, from interactions with rescued wildlife to mural painting. It was held in the historic town hall. It was great to see families sharing new experiences and making gifts together outside of the commercial machinations Christmas. The event was hosted and organised by Fraser Coast  Regional Council.

I ran sessions in badgemaking, bunting, decorative fans, printed tote bags, teepee making, pendant creations, flags and bandannas. Maryborough can be a whimsical town, and the Town Hall was a hive of activity.

 

 

Stencil cutting Maryborough
Christmas flags Maryborough
Badge making Maryborough
Badge Making. Festive heart of Christmas Maryborough
Banner making Festive heart of Christmas festival Maryborough
Fan decorations Festival Maryborough
Bandanna panting festive heart of Christmas festival Maryborough
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Upcycling workshop

Posted on November 19, 2017 by

Some photos from a workshop I ran for Brisbane City Council: recreating clothing.

The workshop was part of the Revive festival, where the speakers addressed the issue of waste from the textile industry and the disturbing phenomenon to junk fashion and throwaway textiles.  These textiles are made from synthetic, polyester and nylon which are plastic and by products of the oil industry. They never break down.

Stallholders were op shops and upcycle businesses from around Brisbane, and there was a re-fashion parade. It was a treasure trove of ideas and retro styling. Refreshing the wardrobe with a visit to the op shop part of town- Annerley and Stones Corner, or dropping into  thrift shops on a road trip gives local charities a boost and allows the environment a well deserved rest.

 

 

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Screenprinting at Raw Art

Posted on July 23, 2017 by

 

http://rawart.com.au/product/screenprinting-101-with-nancy
Date: Sat October 28th
Time: 12.30-3.30

Have you ever wanted to learn the basics of screenprinting without having to watch every dodgy YouTube clip on the web…?

During this very fast paced and enjoyable workshop you will learn how to screen print onto material, t shirts, bags and other items with your own designs. We will cut a fine re-usable stencil with a design that can be re-used many times. Learn about how to prepare and use a screen for printing, what inks and additives to use, how to print onto different backgrounds, and how to set and care for the prints so that they are washable. Everything provided, including patient answers to all your questions, your own design on a practical tote bag, and a delicious afternoon tea

 

 

 

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Making porcelain jewellery

Posted on July 21, 2017 by

I’ve been making more porcelain jewellery, printing and shaping the clay, glazing and firing the porcelain pieces, adding extra cobalt to make deep classical winters blues, bending sterling silver for the earring hooks with my assortment of pliers. When pieces of unfired work break, I make decisions about what to do with the fragments. I like dainty broken pieces with fragments of my designs. Some of the broken pieces become my favourite work.  Each time I make a piece, new possibilities spring to mind.

Some of the work is in my Etsy shop

https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/NancyBrownPrintshop

 

 

Nancy Brown porcelain cobalt blue jewellery
Nancy Brown porcelain delft blue drop earrings
Nancy Brown porcelain jewellery
Nancy Brown porcelain jewellery
Nancy brown porcelain ceramic print jewellery
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Screenprinting at Impress

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

A weekend at Impress Printmakers studio.  I was tutoring a two day studio session in  Screenprinting for an experienced group of artists. Impress Printmakers studio at Kedron is a beautiful working space with high ceilings, flooded with natural light. The group produced some very energetic and vibrant work over the two days where I demonstrated some techniques for translating idea to screen to textile

Recently I have heard politicians select the art of screenprinting for their disdain. Is it their fear that in times past and present beginners have raised clouds of dissent and attired rallies protesters overnight? Or is it because it is great fun, and no one should mention the word fun in these conservative days?

 

Screenprinting at Impress Brisbane
Impress weekend Nancy’s print
Impress Print Studio weekend
Gabriella’ print
Carmen’s stencil
Impress Print Studio screenprinting
Stencils Impress print studio
Photoemulsion screenprinting.Wendy’s print
Carmen’s t shirts Impress Print Studio

 

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Emerald

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

I visited Emerald,  one of my favourite outback towns, for a Flying Arts tour. Emerald is a historic town. It has a grand Queenslander style railway station and a welcoming botanical garden, popular with travellers. I flew in on a countrylink flight for a very short visit. I was there to run a workshop in Manga art Zines for art educators. Art educators give an enormous amount of time and energy to the art room. For many students the best part of going to school is the peace and creativity of the art room. This workshop allowed a very skilled group of dedicated teachers to develop work of their own, share ideas and learn some new processes.

 

Amanda Heaslop Flying Arts workshop
Emerald railway station
Emerald botanical gardens
Emerald railway station
Emerald Lino to Zines workshop Flying Arts
Manga cat Flying Arts zine workshop
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Cloncurry

Posted on May 30, 2017 by

Back from a Flying Arts tour to Cloncurry. I visited the schools and kindergartens, creating artworks with groups there. I enjoyed seeing the range of images in their artworks. Freshwater crocodiles, light aircraft, road trains, cattle, amazing rocks, crystals, camp drafting and pig hunting are part of the children’s lives in the town. I ran an etching workshop at the high school, we made play cloths at the pre schools, and a screenprinting project with the primary school students

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Artbeat

Posted on May 7, 2017 by

Artbeat festival at Ipswich. The crowd flocked to the festival to try the huge range of creative offerings. There was woodturning, hula hoop making, mosaic, flying fish, magic wands, felting sculpted monsters, body painting, musical instrument making, sculpted paper brooches and sand art. Ignite Artists were making fresco pendants.  It was a wonderful sight to see the crowd turn out to this very hands on arts festival organised by Ipswich council, in d’Arcy Doyle place. Part of the Ipswich Festival. http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_ipswich/news_and_events/artbeat

Felting and plaster pendants Artbeat
Plaster pendants Artbeat
Mosaic workshop Artbeat Ipswich
Woodturning workshop Artbeat Ipswich
Hula hoop making Artbeat festival
Mosaic workshop Ipswich Artbeat festival
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The Planting

Posted on May 1, 2017 by

The Planting festival at Woodfordia has grown from a small spades and gumboots gathering to a festival with shady trees, arts, talks, ideas and music. The trees have grown, and now the plantings are of tree orchards, a ceremonial planting of an olive tree from Spain, and symbolic planting of ideas. Michael Leunig added his magic to the mix this year. Those of us who love this festival wish the world was always like this village, and resolve to carry the connection, ideas and feeling of freedom back to the less real world.

This year there was a tearoom with daily offering of tea and award winning cakes from the local show. I went to a puppet making workshop with Sol Puppetman, a life drawing session in the evening, and to botanical alchemy with Ali de Groote. I ran screenprinted festival pockets, pendant and textile workshops for children.

https://theplantingfestival.com/

Botanical alchemy with Ali de Groot
The planting festival 2017
The planting tea house
The planting bandanna workshop
The planting pendant workshop
Festival pockets the Planting
Pendant workshop with Nancy
Puppet making with Sol Puppetman
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