Screen printing and sutch

Hello again,
Well the year has gone by in a chaos of house renovations, work and family upheaval. On the art front it was one of the least productive years I've had in ages and while I always feel frustrated when I cant work on my art projects and feel that my arts career is slipping away from me I have to remind myself of all the things we achieved this year. We got so many other things done that we have been putting off for ages. We renovated most of our house and did lots of it ourselves. And other big things have been happening too.

With that said I am soooooooooooo happy to be able to get stuck back into some studio work and finish projects started long ago. Currently I only have half my studio back, the other side is still full of boxes of stuff . I've eased back into it by experimenting with some new screen-printing designs and some found object jewellery. More to come soon.

The print on a hand bleached T-shirt

                                  The original drawing

On the road again

We have been on the road looking at bush blocks again. We covered 6000 km in 3 weeks and travelled from cost to the tablelands and back again all the way between Brisbane to Melbourne. We saw some very diverse landscape and I think narrowed down where we might want to move to somewhat.

It’s always a bit hard to adjust from doing so much and seeing so many thing in one day to being back at home with nowhere to go except the grocery store (slight exaggeration) but it was good not having to pack up and  check out in the morning.

The best thing about coming home after a trip away is always getting back to the studio. That and seeing my kitty again.

New design for screen printing. I find it hard to get my head around colouring in black what I want to print white. Lots of concentration needed.New design for screen printing. I find it hard to get my head around colouring in black what I want to print white. Lots of concentration needed.