yesterday i spotted someone in the crowd at WOMAD
wearing a eucalyptus-printed dress
that made at least 3 on the day
[including a friend wearing one of my sewing attempts and also me]
while dancing with the interpixies the other day i also found this
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| HOLLY STORY: LIVING TREE, MILYIRRTJARRA CREEK |
go here to read more about the work
and at Julian Robert's workshop i spotted this
the dress made by Julian at his Wollongbar workshop
from locally supplied fabric
and flickr
is full of them
it's very satisfying to see folks dyeing with leaves
rather than with toxic [although often very pretty]
synthetic colour
the stuff absorbed into cloth can, after all, impact your health
for better
or
for worse
although i wish that people would find their own words to describe the magic
i read an article last year
rippling with familiar phrases
things i'm sure i've said myself on film/published in print
ah well
finishing on a warm fuzzy note
especially for my friend Jo
ah pretty, lovely, cute (that's for the pics in order) ... and a small grrrr to all the rip-off merchants out there - whilst it's flattering/satisfying/noice to inspire folk, it's a whole other ball of wax to find your work/words cloned by mindless zombies...
ReplyDeletegrrrrrr
just for the record - i wasn't suggesting that the work shown in the images was cloned
ReplyDeletemerely grumbling about an article
however
in the general scheme of things
and given the state of the whirled with wars, natural disasters and exploding nuclear reactors
it's probably not really a big deal...
thank you - he has obviously landed on his feet (so the speak) and I would love to see Holly's wonderful work in person, maybe there will be examples in Melbourne next year!? xx
ReplyDeleteand the dancing frocks...?
ReplyDeleteswept, swayed, sultried , spun superbly?
it just means
ReplyDeleteyou are THE voice of eco print
at the moment..
it's a backwards compliment of a kind..
so ecoprint will silent, softly, and slowly conquer the world..
ReplyDeleteHi India..I understand how you feel about people using your "words". It has taken you a long time to acquire the words and experiences and it is only right people should respect your knowledge. I also think that when we use your ideas we should credit your help/advice in our work. Oh dear..l am getting on my soapbox..sorryxlynda
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