Monday 25 February 2013

in which Alabama meets the Deep South

after a satisfying morning when i realised i had "gone about as fur as ah could go"
with 'muddy waters' before the big install [which begins tomorrow]
i spent a couple of happy hours putting the flesh on the bones of an exciting new collaboration together with a Very Good Friend [expect to hear all about this in the not too distant future]

 as there hadn't been enough rainfall to even think about softening the earth
[so weeding was OUT]
i thought i would keep the hands from being idle
while the grey matter was charging about wildly upstairs

and continued on with the sample from yesterday



it was fun to play with for a while
[all the colours above are from Eucalyptus cinerea, even the grey]
but now it's back to work
cos
someone is watching me.


14 comments:

  1. wow, that first piece is amazing. beautiful.

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    1. thank you. the first is simply the results of me drawing with a needle and found stuff on a piece of paper and then dyeing it...the rest is me playing with Alabama Chanin ideas

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      deciding they are a bit too formal for this bear [although it's a marvellous technique and i simply adore their work]

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  2. woot! eye candy first thing in the morning, thank you! I hope you have a saxaphone with you ~ last time I was in those parts, I let mine rip, and in no time had some of the best horn players I'd ever heard joining me! looking forward to pix of installation...

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    1. i wonder if i have led you astray with the title? Alabama refers to the reverse applique design...and Deep South to South Australia.

      Australis is the latin for 'south', and so my [present] home state is called "double south"

      be assured though, i DO have a tenor sax and will be taking it to the Murray Bridge gallery on the last day of set-up before the exhibition opens, and blowing "do you know what it means to miss New Orleans" very loudly, in tribute to my other home far away

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    2. wonderful to be led "astray"! thank you for the pleasure of being instructed in such a gentle manner. know the music ~ the kind that can yank one's heart out and stomp that sucker flat! joyful creating to you!

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  3. Like lots here... and the lazy, almost cat-kisses of Martha is the bees knees!

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    1. i wish you could be at the opening too. Christopher Orchard [kindly doing the honours for me] always tells good stories...

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  5. awesome works... I love your work! Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart

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  6. I am sure looking forward to the May workshop in QLD ! maybe a little Alabama Chanin could come our way....

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  7. Oh my. I am so in love with all of this. That first picture makes me want to peek around the edges to see more, and then stop what I'm doing and go make something. (Not that that is ever a really bad idea.) That reverse applique is great too. Love Alabama Chanin. . . . Nope. It's the first picture that is sending me out to the studio. Thanks for the inspiration. Once again.

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  8. I always thought that these two creatives fused would result in something extra ordinary. Having said that, her style is more organised and I am random and like to flow where I will. x

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    1. it was fun to play with but i'm never good when fenced in either!

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