Sewing; some Cuff Top, Barry pants, and French darts in t-shirts. And art life things

I love talking about sewing and I have things to say…

Its quite special

Nah, not really, just pretty. And reversible!... and they be so fly…

The magnificence

It was exactly the kind of theoretical design interrogation to conduct late at night during a global health crisis when everything is in flux and normal is gone and all things feel unsafe. I only wondered why no one had done it before.

That was 2019. Thanks for the company, nameless reader!

November, busy

In the spirit of Frocktails AND Xmas around the corner, here we are: the Spoolettes Tiger T! Available in the Souvenirs Shop

October was a little bit shit, to be honest. So I did heaps of work.

Its the best top I’ve ever made

but ITS A DIRECTIONAL PRINT & I hadnt been told

It was quite a good month for art. And for making a Linden top with cuffs from an old Missoni dress; oh my goodness I just cut up oh Missoni oh my goodness me what have I

During August I renovated this website. And what a mess I made of it!

A favourite subject of mine

it was time for late night gambling

Hopes and dreams, solid refuges, structural guarantees; in Jungian dream analysis, the house is a symbol of self.  Jung, who saw ‘self’ as a treasure, famously likened our true, inner selves to gold.

May, eh

I am %100 pleased.

WIP

Study #10.2019 complete & I’m slowly making a very elegant sun hat

Sewing the Frances Top by Fibre Mood & the Sulis Hat by Pattern Fantastique and art

Loss

Sydney Frocktails: there’s no one better to appreciate our statement outfits! Than other sewists!

Hello and happy new 2019 year

In December 2017 I finished a commission that began around 5 months ago.

November got away from me

Well this is joyous, my second digital fabric print!

This is going to take a while

I'm currently engaged in commissioned work for a luxury hotel - at 28 pieces its the biggest commission I've ever know - and I'm not at liberty to share any images of it. So all the showing off I get to do is in that last sentence. However, there is a lull in artwork proceedings at the moment, so here’s a photoshop bonanza of step by step pics following the making of Puppy's new couch step! Time wasting!

I've gilded a lot of surfaces over the decades and lace is one of them, but I've never made a garment with it before.

Much work that I cant share. The commission I'm undertaking is by far the biggest I've ever done, with the most restrictive contract I've ever signed. So I cant share progress pics but let me assure you, I'm artworking long and many days

Sometimes a sculpture is just a sculpture.

Lots of art and sewing

Diversification

Various samplings for commissions/proposals; photoshop sketches; fabric print design sketches and...

And I thought I'd been quiet this month 

DREAM REALISED: I've been wanting to try some of my artwork images through digital fabric printing technologies for a long time and now I have and its thrilling!

Studio work work work process 

One of my favorite patterns, this. The Carolyn Pj by Closet Case Files. This is my fourth make, this time a dress I'd long been plotting. PJ for daywear trend still going strong in my house. 

lots of pictures much make

Screenshots of the year award

I put together a booklet style presentation to accompany the exhibition about the processes that went into creating the works on canvas

The exhibition title refers to the works themselves, which are an interpretation of Perl’s inner landscape; a private space inhabited by her thoughts, dreams, memories and emotions. As a series, the works explore universal themes such as loss, grief, faith, nostalgia and beauty. 

1830 x 901mm. Loved working at this scale after all the teeny pieces I've been making for so long. With them my thinking has been that its an already crowded world and theres a helluva lot of art out there, it doesn't need more taking up valuable space

New work. "The body mask; a sculpturally elegant, totemic, vessel-like form. Speaking of the masks that define and protect us. Viewers engage with the work, creating meaning, through their own associations and memories." True or false? You be the judge...

End of year wrap up...well everyone else is doing it, so heres some of MY favorite 2015 pics:

Ok so the only words I got there were "make a Katetop modified from the original pattern". My takeaway was ‘make a top that bears little to no resemblance to the Kate top’….

Gold thread embroidery on painted canvas landscape.

I love this dress. I really do. Its a great dress. I studied DVF's which is all about the column of graphic print plus bare skin (sexy older skin)

Advice and how-to time

Hooray! Week three of wearing a self-made piece of clothing every day and I'm equal parts tired of thinking about what I'll wear every morning & fascinated to find out how this challenge plays out over the next two weeks. I'll need to find some new combinations of my me-mades & work out some new matchy matchies. Interesting. (To me.)

So as far as Christmas DIY's go, this one is acceptably anti-horrid (seriously, what is WITH that red & green?? It's just weird.) and most importantly, cheap. Granny Corner approves of cheap. Also jewellery, GC really, really believes in that.

Time to bring all the bits I've made together: the diorama/gallery style displays and the maquette/mini sculptures. Results!

THIS chapter is about making the jolly little balsa wood sculpture pieces to inhabit my dioramas. And this is a really interesting chapter too.