Production at the desk

I have quite a bit of work on at the moment. I am not sure of where to start it all....
So i have started with bits. bits here bits there, piles of stuff, lots of components. I hope that they eventually all come together.


some components


the desk layout



the list


the start of some brooches


Another pile of stuff.



I dont have a methodical way of working I realized today. I work on something for a while then I work on something else, then something else, then I look at the list I wrote and work on something else. I am not sure if this is productive or not....
I feel like I worked all day but with little outcome. I guess if I meet the deadlines its not all bad....

Wall Installation

This is how I am trying to figure out one of the wall installations going in the show 'Hidden Treasures' at Craft ACT in Feb 2011. I needed a 6m wall and went to a friends studio who had a wall that i could borrow that was just over 5m. I have made the pieces roughly in cardboard.


Then stuck them onto the wall with masking tape and pins. (handy pin up board there)




Went out and bought some spray paint and painted them black. As I am going to make the pieces in copper and oxidise them. There are four different shapes. I am still playing around with them and refining them but I think that its a good start.....

Whats up....

So I havent updated my blog for a while....
1. Because I havent been doing anything much exciting, since the teawares exhibition and since I went to Bali on holiday.

Our tour bus....

Coldest beer in town.

Great way to re-use absolute vodka bottles.

Volcano....stunning!

2. Because I have been trying to stock up work in galleries and making some work for Cherish at Artisan.

3. Because I am having a show at Craft ACT next year in Feb and am trying to get some inspiration for that. The space is quite large so am quietly stressing out about what to make.

4. Because I am just slack or a slacker.




I recently bought this book online which arrived the other day. It has great images in it and i particularly like the inside covers with the little hand drawn images of certain biological aspects of the fungi.




Anyway so thats where I am at and hopefully to be making some interesting stuff soon.......

Cookeina Collection

Some more pieces to add to the 'Cookeina Collection'. Neckpiece with 925 silver and 14ct gold bonded onto silver. This piece was in the JMGA member award show in Perth.




Rings made from silver. One oxidised.

Teawares

Tea Cannisters patinated.

Tea Cannisters

At the end of June I am in a group show at JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design called Teawares. I decided to make some tea cannisters, which are proving to be quite a challenge to make. I have made them from 65mm copper pipe. Last week i had them food grade tin plated. They plated the whole thing as it was easier for them even though i only wanted the inside done, as i am going to patinate the outside. Unfortunately the plating was unsuccessful so i am trying out some other ideas. Hopefully these will work.

Cannisters so far. They are currently being patinated.

Leaf Litter

Here are some more leaf brooches with cookeina fungi that I have recently made which are going to Aspects of Kings Park in WA.