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How to Make a Large Studio Easel in 6 Easy- Peasy Steps
How to Make – Large Studio Easel in 6 Easy- Peasy Steps When I built my studio years ago, I needed to have a versatile easel. I couldnt find anything suitable in the shops and my budget wouldnt...
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Pocket Art Series- Recycled Aceo from Paris Packaging
POCKET ART SERIES Small one of a kind transportable patches of Abstraction ready to go…Compact pieces of art for people on the move. My pocket art pieces came about when I needed to transport artwork...
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Textural Surface Paintings. Barcelona Spain.
Textural Surface Paintings I did in Spain. In 2005 I was artist in residence at the Can Serrat International Art Center in Barcelona, Spain. During this time I completed several series of works; which...
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“Artplay” Day One
My first practical day of the “30 Days of Collage” by Stephanie Levy course. It was Melbourne Cup Day so this was a good excuse for me to grab a (naughty snack attack) stash to help me along with my...
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Homemade Gesso! Primer for Canvas or Paper.
I love gesso paint and use heaps of it in my work. It’s gritty, chalky and can be applied to artwork to give a translucent or opaque look. It’s also very expensive so I decided to make my own. Gesso is...
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The Travelling Artist
Wherever I go I like to have all my art materials in one place encase I need to jot down an idea, or for when I get that creative burst. So, when I found this old case I knew exactly what I...
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Heat Wave. QR Codes. Astronomy. Technology.
Work in progress… Sculpture installation Heat wave Melbourne. Australia. 11/02/2014 no electricity moon space through glass windows iphone in pocket QR code tells more boxed up...
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Handmade books. Recycling everyday packaging.
I love to recycle packaging, junk mail and advertising materials into books I like the freedom of designing my books as I make them, discovering ideas along the the way Its amazing...
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Sun Prints. Coffee. Vintage Textiles.
Experimenting today with sun prints using coffee and the sun Vintage damaged cloth stretched over wooden frames with French flourish stamping Tattered antique French doilies placed on top of...
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Original Collage. Thoughts on Collage. Creative Process.
My 10 quick thoughts on creating original collage. “13 pour” Jenny Davis 1. Just when you think you’ve got it licked, it can change, by adding one tiny piece of paper, or mark. “Bitter...
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Old Clothes. Re-Cycling. Art Making.
Before, I throw anything away, I like to see if I can use it in my creative ideas. Not only am I dealing with issues concerning, over- consumption, re- cycling & renewing, I also love using the...
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No. 2. Old clothes. Recycling. Art Making.
Follow-up from a previous post Old clothes. Recycling. Art Making. Playing with textiles, wax and trying to work out my new camera. De-constructing a man’s suit. Wafers of wax, felt & linen...
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Gestural Acrylic Paintings. Mixed Media on Canvas.
Gestural Acrylic Paintings. Mixed Media on Canvas. Mixed media on gallery stretched canvas. Acrylic paint & oil pigments. Spontaneous gestural marks with a play of colour and forgotten...
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Experimentation & New Free Tutorials Page.
Experimentation & New Free Tutorials Page. My blog updates have been scarce lately, as, Ive been studying a couple of arts business and creative courses. This week I created a new “Free Tutorials”...
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Stripping Back Layers. Plaster. Old Wallpaper. Paint.
Stripping Back Layers. Plaster. Old Wallpaper. Paint. Taking away layers stripping back identity to get to the essence of something is much more interesting to me than creating something...
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Experimental Painting. Industrial Materials and Methods.
Experimental Painting. Industrial Materials and Methods. Its been almost a year since I started this group of paintings using traditional, non traditional, industrial, materials and processes. There...
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Crut. New Paintings. Cradled Boards.
Crut. New Paintings. Cradled Boards. 3 new paintings, well, it’s actually one painting, a triptych, I did for a recent art prize. Each painting was made with acrylic paint and small areas of oil...
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Digital Collage and Photoshop.
Digital Collage and Photoshop. When making my art, I rarely follow rules. Not knowing, techniques, materials and technology, doesn’t bother me and can be a blessing. It gives me more freedom to play...
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Stuck for Ideas.
Sometimes, when I’m stuck for ideas making artwork and it’s just not happening, I like to throw a heap of things together and arrange them near my work. The items, may relate in colour, texture and...
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Time, Change, Erosion and Decay + Freebie Rust Dyeing Tutorial
The process of transformation. Time, change, erosion and decay are qualities I like to celebrate. I examine and explore, the properties and possibilities, of my material and want to push the...
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