WIP's and a completed project!

Some birds mid - construction.

Some are working, some are not. I have always got a few birds half finished hanging around. Sometimes I never finish them, others I rescue from impending doom.... I don't think the little linen one in the middle is going to make it! The seams are twisted and the linen is a bit of a nightmare to unpick. I'll reuse his little wings (below him) though...

And a finished project!

Doesn't this look much better now thats its stretched and mounted in an embroidery hoop? I backed it with some white leather to make sure that it was tight and not see-through. Not sure about the black ribbon though... a bit girly for me I think.

Thoughts?

ohhhh, ghostpatrol...

how wonderful is this??

it could be MINE for only AU$2000!

Oh ghostpatrol......

five faves - with meet me at mikes

I haven't played along with a meme for a little while so thought I would join Pips 5 faves from Meet me at Mikes . Here goes...


1. Eames chairs - ours are black and our home doesn't look like this... but we DO have those chairs!

2. Japanese Sewing book - "The Stylish Dress Book". Quite frankly, I'm addicted to this book and have made at least 4 things from it. All from lovely japanese fabric too! Ridiculous...

3. Hanging clothes on the washing line to dry. Love it. Especially when you take them off and they are still warm from the sun...

4. Le Chasseur cookware - we cook everything in ours  and even though I regularly burn myself on it I can't stop using it. Stove top, oven, table top. Looks good always.

5. KitchenAid. One day I'll buy myself one. One day...... soon. If only I lived in the States - these guys are US$249 over there! Compare to AU$649 - thats cheap!

stitched work

I stitched this little work at Riversdale whilst the girls made their own artworks. The landscape is stitched in black and the accommodation building designed by Glenn Murcutt is stitched in pink. I used split stitch on calico.

Whilst this probably isn't the best scan of the work - it actually looks quite nice in real life. Nice enough for me to let Jay take it with him the next time he visited Mr Murcutt.

 And Murco liked it!

Murco's Place

Art Camp with school....

Can't complain really - I get paid to be here and make art.

Glenn Murcutt makes nice places to live - ashame about all the bugs. I guess having not much glass and lots of open doors lends itself to little animals!

bird hiatus....

Its been so long....

People keeping asking me "how are your birds?" and I keep slinking away with shame. I'm sad to say, I got bird-ed out. I'm surprised at how quickly it happened and I have a new found admiration for artists who have the dedication to pursue a theme until they have exhausted all possibilities. That's drive - that is!

How did Morandi - whose beautiful tonal paintings I adore - paint still lifes for so many years repeatedly??

 

Giorgio Morandi

Still Life 1949

Oil on Canvas 36cm x 43.7cm

Anyway.....

I HAVE made more birds. Actually, I made them a while ago but we have been enjoying their company on the shelves at home so I didn't want to sell them. But Pulp have rung a few times now and seeing as they have always been so good to me, I will part with my little flock. And then I can make more!

 

This last little man (above) might be staying with us as he has some stitching issues. He's my first real go at sewing with leather and he has a quite few stitch hole marks in the leather so he's a bit too shabby to sell. 

We need a little bird of our own anyway...

what do you think of my other little birdies?