16 volumes of The Golden Book Encyclopaedia
planted in a newly ploughed paddock
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
making....
Now that the dust (the mulch?) has settled - I'm able to enjoy my revamped studio space - and just in time as I've got a myriad of 'things' coming up....
First is my annual sojourn to my Uni in a couple of weeks time.... (and there's a very real chance this may be the last time I have to head off to winter symposium....) I'm making work and preparing my presentation and steeling myself for the marathon drive through the boonies....
No sooner will I get back but I have to pack up work for a stint as 'invited artist' for a show at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery..... it's all come about at last minute but the organisers from south scribes have been soooooo accommodating I didn't want to let them down....
I was guest artist in the same place in 2001 - the year our little island nation was commemorating its centenary of federation -- I think many aussies took time to think about what it meant to be Australian (or maybe it was just me?) - For that show I created work around themes of national identity.... (here's one of the works from the show, and another, and another....)
This time around, at the request of the curator, I'm sending up some of the work I created for my stint as guest artist for Coffs Calligraphers back in 2007.....
(ps - here's one of the works that I'm sending... Its the ten panel painting - 'Weight of Words')
fingers crossed
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
lovely on the inside...
step this way to spy all the yummy bookbinding gear inside my bookworks studio....
(I dare you not to drool at the sight of 'Maria')
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Friday, May 25, 2012
wanna spend some quality time with me at sturt?
For the first time ever I've got a class on offer at Sturt Winter School
(oooo look! - a hint of something I've been up to this week...... )
If you'd like to join me for five days of texty excitement - enrol NOW (one more enrolment in the next week will ensure the class goes ahead!) ---- if you drop by the Sturt website you'll see details of the workshop on offer - BUT I wanted to let you (my bloggy maties) know - that I'm always v. keen to go with whatever anyone wants to pursue - so if you have a 'special something' you'd like to undertake - I hear you! (drop me a line and we'll work something out...)
ps - I've got another workshop (in Sydney) on the cards in November AND a guest arteest stint happening at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery late June and into July...
stay tuned for more news....
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Monday, May 21, 2012
steal like an artist?....
so how does that work?
I first saw this poster and idea here ...
which lead me to the book (and the flickr site where indeed I was allowed to steal that thar image ^^^)
'Steal like an artist' is a best selling book by Austin Kleon.... and aside from the strategically provocative title and implication, the book appears to contain snappy platitudes regarding creativity (and noice grafix) - Kleon seems to be serving up a well known dish - (which perhaps unsurprisingly has little to do with 'stealing'.... but I'll get back to that in a minute...)
first - a confession - I don't have and haven't read the book - I've just glimpsed some excerpts so I may have everything totally wrong
In some of the book's earlier pages Kleon writes:
I don't know about you, but my first response was - 'WTF?.... speak for yourself Austin baby! - I don't steal nothing!!
that's because the 'S' word really gets up my arty nose.
When you 'steal' something there's an implication that something is taken away from its lawful owner... burglary, car theft, plagiarism, copyright infringement are all examples of stealing..... but Kleon is not really talking about 'stealing' ... its more like 'be inspired' ..... but 'take inspiration like an artist' doesn't sound anywhere near as sexy 'steal' eh?
(ps I note in Kleon's bio that he's an ex-advertising copywriter..... hmmmmmmm.... yep 'steal like an artist' sounds like something an adman would pen!)
I think all artists (visual artists, writers, musicians....) take inspiration from everything, everywhere, all the time. They... WE... take it all in, mix it up, digest, add seasoning, continue to refine - adding and subtracting... until the moment that we have something fresh, and all our own. I'm NOT a fan of post modernism that huffs and puffs that there's nothing new under the sun..... For me - every day is new and fresh... every minute is a moment that has never existed before and will not come again. But a moment is not isolated - it does not emerge from nothingness... instead it exists as part of a continuum..... and creativity is just the same. No, I'm not a world-weary, post-mod gal... and I don't think that real artists 'steal' (that's an activity for charlatans and con-artists) - rather they 'take inspiration'......
what do you think? has anyone read the book?
(anyone stolen it? no... don't tell me!)
*ps - the 'S' word aside - I really like some of the other points - especially #8 - Be Nice (the world is a small town) .......
I dare you to try stealing something in a small town - oh boy - not nice!
.....
I first saw this poster and idea here ...
which lead me to the book (and the flickr site where indeed I was allowed to steal that thar image ^^^)
'Steal like an artist' is a best selling book by Austin Kleon.... and aside from the strategically provocative title and implication, the book appears to contain snappy platitudes regarding creativity (and noice grafix) - Kleon seems to be serving up a well known dish - (which perhaps unsurprisingly has little to do with 'stealing'.... but I'll get back to that in a minute...)
first - a confession - I don't have and haven't read the book - I've just glimpsed some excerpts so I may have everything totally wrong
In some of the book's earlier pages Kleon writes:
Every artist gets asked the question -
'where do you get your ideas?'
The honest artist answers -
'I steal them'
I don't know about you, but my first response was - 'WTF?.... speak for yourself Austin baby! - I don't steal nothing!!
that's because the 'S' word really gets up my arty nose.
When you 'steal' something there's an implication that something is taken away from its lawful owner... burglary, car theft, plagiarism, copyright infringement are all examples of stealing..... but Kleon is not really talking about 'stealing' ... its more like 'be inspired' ..... but 'take inspiration like an artist' doesn't sound anywhere near as sexy 'steal' eh?
(ps I note in Kleon's bio that he's an ex-advertising copywriter..... hmmmmmmm.... yep 'steal like an artist' sounds like something an adman would pen!)
I think all artists (visual artists, writers, musicians....) take inspiration from everything, everywhere, all the time. They... WE... take it all in, mix it up, digest, add seasoning, continue to refine - adding and subtracting... until the moment that we have something fresh, and all our own. I'm NOT a fan of post modernism that huffs and puffs that there's nothing new under the sun..... For me - every day is new and fresh... every minute is a moment that has never existed before and will not come again. But a moment is not isolated - it does not emerge from nothingness... instead it exists as part of a continuum..... and creativity is just the same. No, I'm not a world-weary, post-mod gal... and I don't think that real artists 'steal' (that's an activity for charlatans and con-artists) - rather they 'take inspiration'......
what do you think? has anyone read the book?
(anyone stolen it? no... don't tell me!)
*ps - the 'S' word aside - I really like some of the other points - especially #8 - Be Nice (the world is a small town) .......
I dare you to try stealing something in a small town - oh boy - not nice!
.....
Sunday, May 20, 2012
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