outside my front door.

I found this beautiful spot at sunset yesterday
as I walked to the car after a big day in the studio.
The textures mixed with the fading light was truly beautiful.

Ive said it once -
And ill say it again -

It is truly amazing what you can find right outside your front door.
Light, colour, movement, texture...
Inspiration.

These are a handful of moments from the last few weeks.
The first two images were found in Camperdown.
The last two were found near my home.

Industrial. Urban. Nature. Beauty.
The label doesn't matter.
What matters is the light
and the colours
that each portrays.

And soon it will all give way to Winter.

Four little street kids
all in a row
waiting for their mum to shout
come. on. home.

As I walked to a Mothers Day lunch at my brothers house
 I found this moment.
Or it found me!

Autumn from above.
On a walk through a special part of the city for me...

w o v e n ^ r a f f i a

Busy hands as everyone gets immersed in their weaving creations.

From the moment people started to arrive at the studio for Saturday's workshop, the energy lifted and there was a real excitement in the air, as everyone assessed the smorgasbord of materials on the table and decided how they were going to play with it all. 

It can be tricky to narrow down your focus. 

Especially with so many colours and textures on the big table.

But for this class I did all the hard work for them, by making Raffia the focal point of the whole show. 

From indigenous plant material of Pandanus - to the $2 dollar delights found the city - Raffia/plant fibres are a lovely material to work with, as they softly mould and shape to every move of your hands.

I love working with Raffia as it is versatile and interchangeable with other materials - and easily adapted into small or large sculptural forms - as the Tjampi Desert Weavers in Alice Springs NT skilfully demonstrate in their fibre creations.

At Saturday's workshop we had an amazing group of creative souls in the room, who needed only a few words from me to get the ball rolling. And in the blink of an eye they were making woven forms that were unique to their hands and intuitive minds.

The two hours flew by...

And as everyone started to leave they asked where they could source more materials. 

Which is always the nicest compliment. 

And Ive already received some beautiful images of completed pieces.

Which is also a lovely compliment.

Soon they will need their own blog! 

So stay tuned....

A few images taken by the the lovely Tina Fox aka PaperBagKits.
With so many amazing artists and creative minds at the workshop that day,
 beautiful woven forms were taking shape in record time.

A tiny raffia bowl by Tina.

its in the stars....

bits n bobs that are inspiring the new series of works at the studio...

Stars.

The Multiverse.

Strings. Quantum Mechanics.

Bits n pieces of matter and molecule 

that make you and me.

Since moving to the Camperdown studio this massive subject matter that has been keeping me very VERY busy. Ive never been so focused and so inspired to make a new body of work in such a short space of time. Im completely fascinated by the stars. The universe. And everything seen and unseen. 

The colours are alot deeper and the drawings and weavings are a lot more complex.

This week I completed another woven form and a couple of drawings. 

And I should be satisfied.

But Im not.

This subject is too huge and too interesting for one little person and two tiny hands.

Let the artworks continue to flow!

a collection of ideas that continues to multiply and grow as the year goes on....