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Monday, February 8th, 2010

That Vintage by Sophie Hill

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Recently, I completed these illustrations for the lovely Sophie Hill
and her adorable jewelery collection, That Vintage.

Some of Sophie’s gorgeous, gorgeous pieces…

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That Vintage…  Etsy Store ::  Blog

Also :: That Vintage is turning 2 on Valentines Day!
For the next two weeks (Sunday 31st January – Sunday 14th February) absolutely EVERYTHING in store gets shipped for FREE! Plus you’ll also score an extra surprise gift with your order! Hip hip! HOORAY!

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PS. There will be a couple more illustrations for That Vintage coming soon :)


Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Desktop feature and Photos

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Desktop Magazine launched it’s brand new website today and thank you very much to them and
especially Jo Spurling, for the feature on my girls!

Visit Desktop here.
See my feature here.

A few pics, from my Diana Mini, taken at my Nan’s house on a recent visit :) …

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Charlie Girl!

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Nan and Pops Lawn Bowls medals. Framed and hanging in their hallway.

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Teapots on Nan’s kitchen bench.

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Friday, January 29th, 2010

Group Exhibition :: 22

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Here’s a peek at the drawing I’m working on for an upcoming group exhibition, 22, at The National Grid Gallery in Sydney. The show will feature work from 22 international female artists. The show will open on the 18 June, so I thought I better get in early and start drawing cause I’ve chosen to create a larger than normal piece and it is going to take agggeesss! Challenges are good, right?

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Monday, January 25th, 2010

New Bike !!!

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On Sunday, Charlie and I picked up our new bike! My lovely friend, Chris (works at Ray’s Bicycles, Brunswick) helped me and added an extra basket for Charlie to sit in. Charlie and I went for a half hour ride around the shady streets of Fitzroy… I think I’ve found my new form of relaxation and exercise! I’ve got a little attachment for the tow bar of my car, so I can take my bike places too. Might have to find some nice cycling trails surrounding Melbourne. Let me know if you know of any :)

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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

First film developed at home!

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1. Looking through my motel room in Wangaratta. I’m a bit obsessed with taking photos looking through windows at the moment. There is more to come! 2. An accidental double exposure. Must experiment more with double exposures, they are very interesting.

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1. My brother Jono.  2. The infamous Trav.

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1. A sunset somewhere! 2. A pretty rose bush, somewhere too! Can’t remember where they were taken.

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1. Me and Step at her sister’s birthday party at Cookies Rooftop Bar (Swantston St, Melbourne).
2. My cute little Charlie looking as cute as ever!

The above photos are from my first roll of film I developed at home. Over my holidays I bought all the chemicals and bits n pieces needed. It was actually pretty easy! This was a 400iso slide film, can’t remember which brand, cross processed in C41 chemicals. I taught myself from the following YouTube video…

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Thursday, January 14th, 2010

I’m Reading…

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Right now I’m reading ‘Bringing out the Best in People’ (op shop bargin for 50c, thought it would be a bit of fun to read) and ‘The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa’ (gift from my boss). Have almost finished the first book. It has been interesting considering it was written around 1980… it gives reference to many world events throughout time, so a history lesson too! The second book I received today and am looking forward to reading this artists biography :)

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Monday, January 11th, 2010

MECCA Magazine

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Just before Christmas, Madeleine Boyd asked me to create an illustration for the cover of her new magazine, MECCA. The theme for the issue was ‘nostalgia’ so I was pretty excited about that too! When I got back to work (for 2010), I was happy to find my posted copy waiting for me! They did a little feature too :)

Madeleine and her team put together this magazine for her dissertation for her Masters in Fashion Journalism (London College of Fashion), creating a Melbourne-based fashion magazine that explores fashion, art and design.

Best wishes to everyone for 2010! This year I’m focusing on being organized and managing my time better. I started an oil painting  in my holidays, still have a long way to go with it :)

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Monday, December 21st, 2009

Amy Dover

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Today I discovered the work of Amy Dover. I think her work is absolutely beautiful. Visit her website here and her blog here.

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PS. Hope you had a good weekend. Mine was very busy with Christmas related things, lots of housework catch up and some commission work.


Thursday, December 17th, 2009

More Cross Processed Photos

AROUND MELBOURNE…

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1. Jono, my little bro, waiting for me after work, Queen’s Lane. 2. Near my Coin Laundry, just off Rathdowne Street. 3. Bourke Street Mall… pretty dark and underexposed, but I kinda like the pattern from the roof. 4. Audrey taking a nap.

FROM MY RECENT TRIP TO WANGARATTA…

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1. V-Line train at Southern Cross railway station. 2. Looking out the window from the train.

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1. Got off the train at Seymore, have to transfer to Coach for the rest of the journey to ‘Wang’. I thought this Granny was cute, finishing off her ice cream before she hoped on. 2. For those who don’t want to walk across the road, from the train station to the coaches, there is a little golf buggy like service.

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1. Looking out the window of the coach in Seymore. 2. Wangaratta’s main street.

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1. Wangaratta Art Gallery, this is where I went for the EXIT 09 Graduate Exhibition. 2. As the sign says, the Wangaratta Mosonic Centre. I like this old building.

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1. Luke and me. Luke and I went to school together. He now teaches at Wangaratta TAFE. 2. Me and Don. Don was one of my teachers.

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1. Pretty roses. The white rectangle is actually a sticker. The people who developed my film put it over a negative :( 2. The motel room I stayed the night it.

Overall these images are very green and or blue and rather underexposed! But, it’s pretty hard to adjust the Dian Mini as it only has two appeture settings… ’sunny’ or ‘cloudy’. As my brother said, Slide Film is very sensitive to exposure. Guess I just have to learn whether the light around me would work well or not when using slide film!

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