christmas time again... already

 i've just secured a one-off stall at the Northcote Kris Kringle Night Market this coming thursday after someone else cancelled. i'll have all the usual stuff, hope to see you there.


shmish-mas postcards- 3 for $9.50 (a special market price)
** mention this blog post and receive an extra card for free
 


Kris Kringle Night Market
has over 50 stallholders offering individually handcrafted and locally designed products.
Thursday November 25th
5:30pm-10pm
Northcote Town Hall
189 High St Northcote

Spring Freebies

Spring at last, and to celebrate I'm including a free "Signs of Spring" postcard with every order from my e-shop throughout September.

at last

signs of spring.

my neighbourhood has...

rules.

my neighbourhood has...

a river full of stars.


places to keep your thoughts.

my neighbourhood has...

a population of crate men.

trees in japan

the poodle trees are my favourite.

signs in tokyo

tokyo is a place of beautiful little details.

tokyo little garden

japanese people like to beautify small spaces.

dogs in tokyo

it's a hard life for some.

giant heart

wandering around harajuku, we stumbled across an art exhibition at the Harajuku Atopia Disability Centre. The halls were full of artworks, made by kids with intellectual disabilities and were completely amazing. There was weaving, indigo dying, drawings and patchworks. This was one of the highlights of my trip.


I couldn't find any more information about the exhibition online, however i came across the able art company.

posers in Japan

exploring tokyo & kyoto

new

twiggy trees, uploaded by myf mash

twiggy trees.
drought tolerant.
thrive on neglect.

spotted

uploaded by myf mash

knit graffiti in the centre of footscray.
what a way to brighten a dreary spot.
love it.

the kris kringle night market is ace this year

my heart skipped a beat when i saw these fabric flying ducks by Dany Germain of one black sheep.

i got most of my shopping done in one hit and had so much fun doing it. i picked up some really adorable things and can't wait to hand them over. if you haven't made it down yet, there's still 2 more markets to go.

northcote town hall, high street
thursday december 10th & 17th
5:30pm - 10pm

close encounters

the snake hunter in our neighbour's yard with the tiger snake.

i was alarmed to discover a tiger snake living under my bag of potting mix. i do like to make friends with spiders and lizards but poisonous snakes are way out of my comfort zone. we rang the council and minutes later a "snake hunter" arrived. after a rather thrilling trans-backyard chase he finally caught it and took it away- not before making quite a mess though. no more bare feet gardening from now on.

big knit in bits

it was really sad to arrive at the launch party for the big knit only to discover it had been shredded to bits by vandals. why would someone to do this?

the dance extravaganza went ahead anyway and dozens of legwarmer clad people danced across the bridge (in the rain) to "oh what a feeling".

before and after.

weeks and weeks of work went into assembling the panels.

mish-mash cards

in order to improve something, sometimes you need to cut it into little bits and stick it back together in a new way. that's exactly how mish-mash cards are created. i've rescued a bunch of obsolete greeting cards and remixed them. the collaged images and words come together in a visually poetic way.

in my shop now

my creative space...

today in my creative space, i'm busily compiling more shmishmas postcards.

thanks to everyone for the positive response yesterday, you made me dizzy with happiness. you see, in a past life these images got rejected by a gallery so it's terrific that they finally found their calling and an audience.

more creative spaces over at kootoyou

introducing shmishmas cards.

shmishmas cards give a playful and slightly anarchic twist to the tired old christmas card format.


they're handmade postcards with images of abandoned christmas trees i've spotted in and around  melbourne's streets and laneways. i've machine sewn the photographs directly onto card for a tactile and low-tech feel.

i've been photographing these discarded christmas trees for a few years now. it's a rather odd cultural phenomenon and i'm pleased i've finally thought of an application for my catalogue of dead tree images. if you're interested you can purchase them via my website or visit my stall at rose street artist markets on sundays.


* the yarra city council encourages local residents to register their unwanted christmas trees for collection, so the trees can be mulched and provide life-support to the city’s parks during Summer. Details here.