Sunday, July 12, 2009

stitched up...quickly



















































My garish knitted length for the Stitching up the NGA installation.
As I only found out about it 2 days before the contributions were due, I pulled out my fattest needles, some awful yarn and knit 1.4 metres with haste.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

soft sculpture






















The soft sculpture exhibition at the NGA was pretty tantalising.
Some of the stand out artists/pieces:

Monday, July 6, 2009

yarn-bombing

































































In a case of good-timing I happened to be hanging around the National Gallery whilst Magda of Knitta Please is visiting the gallery, sharing some of her "guerrilla" knitting.
She gave an intriguing artist talk about the convergence of her knitting with street art and the impact she wants it to have in urban environments. Today she was completing her knit-tagging installation.

In haste, I have contributed a knitted piece for Magda, Denise Litchfield and Indigenous artists to use during this week as part of a community project to transform the entrance with knitting.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

closing of boxes


























The last of the moving has been completed, thankfully.
The blog shall now be tended to.

Friday, June 26, 2009

at least some of the boxes are colourful


























yep, still packing.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

leaving town

















After successive lovely days of going away with friends, or friends visiting us, reality has set in and finds me alone attempting to pack up the house and move on.

Packing is not my strong point.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

shift


























The champagne label isn't coming along as I had hoped. Time to rethink.

Happy weekend.