While in Johannesburg for Paul’s exhibition opening, I spent most of the day at 44 Stanley Avenue in Milpark, where there’s a shop called Decade, stuffed with the most glorious mid-century furniture and ceramics. Paul spotted this fabric there… … and bought us a few metres …… as a 6th anniversary present! It’s going to …
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Coverings
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Object Language II
More objects found on my kitchen counter, spelling out a message I just can’t read. Is somebody trying to tell me something? I had a very glamorous weekend.
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Array
Sometimes I’m so slow. Last night I finally realised I’d be crazy not to see Paul’s show (called Array) at Art on Paper gallery, so I booked a last-minute air ticket to Johannesburg on Saturday morning to make the 3pm opening. Yippee! He’ll be showing this large-scale linocut called Fan, along with an embossing and …
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Vessel Wednesday – Early bowl
Carson runs Vessel Wednesday each week, now with its own dedicated Flickr group! My previous post for Vessel Wednesday was perhaps a bit lateral, so this time I have a real bowl. This turned jacaranda wood bowl was a wedding present from one of my brothers and his wife. It’s made by John Early from …
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What a weekend
It was an excellent weekend, with the Design Indaba Expo in full swing all weekend at the CTICC, our Hand Made Now! market stall on Saturday at the Old Biscuit Mill (I’ll put up pics tomorrow), and glorious weather all round. But a certain highlight was meeting someone I’d met through my blog – a …
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Thanks, Dear Ada
Thanks to Dear Ada for featuring my work on your blog. Much appreciated!
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SA Blog Awards
This is kind of a wierd thing to do, but seeing as I know so few South African bloggers, I thought this way I could get in touch with a few more. Nominations for the South African Blog Awards close on 26 February, after which the grand prize of R20.07 (translates to about $3 – …
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All about respect?
In January, I put up a post entitled Being Dion Chang, where I showed a pencil drawing and this screenprint and machine embroidery I’d made from a photo of the local style and fashion guy, Dion Chang. Neither of these is for sale, and it’s clear from my post that I just did it …
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Scrapbook
A couple more favourite pages from my scrapbooks.
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