Hi Kevin, I know I've been quiet for a while-well I've actually been indulging in selfish moments with my son :-) but am getting back to the real world now... Hope to get into the swing of things soon...
Wacko!, just got rung up by the owner of a swishy Italian resteruant in Seoul, asking for me to display some of my plastic crochet works and plastic pojagi on their walls. Must race over there after school. Just started a new piece following a traditional Korean wrapping pattern, but in pink and green plastic bags, think it will look very dynamic. The traditional patterns are usually completed in silk or linen, so my work looks very different, but follows the principals of design and symmetry of pojagi. Discovered a fantastic shop in behind the University area of Hyewa called Damul arts. All musty and knick-knacks. but the little lady is a master of Tepuri and pojagi. Tempuri is a traditional skill with silk threads wrapt over balls. Her pojagi was beautiful and I bought a small sample of her work in silk, I also bought some Japanese pojagi needles, rather expensive but worth it as on the packet cover it reads, "needles of love " Can't make work fast enough today, school work wized past with making lion faces for concert "in the Jungle" (played a hundred versions on youtube to kids.) they were crazy with excitment. Then made hundreds of cut out masks for Halloweeen on Thursday, Kids design and colour their own mask from the template. Nearly getting RSI again from scissor cutting, Phew, and its only 11 o'clock !
Hi, great how life brings along opportunitites and new connections. Sitting on the subway this am, (my studio) doing my plastic bag crochet deep in my own world, when a dear old korean lady comes over and starts talking to me in Korean and then takes the crochet hook out of my hand and starts doing some of my work! Wonderful connection with another culture, were shared spoken language is just not important, the sharing, watching and enjoying each others company is far more rewarding. Then I came to school, I work as an art teacher at an International school, and there is an email from you, Kevin, you made my Friday ! suddenly I feel so good and connected. thanks for contacting me Looking forward to browsing thru site and reading articles, anna
At 10:08pm on October 14, 2009, Karee S Dahl said…
Thanks Kevin,
Will contribute soon, however in the middle of putting exhibition together in Doha... and reason for initially signing up is to get in contact with Grace Cochrane as we have lost her email address.
I do look forward to reading through the site [when time permits] as Colin Reaney and I are repatriating to Australia at the end of the month, and need to update ourselves on what is happening back home!
Thanks again
Cheers
Karee
Hi Kevin, My name is Terri Brandstater, I am member of the Corrigin Creative Arts Club in WA and we are about to celebrate our centenary year. We would like to make a multi media wall hanging, depicting arts and crafts in Australia through the hundred year period 1913 – 2013, I am attempting to gather information about which arts and crafts where popular when i.e. 1913 – 1923, 1923 – 1933 etc. can you help me, by referring me to relevant websites, books, magazines, people. We have many talented people here including porcelain painters, artist, potters, quilters, writers, people who do hand embroidery, punch work embroidery, cottage crafts, knitting, crocheting, sewing and cottage crafts. We intend to involve everyone in the creation of this wall hanging and will have workshops to share ideas and decide on the design. As mentioned the theme is “The history of arts and crafts 1913-2013”. I hope you can help us. Thank you, kind regards Terri B
Hi Kevin
Is that a 'Value Added' bracelet you're wearing?
I am heading off to Canberra tomorrow for two weeks as Visiting Artist in the Glass workshop at the Canberra School of Art - hoping to resolve some ideas with the new work we talked about when you visited my studio - as well as teaching glass (flameworking)
Lookig forward to catching up soon
Cheers
Blanche
the wombat is just playing with plastic which i love...I am probably out of my depth in this site Kevin but am always interested in the diff, and why we differentiate between art and craft. I love aboriginal cave painting and know that it served a purpose but does that make it craft or art? I noticed while watching the doco about Quai branly that they do not distinguish between the two...surely one persons craft is anothers art.....lets start a new movement were any object can be art if we want it too...lol cheers anna
Hello Kevin I work with Letila at Fiji Arts Council - I know you have been in touch with her. I have also been reading about the Crafts Without Borders.
hola Kevin,
siempre es un placer seguir de cerca tus proyectos.
looking forward to talk, read and heard about craft.
cuando te apareces por este lado del pacífico?
un fuerte abrazo
Thanks for the welcome and I look forward to future dialogues. You may not remember but we last talked when I guest edited Filter's reskin edition and you wrote an article for us. At Craft Australia we are planning the next on-line forum looking at the future of indigenous craft practices and we have been influenced by your Ning to run the forum through a Ning. Also Merryn Gates our forum project manager may have already been in touch with you about the project.
Just looking at the 'jewellery in Sydney' comments below.
Metalab in Fitzroy Place, just off Crown St, is very active, as is their other business Courtesy of the Artist. Just this week they sent this message:
...metalab’s sister venue Courtesy of the Artist announces the arrival of a new location! July sees CotA opening an exciting new Pop-Up store on the top floor of The Strand Arcade, in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. This is an inspiring development for Sydney’s jewelling community and a wonderful opportunity for jewellery lovers located in the city. Follow us on our journey, making thoughtful, beautiful and individual hand made jewellery accessible to the people by watching our CotA blog: http://courtesyoftheartistblog.blogspot.com
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Will contribute soon, however in the middle of putting exhibition together in Doha... and reason for initially signing up is to get in contact with Grace Cochrane as we have lost her email address.
I do look forward to reading through the site [when time permits] as Colin Reaney and I are repatriating to Australia at the end of the month, and need to update ourselves on what is happening back home!
Thanks again
Cheers
Karee
Glad to meet you, add me a friend.
thanks
Is that a 'Value Added' bracelet you're wearing?
I am heading off to Canberra tomorrow for two weeks as Visiting Artist in the Glass workshop at the Canberra School of Art - hoping to resolve some ideas with the new work we talked about when you visited my studio - as well as teaching glass (flameworking)
Lookig forward to catching up soon
Cheers
Blanche
Yes I am, and still at Bucks. This is another great idea from you. Although Craft Talk is for the South, is it OK for me to join?
siempre es un placer seguir de cerca tus proyectos.
looking forward to talk, read and heard about craft.
cuando te apareces por este lado del pacífico?
un fuerte abrazo
Thanks for the welcome and I look forward to future dialogues. You may not remember but we last talked when I guest edited Filter's reskin edition and you wrote an article for us. At Craft Australia we are planning the next on-line forum looking at the future of indigenous craft practices and we have been influenced by your Ning to run the forum through a Ning. Also Merryn Gates our forum project manager may have already been in touch with you about the project.
Cheers,
Alex
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Metalab in Fitzroy Place, just off Crown St, is very active, as is their other business Courtesy of the Artist. Just this week they sent this message:
...metalab’s sister venue Courtesy of the Artist announces the arrival of a new location! July sees CotA opening an exciting new Pop-Up store on the top floor of The Strand Arcade, in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. This is an inspiring development for Sydney’s jewelling community and a wonderful opportunity for jewellery lovers located in the city. Follow us on our journey, making thoughtful, beautiful and individual hand made jewellery accessible to the people by watching our CotA blog: http://courtesyoftheartistblog.blogspot.com
Cheers, Ian.
I rightfully thought that they'd all be interested in Culture Shift.
cheers, Anna
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