The State of the Studio

The studio has descended into chaos

as i sort out what I can take to QLD

with me

We leave next friday

1 week to go

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Big News

Dan has got a job

So we will be relocating

to Cardwell

North Queensland

Yup moving to the tropics

I am both alternately scared and exhilarated by this

Am currently in a total funk with the enormity of it

So I will be closing the studio

Last day Friday April 4th

The last workshops will be in Natural Dye

the next two Wednesdays 

March 26 and April 2nd

and an extra workshop 

on Sunday March 30th

Wednesday April 2nd will only go ahead if the other two dates fill

and I have now added 

a Natural Paint Workshop

on Sunday 2nd in the afternoon

I will have fabric for sale 

More info here

And 

Everything in the Studio

will be half price

so if you are local come in and grab a bargain

I may even try to get some stuff up on Etsy

But I make no promises.

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On a Roll

Encaustic and Oil Stick on Encaustibord

30 x 30cm

Playing with old works that I was not happy with 

and am most pleased with the results

My beautiful Goddess

with the leaf Antlers

More leaves

Encaustic and Oil Stick on Encaustibord

28 x 35cm

and the second completed piece 

a Seedpod bursting into leaf

More leaf shapes appearing

And not because of spring

as down here

we are heading into autumn

Perhaps it is I who am leafing?

These pieces are as yet unnamed

but as soon as they are

they will be available 

here in my Studio/Gallery

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There and Back to See How Far it Was

Velma at the Art Gallery

I returned from Melbourne and the Grampians just over a week ago

Had a market the day after I returned

and taught a workshop in my studio 

a couple of days after that

and finally I get to this bit

My best friend Naomi

I was lucky enough to spend

a few days in Melbourne

with Velma and Naomi 

before heading off to the Grampians

A Bee on the sidewalk 

outside Federation Square

I taught a 2 day Natural Dye Class

where explored many things including 

dyeing teabags

and some people did some

rusting

and embossing

And a very nice display table we ended up with

Lovely leaf prints on a tea bag

Then I taught a 4 day

Natural Mixed Media class

No time for Photos

so these are all from the display table

we had fun with paint, ink and wax

A some more dyeing but paper this time

and we made books

It was a wonderful few days

and all my students were marvelous

Since getting back home I have spent

some time in the studio

These are small 10 x10cm pieces

Some of which will be off to Ballarat

with me

where I will be lucky enough this time

to be a student

with the lovely 

Elizabeth Bunsen

works on paper

experimenting with wax

x te