Happy Birthday to me

It's my birthday today. I am 49 years old and so glad to be here.

So today will be a day of reflection, of looking back to see just how far I have come.

And it sure is a long way baby.

I am most definitely happier now than I have ever been before.

I would not go back to being younger no way.

It took much damned effort to get this far.

And I am loving it.

Finally I am old enough to realise it is ok, in fact more than ok, it is mandatory that I focus on me, on what I want from this life. Time is ticking away and it is my responsibility to get the most out of what I have been given, no whining at the end that I didn't get the opportunities to do, well whatever the hell I want frankly.

So here I go, plunging headfirst into my 50th year of life, and loving it.

Oh but first I have to finish making the birthday cake to share with my co-studio mates.

x te 49 an kicking ass.

New Work Busting out all Over

My latest collection of finished pieces they are a result of the plaster workshop I have been doing.

They are available for sale in my studio.

I am unsure about putting them in my Etsy shop.

It's the postage that is always the issue.

But if anyone sees anything they like just let me know.

Love the detail

and the texture is awesome

and a little book to finish. spots of walnut ink covered in beeswax held together with plaster.

so much fun

Where I fell in Love this week

Love love love this blog, Michele Meister and she is just across the creek very near to where I stay when I am up in Melbourne. I am mostly totally enamoured of all the girl wolf pictures which I read in one of the post are an exploration of the Little Red Riding Hood Fairytale.


Isn't this just fantastic? I love the way she has taken the concept and run it way outside the original framework. A lesson for me that a deeper exploration of ideas as opposed to literal illustration can really expand you in so many ways.