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Mordini’sstall The MarketMasonicHallHobartSandyBayRdDecember 13th

hand printed

• FABRIC – buy or find in op-shops and tip-shops///WASH///IRON///
• ILLUSTRATION – draw///COPY ON STENCIL PAPER///CUT STENCIL
• PREP – buy ink, get squegee, spatchelor, apron and old newspaper///MOUNT STENCIL ON FRAME
• PRINT ON FABRIC – regularly clean screen with water, so ink doesn’t dry and clog screen///air-dry
• FINISHED & DRIED PRINT – iron for 5mins to proof ink
• SEW stuff (case, pouch, phoneling, neckling) ///iron again if necessary
• ///sell, wear or give it away

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Since March SAC has been my base for graphic and textile adventures. At the moment I am setting up for a screen-print session and will hopefully be finished by December 13th to sell some of it at the market (Masonic Hall, Hobart)

 

Captain Sarah

ASMA exhibition Cygnet

The Australian Society of Marine Artists was invited by the Lovett Gallery in Cygnet, Tasmania to exhibit work of their members. My friend Peter Sharp asked me to put some of my artwork up. Even though I am not quite as passionate about ships as others, I joined and now show some portraits of an old and a young sea bear. (which hang on the left wall -> photo) A rather well known artists also shares one of his works in the same exhibition, Senator Bob Brown. The show is on for three weeks and ends on Sunday Nov 22. The Lovett Gallery is in the back of the Cygnet townhall, 14 Mary St,  for opening hours call (03) 6295 0582. It is run by the The Huon Art Exhibitions Group.

Sailing on Lady Nelson

photo - © Fleur Malcolm

I have also recently joined the volunteers of the square rig ship Lady Nelson. There is a lot of handling ropes and climbing masts involved in the sailing, which is an incredible fun part. Being ordered about by the bosun is something I haven’t experienced for a long time and was a rather irritating experience. However  the bossyness decreased clearly the more time we spent on sea. Or maybe I just learnt quickly to enjoy myself anyway.

Biddy and DWT gig in Hobart

Great musos – fantastic venue, the audience was taken into phantastical soundscapes and new spheers.

October/November 09

Just said farewell to my nieces Juliette and Olivia who flew back home to Sydney. They had spent a week with us in Hobart and we took them to adventurous trips around Tassie. From historic Port Arthur to cold rainforest, across swinging bridges, visited the Antarctica exhibition in the Hobart Museum and cooked Pizza and Spaghetti together. It was the small things that were the girls’ favourites – skipping stones on water, rocking on a rope, which held the Aurora Australis in the docks, scarrying sea gulls and making a book together, drawing a page each evening and sawing it together at the end of their trip. It was a fantastic week, we were tired in the evenings and happy faces woke us in the morning.

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Art Exhibition November 1st in Cygnet

The Australian Society for Marine Artists (ASMA) presents its Inaugural Exhibition Tasmania

Nov 1^st – Nov 22^nd 2009 at the Lovett Gallery Cygnet Tasmania

I will follow up on a series of portraits which I started earlier this year, in a slightly bigger format. Come down for the opening night in Cygnet, there will be traditional as well as contemporary marine art exhibited. The Lovett Gallery is behind the town hall.

Salamanca markets

Just finished this new neckling, which I made of japanese fabric and some fabric I found in Alice Springs. If you’re keen you can try it on at the markets tomorrow!

front and back design

Saturday 19 September

I was asked to sell my screenprinted kids T-shirts at Nerine’s stall at the Salamanca Market on Saturday. She reckons it would be nice to have them together with her beautiful hand-made skirts and tops. With the warmer temperatures indicating the beginning of spring they seem to be the perfect garments to check-out. Nerine’s market stall is next to the organic vegetables stall infront of Irish Murpheys. Come down to the markets for a chat!

latest graphics

Music poster for the wonderful Biddy Connor and Drive West Today – both string and loop musos performing in Hobart early October