Bumping In

We started putting the show up in the Tinning St Gallery today.  It is looking good.  Thank heavens for people who are not afraid of heights - that does NOT include me!

Special thanks to Max, who balanced on ladders, listened well and was extremely helpful with height wary me.

The day started with us putting our work in the general area we had planned to use and then Ilka consulting with everyone about what was working and what wasn't.  Some slight changes were made and I think it is all going to look great.

If you make it on Thursday, you will have to be careful as you move around the gallery, there is a lot of hanging work.  Suspended!

Suspension - our exhibition

The flyer for our exhibition has arrived.  Great excitement.  

There are 8 of us taking part.  We all graduated last year from the Studio Textiles and Design course that we studied at RMIT.  It has been a great experience and has kept me focused this year.  The sharing of ideas, helping each other out with resources, encouragement, etc, has been invaluable.

Ilka White is our curator and has been inspiring and pushing us throughout the development of the show.

Now all I have to do is finish the work in time!
It is at the Tinning St Gallery in Brunswick and runs Thursday to Sunday for two weeks.

Dolls

Our new assignment for Design Concepts and Applications (taught by Ilka White) is based on Play.  One of the things for us to research is dolls and I have found that Phyllis does felted dolls.  She told us that they all tend to look like her. She says her latest one looks very like her but I haven't seen it, so I can't comment.

As a primary teacher (in my former life), we often did a theme based on toys, leisure or play.  So I will have to see if I have any notes or references from then to help me in my work now.

I still have my bride doll that I was given for my 8th birthday - I learnt to knit by making her clothes.  They involved different stitches and patterns but were of a size that was achievable.  

I am pretty sure that they were all Patons patterns.

Most of the clothes are lost now but, as you can see, she still has some of them.

She used to have an overcoat to match the hat and I distinctly remember making a little singlet, maybe underpants too.
She still has her veil but it is starting to shred.