Brisbane was
Brisbane Finders Keepers!
lots of lovely customers and creative people

The Valley

Seedy Palms Motel

Bartenders in white shirts and black suspenders at The Bowery

50s kitch with hamburger stools, home made sausage rolls and enamel cups at Flamingo

Banksy Film and Byo Wine in an old Cinema in the city

Jen from South for the Summer 

and north seriously for the Winter! It was warm warm warm up there.

Thankyou to all the beautiful and handsome Brisbane people who chatted and supported and inspired me. 

See you all soon!

painting backdrop for Finders Keepers Market THIS weekend.

The Old Museum 11-6 Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th.

Due to my inability to fill my car with all my vintage objects to use as props for my stall, I have had to paint them!

I have never been to Brisvegas, I am so excited! See some of you there hey.

here are some photos from the exhibition at Gaffa Gallery.

Open till Tuesday 29th

10am to 6pm

FREE

Let me know if you go it is a really great space with galleries, shops and The Arcade project.

oh my goodness who would have thought my favourite film director would make an add in Australia for the bank I have had since Dollarmite days! French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Micmacs) directed their latest television commercial. It views in Australia Sunday night. I wonder if they want to make my dreams come true??

penny's hats - handknitted wool/cashmere and silk $40

another paddington rug

a preview from my exhibition at Gaffa Gallery

Gallery one "Interwoven"

opening thursday 17th June 2010 

TONIGHT!

6.30pm $15

Last week in Sydney Creative Sydney happened down at the MCA.
great discussions and really encouraging inspiring to hear/see what is going on in this city.
I felt really excited.
I went to “Scratching the Surface”, an installation and live painting event exploring the quality and temporary nature of public art in Sydney, featuring artists Beastman, Max Berry, Numskull, Phibs and Roach. They collaborated with Sydney band Cameras and the performers from the Rapid Response project (directed by Laura Scrivano) 
and
 also went to "The New Niche". Were they had a panel discussion about going deep, not broad, to connect with your market: how do creative businesses and practitioners maintain authenticity while expanding audiences? The panel explore the shift from niche to major markets in skate, surf and cycle cultures.  Monster Children and some others was really cool. They are seriously true to themselves and what they do. Definately no selling out there! Check out their new mag out now.

oh and this is me crocheting on the ferry on the way!

Latest news...

Beattie will be a part of the Design Institute of Australia's Textile Exhibition.
I will be showing my work, my handstiching and my textile designs. There are some really talented people in this exhibition so it is really exciting to be a part of this for my first exhibition post University.

Love to see you there!

There is also an interview with me on Artshines Website tomorrow Friday 11th June.

Check it out here
Also read about the other artists craftspeople.

ABC radio Knit in this morning. Got up at 6am to head in to Ultimo with the fairlight knitting nazi's! Well, it is just my mother and next door neighbour and we only get cranky when we have a difficult pattern and we have to concentrate really hard and count and someone tries to "have a chat" with us. Please, we are concentrating!
It was freezing 7degrees in Sydney. Yikes.
It was lovely to participate in this community project and to see all the beautiful knitting people had done.
Amazing the ages and stages and males and females that were there.
I love community.
see you next year.

Things that remind me of my sister

This is a plug for my friend Suzie's first solo exhibition. I am pretty excited for her, and also inspired by yet another person who is following their heart and being brave enough to show it to the world and hopefully inspire others to do their own thing. See you there! SUZIE IDIENS UK/AUSTRALIA
Painted Objects
CONNY DIETZSCHOLD GALLERY  |  SYDNEY  |  COLOGNE  |
OPENING	SATURDAY 5 JUNE 2010, 4 – 6 PM
EXHIBITION DATES	5 JUNE  –  30 JUNE 2010

Challenging the conventional definitions of painting and sculpture, Suzie Idiens expresses these core principles through concrete, non-objective wall mounted objects. Her practice is an ongoing investigation into formal concerns of colour, mass, line and spatial composition.

Working with large geometric forms, solid blocks of colour and materials generally found in the building industry, this current series explores the notion as to how and why geometric arrangements and compositions become pleasing to the eye.

The Painted Objects exhibition is a success story from the recent Art Month Sydney Artist Speed Dating event.

see the Timeout post here

market report

Paddington Market was great on saturday, even though it was pretty wet. Beautiful customers from Melbourne, Los Angeles, Singapore, Newport Beach and Mount Gambia.

another new rug