Showing posts with label Penny Malone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Penny Malone. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

New wall art + a familiar story


Some of you may remember the lovely hand-stencilled wall button (on the left) I had hanging in my studio
  (boy, it was tidier back then). It's by local Tassie textile artist, Penny Malone. Well, the other day I finally added another to my collection. There is it below :)


The design is based on a building at 80 Collins Street, Melbourne. It's funny as I'm not a huge fan of the colour orange, but I just love it in combination with pink and red.


I decided to hang them in the lounge room as we have a couple of big bare walls.
Bit of a quirky combo but I like it.


I'm not sure if I'll leave them there, or even together, as I like the idea of the geometric one by itself or even hung with a pink/red graphic print or two. I suppose that's the beauty of picture rails, you can move art around and not have to patch walls :)


And my familiar story?
 Well, you know the old story about the plumber's house without decent plumbing, or the builder's house that is never fully built? Same goes for electrician's homes. We have been here for almost 3 and a half years and I had a power point in the kitchen that had only one switch that worked. I have been juggling appliances, constantly unplugging and plugging in again. The other night I was cooking on "George" the grill and wanted the rice cooker going at the same time. Lyndon decided on that moment to fix the power point.
Would you believe after 3.5 years it only took him 5 minutes to fix that darn thing?!!
I was so excited. Now if I could only get him to replace the power points in the lounge room...

xx

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Studio details


I'm still tidying and sorting out my studio room but here are a few snippets...



Lovely French lace (a great Ebay find) and below is my fantastic Penny Malone 'button'. It is hand stencilled linen and looks like a giant covered button. I just love it. Penny is a local Tassie artist.



Lots of books and my recent little purchase, a glass dome.



I'm really loving the pale blue wall colour, all those shelves and the chandelier.
A few more bits to organise and tidy up and waiting on the delivery of a rug. Oh, and the curtains! I'm planning on making some, maybe over my Christmas break :)
xx
ps still decorating so Chrissy posts to come!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Wall buttons



This is a lovely marine inspired wall pod installation by my textile friend Penny Malone. She just won a highly commended prize at the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Awards.

I have one of Penny's 'buttons' which is lovely (will post when I have found it a good spot to live. Penny is OS at the moment but when she returns I hope to add another to my collection.

They are hand stenciled images on linen. Lovely!