Showing posts with label textile art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label textile art. 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

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!

Friday, June 5, 2009

Busy weekend on its way

It's has been so rainy and cold for the last few days and looks like being that way all weekend. So, lots and lots to do inside. Our new wood heater arrived yesterday so we might attempt to install that - will be nice to get some heat flowing around the house!

We also had a spending spree at Fragments the other evening where we bought heritage style light switches and power points, along with sash lifts and locks for the window. I also discovered some lovely curtain rod finials and other bits which we will get in due course.


So, I will post some pics of the weekend's activities next week and in the meantime, here is a pic of the artwork of a friend, Tara Badcock. Her work is stunning. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarabadcock