Dusk and the fertile mind

The front page of Etsy had a beautiful treasury today...

It can still be found here till the 31st. I totally fell in love with the Wolf and the Rabbit print, and immediately bought it!

The artist is Jon Carling. I can't wait for it to get here, I haven't bought an art print for an eternity, and it's going to remind me of all those book covers I'm supposed to be illustrating...just another job for the bigger studio, tales of which are coming soon. :)

I've been doing some dying over the last couple of days that's really turned out fantastic. Mostly vintage biased binding and satin ribbon (of which I might sell some of as supplies, it's so fabulous), but some crochet lace and doilies for wrist-cuffs and belts too. I laid out my first belt the other day, it looks fantastic!

One batch of dark blue yeilded this piece of cotton, which came out looking like a Rorschach nightmare! Before I tell you what I see, What do you see?


To my mind there's definately skeletons in there! I might have to use this piece to back a cushion or something- originally I intended it for belt backing, but it's just too good not to leave in this one big amazing piece.

And finally, I found a wonderful site by a UK photographer, James Merrell. Mostly fashion and interiors, these are my 3 favourites.

Mosiac fever

Dust and flowers... -a feeling unexplainable.

1. light snow, 2. Cushion detail, 3. Slowly peeling away...., 4. A Poem Of The Sea, 5. Untitled, 6. Simpleness, 7. Untitled, 8. book, 9. full moon light on a light midnight

Re-discovered secrets from my favourites... -page 15 and deeper

1. liverpool 006, 2. The Ledger, 3. Untitled, 4. In the Forgotten House of Hope, 5. Sun throught the leaves, 6. Untitled, 7. Found art behind glass 2112.1, 8. Up the Wooden Hill, 9. Room with a view

People don't factor into my reality... -portraits

1. equilibrium, 2. Mug shot of Vera Crichton, 21 February 1924, probably Central Police Station, Sydney., 3. FH000004, 4. Marrionette, 5. mann, 6. Photo Peter Hinson, 7. Untitled, 8. No Good, 9. The blacksmith

Words in pictures- the attraction of our alphabet

1. Antiques New and Used, 2. the tall wall, 3. poison register, 4. Untitled, 5. confectionary, 6. House by the lake, 7. Apr 2 / IMG_0410, 8. Vintage Halloween Postcard F.A. Owen Co, 9. Año de 1842

New and re-photographed work

...and a new banner for the shop, because it's fun to freshen up once in a while.

Inspiration- the chaos of the earth; there are faeries in the attic

Zoe Lani Sayer

Marci Zelmanoff - mixed metal brooch, via Silver Huntress

Reem Alasadi

Today's dye pot adventure was navy blue, with a dollop of chocolate brown. Results rather darker than I hoped, but they're still wet so it's possible in the morning they'll be a lighter shade.

Bjorg Jewellery

Bjorg Jewellery

I aspire to obtain this level of savagery in my work!

Still on that colour kick...

Cloudscape by Ross Meneuz at Design Public

Debi Treloar

Klaus Thymann

Sally Mann

Colour Inspiration- cobblestones and old pewter

Barbe Beaty -'Koan'

Lee Renninger 'boho' dress, porcelain and fibre

Bonita Ahuja -silk and cotton patchwork cushions

Doris Maninger - Emily brooch

I've been gathering up all the things I've made recently, making sure they've all had their photo taken so they can go up in the shop. They're all piled up on the desk right now, so this is what I'm looking at as I type...



I do wonder where all this colour came from. I'm a neutrals girl, and I'm trying to start a new bunch of wristcuffs and etc in darker colours- muddy greys, dirty blues and faded blacks (as in the last entry) . But it's still a pretty sight, this multi-coloured rag bag of things.