Mar 31, 2013 | Renovate & Decorate, That Creative blog
I am not really sure why but for a long time we are taught not to use black. As children wearing black wasn’t the norm, as an artist we are taught not to use black as it sucks the color out of its surroundings, in decorating black is oppressive, black homes are...
Mar 31, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
In the previous two posts I discussed the planning and gold leaf stages of creating one my bedheads. The Kiss bedhead takes at least 3 weeks full time work spread over a 3 month period as the many layers of color, paint, leaf, varnish and waxes need to cure. The...
Mar 29, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
Its Easter yay and we are preparing to head off on holidays. The kids have found a new apartment and plan to move in another week, so we get the house back to ourselves on our return. It was an interesting challenging climbing on top of their mountains of clothes in...
Mar 27, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog, Work-in-progress
Thinking about my blog last night merged into thinking about our holidays next week. It’s Easter and we have a lovely isolated week at a beach house on the Great Ocean Road. I was thinking about what to write and all of sudden I remember how inspired I used to be by...
Mar 23, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
58 hand made glass tiles After the design and planning stage in my previous post, I now get into the studio to pre-make some of the adornments required for this bedhead. During this time I had my own small glass kiln in the studio and for the Kiss bedhead I made 58...
Mar 23, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
Design-in-Action Over the years I photographed how I went about creating my unique bedheads. I used to call this section of my web-site ‘Design in Action’ so clients could see how I managed the custom design process for any of the Fantasy Dreams artworks....
Mar 23, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
There is a terrific commercial on Melbourne tv at the moment, the teenage son finally moves out of home and guess what .. he returns! Surprise surprise on the parents face as he storms off to his bedroom only to find .. even more surprise, the parents had converted...
Mar 22, 2013 | Browse and chat, Creative inspiration, Renovate & Decorate, That Creative blog
For some reason I skated through life not ever thinking about hanging a nude painting or art in my home, either I never thought about it, or it didn’t inspire me, or was I a closet prude and didn’t even realize it. So which are you and would you hang a...
Mar 16, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery, Work-in-progress
At times I get inspired to pull a cluster of beads together, a ramble of colors which just speak to me usually when I have no time but to gaze absent-mindedly at colors and not think. Times like this I fiddle with the beads, relaxing, and then bag them to be made up...
Mar 16, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
This morning I am feeling old and creaky .. my mind, heart and soul is feeling young and fresh, wish my body wanted to keep up! My day job is in the office – sedentary, my hobby is sitting and creating – sedentary, my relaxation is blogging – sedentary. I have a...
Mar 11, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery
While creating designs for the ArTTable, I was asked one year to be gust artist at the Melbourne Craft Expo along with a beading partner of mine at the time Leeza Silverman. For 3 days we sat beading a vase as part of my series ‘Sharing My Backyard’, there was no...
Mar 9, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
I have decided to start a regular Saturday coffee chat; my musing and sharing session .. every Saturday morning. Ray goes to work, I’m home and usually have time to stop and think in my own quiet time. I love nothing more to grab a coffee and have an online chat...
