Jun 1, 2013 | Browse and chat, Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
I have really learnt a lot about my current artistic taste since starting my blog 6 months ago. I am not sure what exactly has created the change, but I do know it is remarkably different today than it was even 5 years ago. When finishing the ArTTable I was still...
Apr 28, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
In my artistic career I often get caught in the balancing act of making creative art which comes purely from my soul and art which is also creative but has more appeal commercially. Heck they don’t call us starving artists for nothing and after a while having a...
Apr 25, 2013 | Our Mid-century modern home, That Creative blog
I have to say Autumn is my favourite season everywhere, always. The colours the different breeze, the fresh nights, the sunny days. Most of all I love the transformation in the garden. Since moving to Melbourne, my greatest delight is watching the...
Apr 20, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
Finally its Saturday morning and two long weeks at work after our wonderful holiday felt like a lifetime. The kids have moved out [yet again] and we have the whole house to ourselves which a lovely feeling. My first ever diet This week also marks the start of my...
Apr 7, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog, Work-in-progress
So here we were at our beach house holiday. Our plan was to do nothing except draw, beach walk and photograph for relaxation. I have not drawn for at least 6-8 years and I simply wanted to get my hands back in action. So I kept it simple, my materials this trip were:...
Apr 7, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
What a beautiful Easter week we had at the beach! Ray had ordered the following: a beach house, secluded, where we don’t need to drive anywhere, can stay indoors in wet weather and can view the ocean for photography. That’s exactly what we got, for 6...
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 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 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...
Mar 3, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery, Work-in-progress
Recently I did a post called ‘Inspired by Wattle’ .. well it was enough to inspire me into making a green and gold bracelet. Whilst I was writing the article I dug into the bead box and pulled out what I had that made me think of wattle .. green and gold...
