Archive for the ‘design’ Category

• Happy 2010: Bondi sunrise X Japanese woodblock

  Date: 2010.01.01 | Category: design, Sydney, Tokyo | Response: 0

  

  Happy 2010, everyone!

  This year, I’ll be sharing more of my love of pattern, colour and prints with you here (my love of fashion will soon be a separate blog). I’m planning a few downloads for you, like desktop wallpaper for each month, and perhaps a few other products, too.

  As a start, here’s the January 2010 wallpaper for you to download by clicking HERE (1024 x 768; 152 KB)*. I felt the sunrise and the circles were full of hope for the New Year. And you see how my time in Tokyo keeps on influencing me: it’s a Japanese woodblock version of Bondi beach!!

  Also, Melissa and Veronica, thanks so much for your comments

  *The wallpaper is for you to use on your computer desktop; I’m keeping all other rights/copyrights.

• Illustration Friday: Forgotten

  Date: 2008.06.09 | Category: drawing, random | Response: 2

  
  I think our impact on the environment is easily forgotten as we hurry about in our daily lives.

  Made at Yoyogi park, from the many, many cigarette butts under the bench I was sitting on.

  For this Illustration Friday, I knew the idea I wanted to convey, but it took lots of attempts to get looking right. I tried making paper cuts of rubbish to lay on grass, but I didn’t like the paper cuts. I made lots of versions of the forgotten at the park … wrote in the dirt etc, I only liked the final one…

• design + mulberries

  Date: 2007.10.09 | Category: design | Response: 0

  

  Yes, there’s been a recent site redesign. Sorry if you popped in earlier, mid changes … but as this blog’s not exactly a mission critical service, I make my changes incrementally and check them out on the (live) blog. I do back up.

  And yes, I’ve finally succumbed to the minimalist white craft blog look (do a little survey of major craft bloggers – most use white or another assertively neutral background). Interestingly, L doesn’t like the white look, he prefers brooklyntweed’s greens … is it a guy thing? I say “succumbed” because in real life, I’m much more maximalist … but I do appreciate that websites need different colour schemes compared to, say homes … or clothes … or toys. At least a minimal surround can show of brightly coloured photos…

  I really like mulberries. I know they grow like weeds here, I know they’re really messy (particularly the black sort, the white is better). But I like their taste. We had a spell of dry weather as the fruits were forming, I was reluctant to water due to the restrictions, so the first ones were rather bitter. I froze them and hopefully with a bit of apple and sugar, they’ll make a nice pie. I watered, now the newly ripened ones in the photo taste great

  There’s a little neighbourhood wattle in the photo and an Uzbek bag, too.

• Illustration Friday: Wedding & Juggle

  Date: 2007.09.22 | Category: drawing | Response: 4

  

  Veil and confetti, traditional images. It occurred to me after the last post I should see what Illustration Friday‘s doing this week, I used to enter it regularly, before the site / process changed so much…

  DRAT! I realised they just changed the topic over. OK THEN, here’s a really quick juggle:

  

• update on the weekend before last

  Date: 2007.05.19 | Category: design, knit | Response: 0

  

  Yeah, we’re real up-to-date here, aren’t we? *

  I had a fun day eating yummy cupcakes with the Kaotic Kraft Kuties … oh, and I made some badges too. The badge design is inspired by stranded colourwork (inside and outside) and, of course, house rabbits.

  

  Mood: *Sorry, but I doubt there will be much sewing or knitting here before my exams are finished … in 3 week’s time

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