we are now in the mid-winter and it seems that everbody around us is having a cold/ virus attack! Gabriel has been staying at home for a week and he drew this picture with the cold virus and his white blood cells all "armed to the teeth...."
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In the end he was more interested in playing his piano with the lid open ( that really kept his mind off the virus and kept his spirits high) and let his body do the defending.
Yes, Black metal, silver and paper is back...... gold is out!
Well, you could say that black is always around , it is the color for the independant thinkers, the minimalists ......
The chinese say that there are five colours in black, how many colors can you see here!!?
I dug out a few of my prints from art school year lately. This is one of my favourite Lithograph tthat i did when was in Tafe. i am really happy to see it stands the test of time. Woman with attitute!!
We finally went on a day trip to the Blue Mts. to meet up with our friends and did a bit of a bush walk before the school holidays end. I always love the Mts. and the Blue Mts. were particularly charming on Thursday!
This is a Lithograph that i did when i was in art school years ago! Love the simple colour and the mood.
I am thinking of taking some of my ink paintings and a few prints to the next Kiribilli Art and Design Market.
Love to get my hand dirty again and do some more water colour and prints....
Although i've been to the moon and back during last two full moons, the new earth that i am talking about is definitely not the moon! Well, it is a book call "A New Earth". This is simply an awesome book, the most important book i have ever read. ( apart from Bible!). It just simply make sense....a must read!!!!
I was being wipe out of the earth surface ( going all the way to the moon and back! ), I am not joking. Every time when there was a full moon, i would completely away with the fairy. Since there were two in this month, i found myself go to bed at 8:00pm everynight and my brain just simply shut down.....The good news is I am back and reconnect with the world.
I received this advertising material in the mail lately and instead of putting it in the recycle bin i thought i might upcycle it and made it to little packaging bags for my jewellery.
Here is the new pendant that i made using the Australian Opal. Simple but nicely balanced with the hollow square shaped sterling silver.
I had a fantastic day in the Kirribili art and design market last Sunday. A big thank you to all the lovely customers for supporting my work. Armed with the cash that i got from the sale, I went straight back to my favorite Indian gemstone shop in the city the next day! Look at what i 've got.....
The Australian Opal is stunning and so is the smoky quartz. The chunky yellow tone green Jade is unreal. I have a good feeling about this batch of gemstones that i brought . I am sure i will get inspire by the nature's energy and made some beautiful work out of itI
Shagpile from sydney put up a treasury list of talented people from Sydney, down under. You should check out Shagpile's shop on Etsy, her handbag is amazing. My Desert flower is on the list as well, Yea! The desert flower earring is one my most loved item! It deserves a good spotlight.
Last Friday was a stormy day in Sydney. We've been praying for rain and it finally bucketed down like there is no tommorrow. I was bored and decided to redesign my business card. It looks very graphic and trendy.... i think i like the look of it! While in the mist of my creativity, the phone rang and it was from Gabriel's (my five years old) school.......a mother's worse nightmare, i simply forgot to pick him up. I would never think of myself such an irresponsible mother, but it just happened.....
For the next few days or so, I kept revisiting the "Mummy forgot to picked you up!" event and asked for forgiveness. The whole excercise was to let him expressed his feeling ( worried, scared...) and not suppressed it. I just stopped short of asked him to draw about the whole event!
Anyway, to mend the broken trust, i found all this (knee) holes in his jeans and school pants, so i decided to simply hand stitch them back together.
I found the simple act of mending those holes was very healing to me.
Full of hope is what i feel after i finished this piece. Imagine a tiny flower in spring opening up its petals and the pollen is dancing up freely into the cold thin air in order to catch the mystic arctic light. A belief in the spiritual apprehension of truth that are beyond the intellect.
I 've been surfing the net and found more treehouses. Living among nature is definitely my childhood dream! Here is more of the Eco Treehouse , enjoy and browse to your heart content!
I have been busy playing with new combination of materials. The later is the silk web earrings. I love the colour and the airy combination of two. The silk web earring is listed in my etsy shop right now. Since i have so much fun with my new found love-silk, I will keep experiment it futher....
This little beauty is definitely going to be in my X'mas wish list this year. What a beautiful and simple idea. Design by Tobias Wong at Suck UK Design . Or if you want to try your hand and made one yourself, follow the instruction here.
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. They are here in Sydney and performing Wild Cursive in Sydney Opera House at the moment. They are my favourite dance company. They were the one that opened my heart and soul to art and life when i was a university student in Taiwan.
To quote a few:
“Dancing and calligraphy merged into a single art of motion… the glory of beauty itself.” New York Times
"Inspired by the art of calligraphy, internationally renowned choreographer, Lin Hwai-min, creates a beautiful blend of modern dance, tai chi and martial arts, as nineteen dancers evoke the rich aesthetic and vibrant energy of flowing ink." Sydney Opera House
“Stunning… Striking… Poetic.” New York Times
You just can not beat the beauty of sunset, especially when you can view it from your apartment. When a moment like this, I cannot stop but count my blessing and live in the "Now". Syndey sunset in a cold winter day, a joyful moment!
The Trunk show in Cafe Tripod was a very good experience! I got people asking if Iwill be there all the time. I always have a fantasy of having a cafe shop with book shops and handmade stuff. This might turns out to be a dream comes true! Anyway, i will have my jewellery there once a month and start to source some hand made stuff....It is a very lovely local coffe shop run by a lovly lady Linda. I have my jewellery trunk show upstairs. I will post more photos on Flickre later this week!
I am going to have my first Jewellery trunk show in Tripod Cafe ( Abercombie St, Darlington) on this friday and mother's day weekend (12th Sat) from 9:00am-3:00pm. If you are around, come and have a chat, sip coffee and browse through beautiful handmade jewellery, choose some gifts for your love one!
Yes, again ! My Graceful and Stylish pendant
once again been included in another treasury list : Artic Spirit chosen by OlaDesign from somewhere special! The pendant has been well loved by a lot of fellow artists on Etsy. I hope it will find a very good home soon. A perfect mother's day gift! Do come and check out other wonderful works on the list as well......
