Side projects.

On a side note, totally unrelated to design/art/music, but here is where my focus of attention has been going in recent weeks, as I struggle through university studies, i've been creating a hypothetical unit of study for a group of primary school students as part of university assessment. Epic integrated project spanning 3 subjects. Check the blog out here...

Apologies in advance for scary images of cane toads.

new uses for old pencils

It's been a friggin' eternity since I last had a non-uni moment free to be able to write anything here, but I have to show the work of Brazilian-born American artist Dalton Ghetti, who carves the most intricate sculptures into the lead of pencils, such as the image left.

See more of his work here

if only all books were made of concrete

totally overwhelmed with theory and assignments and prac and the likes at the moment, so given the amount of time i have spent in the library recently, this work is perfectly suited to the mindset i am in at this present moment in time.

rachel whiteread's concrete negative space casting of the book-lined shelves of a library in the work untitled (library) from 1999 is an oldy but a goody.

a nice little witicism for my fellow teaching homies - a tongue in cheeck play on kolb's learning styles theory and his ideas of 'concrete experience'

exploring brisbane

god its been ages since i've written anything, uni is taking its toll on me, being bombarded with theory and having to go on prac.

now that i am back living in my native brisbane again, there's a few fantastic little shops that have opened in my absence that i am only now beginning to discover.

woolloongabba appears to be fast becoming the new home of antiques and collectables in brisbane, and i stumbled upon a great little antique shop there that has my name written all over it!

in fact, check out the whole little cul-de-sac, (opposite the gabba) as there are heaps of other amazing little places there too.

Retro Moderne has an UNBELIEVABLE collection of 20th century design icons, including a set of 6 Eames "LCW" chairs (i wish i had $6000, just so i could buy ONE!). their whole back wall is lined with so many ridiculously amazing chairs i can't help but get a design chubby.

another work in progress, again more of a prototype than a finished piece. it still requires a little bit of cleaning up, i'm still learning how to use my micromotor, and experimenting with what the different burrs are capable of.
there has also been numerous attempts to fill the holes with resin and enamel, but it keeps bubbling really badly. apparently i need to stop using acrylic enamel and start getting into the stinky toxic stuff, and a vibrating plate supposedly helps remove the air-bubbles. i have decided i need to learn pique-a-jour. plus i need a small kiln for enameling.

a much anticipated debut...

hooray! i finally i had the sense to plead with the family to aid me in my quest for a new camera so i can photograph a few of my recent jewellery pieces, and santa came through with my wishes.
and i've been slightly delayed in posting for the last 6 weeks due to moving back to brisbane, and i've only just had the decency to dig all my stuff out of boxes.
so here is the first ever photograph of one of my rings, this one is not quite yet finished, still a wee bit of clean up work to do, and it's more a prototype than a finished piece. i plan to fill some of the holes with either brightly coloured resin or enamel, but so far have struggled to get rid of all the bloody bubbles in the resin! apparently i need a vibrating plate of some description,
lost-wax casting in 925 silver.