Put this in your diary all you S.E.Queenslanders!

india flint 

botanical alchemist  : author of ECO COLOUR

with

marianne hall + roz hawker

for one night only 

exhibition in conjunction with a

sold out 5 day bio regional dyeing workshop
at Bunya in Brisbane led by India 

 Saturday 18 September    5pm – 8 pm

 frocks , wraps and fabric lengths, works on paper and sterling silver pieces

 rsvp not required

e: rozhawker09 at gmail dot com   
   

You can read much more here at India Flint's website

and at her blog

not all those who wander are lost...

where you will discover why this is such a wonderful opportunity 

to go and meet this renown artist and see her work 

along with that of 2 others who are collaborating on this occasion.

Such a shame this workshop has sold out.... ages ago I might add...

you could twist her arm to come back to this part of the globe... perhaps!

Im leaving you with this last image from India's blog...  your mission , should you choose to accept, is to wander over and see what the significance is of this  image!                                                  

a little geometry...

After a rather frustrating session trying to figure what has occurred in the photo upload function when posting (anyone else having this issue?) I will leave here with some images I found recently. Its a wonderful morning... so on with the day - and before I disappear ....on the theme of geometry...

From artist Gurdrun Asling:

Gudrun Asling: Liten rutor - tempera 45 x 45 cm

Gudrun Asling: Med rott2

Gurdun Asling 309 - Oil  pastel

Gudrrun Asling - 306 - Oil pastel

Grurdrun Asling 353 - oil pastel

From architect Daniel Hale whose fabulous blog Serendipity Rising caught my eye recently go have a proper look at the way he works with geometry and found materials to create extremely covetable and livable magic... it took my breath away. I'm giving you a small taste!

the roost

Black beauty - the bench

view onto neighbouring vineyards

Featured here on Remodelista!

Hope you enjoyed the Geometry lesson as much as I did visiting the work of these 2 from different parts of the globe!

closed today... but not for long I hope

Yesterday's news of the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand made me think of this lovely city that I visited in January. The City's Art Gallery still standing even if It had become the HQ for Civil -Defence.

Christchurch Art Gallery

This contemporary building fared well... unlike a number of the cities older stone civic buildings and of course the homes of many.

The foyer of the gallery today operating as HQ

Geographically a stunning region this map shows two extinct volcanoes and makes for incredibly picturesque travelling. Unfortunately the fault-line in the region is such that locals are mentally prepared for the fact of earthquakes... as much as one can be. By all accounts physical injury was not
great, but loss is significant and many will no doubt struggle.
The Govt turned away foreign aid saying the civil disruption is not at the same level of critical emergency some countries suffer despite the size and severity of the quake. It is spring there... but given Christchurch can turn on a freezing day in the midst of summer I know there will be a lot of people missing their warm cosy beds in this southern region close to the mountains and ski-fields!

aerial view

This map was found here.

In February I wrote a post on the wonderful Christchurch Arts Centre where I met some of the artists with permanent studios there. Read the post here.

Tapestry by Marilyn Rea-Menzies

Whilst there I enjoyed time in Marilyn's studio talking with her whilst looking at her extensive body of work - both tapestry and pastel drawing. Visiting on her blog tonight I was delighted to see the tapestry she'd been working on in January was being cut off the loom at a special studio party in August. Read that post here. It was great to see a celebration taking place - so much work goes into a tapestry ...it needs to be "launched"!

Here's Marilyn on the left

Cutting the warp threads

the finished work!

More of Marilyn's work....

from a series of drawings on native new zealand plants.

Marlborough rock daisy I

native manuka - what manuka honey comes from

The Koromiko - a native NZ hebe

Iris berries

Go to Marilyn's contact page if you want to contact her (buy a work even?)

Im sure all visitors here would, like me, hope that Marilyn, Serena and everyone over there is fine and wish everyone our best with the work to get life back on track!

Serena Williams at work in her studio (see art centre post)

Whilst looking at the gallery site I found these works from the permanent collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery.

Buck Nin: The Mamkus circus 1975

John Pule: Nuka Lafalafa 1994

Colin McCahon: Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is 1958-1959

Bashir Baraki: Triptich landscape, Canterbury

Euan Mcloud: Plateau 3 1992

The next few days...

Read about this event on at the moment in Brisbane if there's a chance you can get along to the State Library between now and Sunday! Click here!!!!

from the program on Saturday afternoon....

Robert Forster writes what he sees around 

him: Brisbane. Matthew Condon writes of 

the city of his youth: Brisbane. The family 

memoirs of William McInnes reflect his home 

town: Brisbane. Matt Howard, especially 

chosen for his self-described ignorance of all 

things Brisbane, leads the debate on writing 

Brisbane as character. 

Tickets $16 qtix 

Presented by ourbrisbane.com 

     

from the Robert Forster Website.

Looking up the Festival program I found these wonderful images at the CITY OF SOUND blog of the venue for the Writers festival.... The Queensland State Library

Looking form GoMA

entrance

open interior

breezeway

breezeway

interior: looking up 

interior: looking across from the 4th floor

looking to river

typical queensland look...tree next to verandah

looking from river -there's the Glass Box reading room!

verandah looking across freeway

Glass box reading room

Reading room looking down river

4th floor...gallery area

verandah looking to river walkway

stone fire pit... leading out of indigenous knowledge centre

looking across to GoMA - Gallery of Modern Art 

gigantic patterend screen

known to staff as "The shower curtain"

ground floor computer area

breezeway wi-fi

external section of cafe with overhanging roof and no walls - great in sub-tropical rain

Please go to the website post for excellent text and more photos. This building won awards for its design... and each time I'm there it wins me over... 

Principal Architect Timothy Hill of Donovan Hill is quoted here: SLQ website:

“‘The design is all about creating an open space which, unlike many public buildings of the past, is neither intimidating nor conventional. I want visitors to be able to look inside without having to go in. People are more comfortable if they can visit a few times and see what’s there without having to actually go in.’

“Hill says that the biggest compliment that could be made about his building is if people feel that it’s the kind of place they could meet for a date."

‘The new State Library is deliberately ambiguous so that people can find in it something that they can recognise from their point of view. I didn’t want to make an icon. An icon is just a symbol. I hope that people can know before they come here that they are welcome, and that it is open-ended about what you do there. That will be the best way for it to become a favourite. Libraries are social, community and wmeeting places, as well as learning centres. I think we have achieved all this and more.’” [Timothy Hill, Donovan Hill]