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After the Storm
After the Storm Days are filled with quiet pleasures here, no bells and whistles. But then bells and whistles are here and gone in an instant, bouncing off the surface of things.… More…
Jeanette Dyke
Jeanette Dyke Photograph courtesy of Jeanette Dyke© Rarely do I find a silversmith, whose work is as exquisite as Jeanette Dykes. The travelling salt and pepper shaker (above) is… More…
Poetry for Matcham
Poetry for Matcham Last night's Red Chair Event honoured Matcham Skipper. His nephew Sigmund Jorgensen spoke of his uncles life and times. Jenni Mitchell put together a… More…
George Baldessin's Studio-formerly The Baldessin Press
George Baldessin's Studio Just before I went to New York last year, I went out to George Baldessin's Studio to meet Silvi Glattauer. It was a busy time for me, packing to go away… More…
Barbara Hauser's "London Carnival"
Barbara Hauser's "London Carnival" (Detail) Big, gutsy, unforgettable work! Pictures don't adequately show the scale and the impact of Barbara Hauser's work. Their size represents… More…
First Train to Allwood
First Train to Allwood "The first train to Allwood [now Hurstbridge] arrived on June 25th 1912 and we're going to yarnbomb a fence to celebrate". So say the organisers of this… More…
Stephanie Mew
Stephanie Mew (Detail) I have to admit that I couldn't get enough of Stephanie's work. So this is the first of two posts I'm planning to show you. I went down to her exhibition at… More…
Stop Press
STOP PRESS! Arts Talks 2011 This information has been distributed by the Arts, Local Government and Climate Change Forum Tuesday 3 May, 10am -12.00 noon followed by morning… More…
Mary-Lou Pittard
Mary-Lou Pittard Photograph taken with the permission of the Light Factory Gallery Eltham and Mary-Lou Pittard©. With the Nillumbik Artist's Open Studios fast approaching in… More…
Work in Progress
Work in Progress I'm working on a doozy of a blog today. I visited the studio of Ona Henderson and Syd Tunn yesterday. It's one of those blogs where the difficulty has been in… More…
Stephanie Mew (2)
Stephanie Mew (2) I've come across a great publication, "Creative Spaces. 21 Years of Nillumbik Artists Open Studios." If you can get your hands on a copy before you see the… More…
Launch of The First Train to Allwood
Launch of The First Train to Allwood at The Wattle Festival What better place to launch the local yarn bombing spectacular - The First Train to Allwood - than at the 2012… More…
The Essence of Nerina
The Essence of Nerina Nerina Lascelles exhibition "Seizui- Essence" opened at Montsalvat at the beginning of this month. In excess of one hundred people enjoyed Montsalvat's… More…
Nillumbik Open Studios in November
Nillumbik Artist's Open Studios in November Detail of work by Stephanie Mew. Time to get your diary out and mark two weekends in November for some serious 'studio hopping'.… More…
Ekphrasis Awards-2
Ekphrasis Awards Simon Icarus BAIGENT Caviar Spoon 1995 gold, ebony, mother of pearl, diamond, ruby 0.5cm x 5.5cm x 2.0cm ©Simon Icarus Baigent (Photo by Silvi Glattauer)… More…
Congratulations Nerina Lascelles
Congratulations Nerina Lascelles! Long-Leaf Box Nerina Lascelles© (Winner of 2011 Nillumbik Prize Peoples Choice Award) Late last night an email came through letting me know that… More…
Ev Hales-A Work in Progress
Ev Hales-A Work in Progress Yesterday saw the launch of Ev Hales eagerly anticipated, self published book "A Work in Progress". As the name suggests, it illuminates the process… More…
Margaret Summerton
Margaret Summerton Phew...what a woman...energetic, smart as paint, extremely personable and an artist too. Five minutes with Margaret Summerton and I understood why she is the… More…
Birrarung House, Day One.
Birrarung House, Day One. My much anticipated artist in residence began at Birrarung House yesterday. It’s 6.30am. on my first full day here. I’m sitting up in my bed writing, so… More…
May Red Chair Event
May Red Chair Event- Lorenna Grant You could hear a pin drop in the Barn at Montsalvat as Lorenna Grant spoke about her work and her experience of the residency at Laughing… More…