Thursday, 16 June 2011 05:34
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 deciding what I can leave out rather than what I put in. What fun! I've managed to get the photos processed and a bit of copy and find that now I've got to rip off to the opening of the Nillumbik Prize. So tomorrow I'll give you the heads up on the winner of the prize and then the following day...you can take a peek into the studio of Syd and Ona. Whatever you do, don't miss that one.
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isiiad Red Chair Event
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