A studio visit - Pippin Drysdale

A few months ago I showed you some photos of Western Australian artist Pippin Drysdale. When we were back in Perth some weeks ago to see Will's family we had another chance for s sneak peak into Pippin's studio, where she works on the most amazing ceramic pots.

We are packing up our apartment this weekend and the weather is helping us with not feeling too bad being inside all day. It is pouring down this morning. I am secretly hoping that we will be able to going for a swim later on in the afternoon.

Hope you are all having a great weekend,
Maria

Making a Terrarium

The other day two friends of mine and I made terrariums, big and small and not so small ones. It was so much fun and so great to see all the different shapes of vessels getting filled with a little new world in them.

Thank you so much for all your comments for my last post. I realized that I hardly post photos in portrait - style but that I actually like them quiet a lot. I will do this a bit more often from now on ....

Tank Top

Oh my, I am so excited. I just finished sewing my very first piece of garment which I am actually planning to wear.

I started yesterday in the morning, copied the pattern, cut out the pieces, slowly going from one step to the next and took the time to do everything slowly to avoid making mistakes I usually tend to do as I am sometimes so impatient.

The pattern is from Jenny and I got the Liberty fabric last week here in Sydney. It so soft and beautiful to sew. I am so happy with it and can't wait to wear it out the first time.

So, now I am thinking, what's next! :)

Maria

Crafting & Mandarins

The screen-printing class on Saturday was wonderful...I learnt a lot, but will be a lot more prepared next time and hopefully have the chance soon to try out a bit more things to print ...it was interesting to see how much effort and patient it actually needs to create a perfect print on a piece of fabric...

Do you know when you sign up for classes and you are so excited and have all these things in mind, which you would like to make that you forget that you actually need to learn first how to do it and also that not the first attempts turn out to be amazing...Well, I was lucky that Kate reminded me, have a look at the tea towel she made here.

#1 My little sketch book

#2 A bit unrelated but these are the things I got at the Finders Keepers market last week (I made the first pouch for myself)

#3 Waiting for the class to begin eating mandarines

#4 The Paper Mill gallery

#5 the work space

#6 I got a Paul Klee book at the flea market in Hamburg the other day and we used some of the drawings for our prints

#7 Hmm, just the smell of them ...I can't remember when I ever ate mandarins in June, but they fit perfectly to the rainy weather here in Sydney.

#8 mandarines everywhere

Have a great start into the week.

Maria

four

It is raining cats and dogs here in Sydney.....and I am thinking of Hamburg and realise how fast you can get used to good weather...but right now I actually enjoy the rain...and its sound

four pictures from our weekend for you,

a little friend outside our window...and a little sewing project for a friend of mine

I am having a new roll in my camera...let's see when the light is back to take some pictures.

My ears and eyes were carried away by the YouTube Symphony Orchestra event which took place on Sunday ...it was spectacular

And suddenly it is December

It was the first of December this week and it made me find a nice place for the advent calendar I made last year and which I brought with me from Hamburg...

I was quiet excited the whole week, because the Finders Keepers market took place this weekend. They opened their doors on Friday night and I catched up with a friend to have a look at all the beautiful, handmade stuff, people were selling there. Unlimited craftiness and pure joy for the eyes. I really didn't know where to look first and felt like a kid in a candy shop. The venue, an amazing space housed in the Everleigh Rail Yards was so great decorated with its over 75 artists, many workshops and bands playing.

On Saturday we woke up quiet early to get ready for the Everleigh Farmers' Markets, which happen to be right next to the place where the Finders Keepers markets is, so I had an excuse to go again. :) I was again walking through the stalls and was amazed by all the beautiful creative ideas and products...I could have bought so many things but stopped myself a bit and just got a gorgeous pair of earrings and some pretty handprinted paper cards and prints. They were my two favourite stalls and I kept coming back again and again, looking at their stuff.

The farmers' market was also quiet good and somehow reminded me to the Borough Markets in London, also that it is not really as big as these markets, but the whole feeling was the same. We lined up for the most amazing Chinese pancakes, which were made by Kylie Kwong, a Sydney-based chef. The wait was so worth it, they were so good and reason enough to come back to the markets more often.

After those two markets we made our way to Surry Hills, I was looking for a 50's/60's dress for an upcoming Christmas party. I didn't take any pictures as I was too busy to look at all the dresses at the flea market there and I was very lucky because I found a really nice dress for just 10$.

What a great Saturday.

Maria