Sunday

This Sunday Adam and I have to sit the gallery at C3. As good a time as any to be reminded how nice last Sunday was. A BBQ in Rachael and Ed's backyard. So nice. Nice fort building by Hoops and Lydia and Samaya.

Also Happy Birthday to this little man in the basket hat. Way to be cute Clancy.
Anyway, come visit us on sunday!

Rumble in the Jumble

Rumble and jumble are pretty high up on my favourite words list, so I was very happy when Pene sent through the flyer for this years studio sale.

It's a SALE!

So come RUMBLE IN THE JUMBLE in the amazing studio of the clever and industrious Penelope Durston. The sale also features the amazing Iggy and Lou Lou, Milly Sleeping, the talented ladies of handmadelife, Ramona and Beck, the crafty Miss Pen and plain ol' me.

This is a picture I took of Pene's studio in 2007. It will look different on saturday. Though I'm certain there will still be piles of good stuff to wade through.



Come prepared, it's CASH ONLY. It's this Saturday the 12th of December from 10am until 4pm at Studio 9 95 Victoria St in Fitzroy. The Victoria st just before Johnson st, not Victoria Parade.

Now I have to rustle through this mess to find some things to sell. There will be updates and more info here...

Where the wild things are...

I remained pretty reluctant to get excited about this movie, as I didn't want to amp up expectations even more. Anyway. It's beautiful. Any issues with extending the narrative of a one or two hundred word children's book into a two hour movie are handled quite well, though it does sometimes feel extended.
Anyway, I love that it is made here. The sound of gum leaves and crickets and those scary burnt forests push buttons that even the book doesn't have, painting a lonelier, more melancholic picture which makes more sense to me as an adult. I wondered how that seemed to people less familiar with the Australian landscape, as it is quite different to the book?
Anyway, the music, the light, the compositing of live things and wild things were all well done. So was the acting. Little Max Records is perfect.

Lets sleep in a pile every night!

Though we all know it'd never work. That's something to be sad about right there. Let's howl about it.
ROOOOOOOOWWWAAAAAAAARRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHH!

6 degrees

Of Blog love. For a few new ones and a few that slip under the radar, mostly due to nonexistant RSS feeds.

A Blog Curated By many clever and interesting people.
We like it. by Melbourne goodies, Zoologie. We like you right back.
Scrapbook. Lulamag. Favourite magazine. Favourite new job as scrapbook contributor.
Obsessed. By Rilla. Storybooks and Mr Tom in Berlin. I miss Berlin.
File it. Monica finds good things.
And lastly, I have been loving this too. Ready for the House.

It's beginning to feel like Christmas.

I'm usually sickened by all this money-spending, carol jingling, wave upon wave of ugly shiny things thing. Then lots of fun things are on and I see more of the people I love and I remember why it's good.
Another reason it is good is the food. I'm planning a Christmas pudding this year for the first time since I left home, and TODAY I made Rum Balls. We will be house-sitting in a house with an oven so we will also be able to uphold our tradition of baking Lebkuchen.
The Christmas Hamper raffle is also contributing to my feeling like it's Christmas, making money to buy useful gifts for people who really need it. In a different way to me needing a Dani M triangle necklace or a Penelope Durston Carole King Pouffe or a Charlie Sofo Birch log called 'More Balls'...

MMMM Rum Balls... Need I say more?

Feeling Lucky

Well you are getting pretty close to winning the Chutney Club Christmas Hamper. All you need to do to get closer is to buy a ticket in the raffle.

With the proceeds from the last fundraiser we bought goats, chickens, piglets and a veggie patch for families in need. Perhaps this year we can provide some chutney related gifts of fruit trees, some breakfast and also some eggs.

There are two prizes and the hampers include, but are not limited to...
Hoop's Aligator Sauce
Mango Chutney
Drew's BBQ Sauce
Birdie's Bahart
Quince Jones Jelly
Estelle's Mint Sauce
Big Red Tomato Relish
Barbie Sauce
Loquat and Mango (hot) Chutney
Frankie's Famous Relish
Chutney Club Label Sparkling Rosé, Sparkling Shiraz, a Marlborough Sauv Blanc and a Cruickshank Cabernet Franc...

The perfect way to enhance your BBQ summer. If you want tickets, come get them, ask me or any other friendly chutney club member.

Womble

Two more things...

Actually a million things, but I'll pretend there is just two. Two things related to our show at C3. Kotoe Ishii has her Masters show at The Library Artspace. The opening was last night and it's great to see her work all together.

As well as A4 Art at westspace, tonight is the opening of Simon Pericich's solo show at Block Projects. Caring is the new sarcasm.

BLOCKPROJECTS
Level 4
289 Flinders Lane

The Library Artspace
100 Barkly St North Fitzroy.

A4 ART

West Space have their annual fundraiser this thursday night. With works contributed from many many artists, including me.

Adam Cruickshank, Alasdair McLuckie, Ali McCann, Andrea Louise, Andy Hutson, Ash Keating, Azlan McLennan, Belle Bassin, Ben Sheppard, Brad Haylock, Brett Jones, Brie Trennery, Brodie Ellis, Bryan Spier, Camilla Tadich, Carl Scrase, Charles O'Loughlan, Damiano Bertoli, Dan Moynihan, Dan Price, David van Royen, Deborah Ostrow, Dell Stewart, Dominic Redfern, Doug Heslop, Dylan Martorell, Emily Ferretti, Fleur Summers, Glenn Walls, Greatest Hits, Ieuan Weinman, Irene Hanenbergh, Jackson Slattery, James Kenyon, Jan Murray, Jeremy Bakker, Jessie Angwin, Jordan Wood, Juan Ford, Julie Shiel, Kate Cotching, Kellie Wells, Kez Hughes, Kieran Stewart, Kiron Robinson, Laith McGregor, Leslie Eastman, Lou Hubbard, Martine Corompt, Masato Takasaka, Matthew Shannon, Meredith Turnbull, Mia Salsjo, Nat Ryan, Nat Star-Thomas, Nathan Gray, Nicholas Jones, Nick Devlin, Nicki Wynnychuk, Patrick Pound, Penelope Aitken, Peter Tyndall, Philip Samartzis, Pip Ryan, Raafat Ishak, Rob McLeish, Ross Coulter, Safari Team, Sally Smart, Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Sanne Mestrom, Sarah Jones/Stubbs, Sherry McLane Alejos, Simon Pericich, Siri Hayes, Steven Rendall, Tai Snaith, Utako Shindo, Veronica Kent, Vivian Cooper Smith, Warren Taylor + more...

Thursday December 3rd. 6-8pm. West Space. Get in quick, it tends to sell out.