Sweets

The day after the exhibition, I got to work only to find these blue cupcakes on the desk. Anna is really very sweet. Denim cupcakes with frayed coconut edges.

They also reminded me of these, denim doughnuts from Krispy Kreme. Mona sent me through a tip off about them a few days before I flew to Brisbane, so I was trapped in the confines of an airport, and had an excuse to try one. Confusing, but apparently they were for a fundraiser for jeans for genes day, which weirdly enough happened to fall on the very same day as the exhibition opening. Coincidence! Anyway, it tasted just like the other doughnuts.

The Sartorialist

All images from The Sartorialist.

Lyn and Tony

Lyn Balzer and Tony Perkins are photographers and jewelers based between Sydney and Byron Bay. Each piece is laboriously handmade by the two of them in the studio: including these extraordinary masks. They have an unusual strength to them, they are made from frayed and worn cloth, but feel surprisingly sturdy in their tightly woven construction.







There is an interview with Lyn and Tony over here. I have been coveting these jewels for some time, so it is wonderful to have some of them in the show. If you can't get to the gallery, they are available here. There is also a sneaky peak at their home and studio here.

Press!

Firstly, some lovely pictures from the opening night over at the thousands...
Three Thousand Street

And all this may be some of the reason we had such a fullsome and fine looking crowd. Thanks everybody for coming and listing! It was fun. I will post some photos of the exhibition later this week.

The Design Files
Three Thousand
I got the blues: Michi
Broadsheet
Poepke
Broadsheet: Craft Cubed Festival
Hand Made Life

Damn the post

I have been waiting in earnest for a parcel from Renilde, but to my utter despair, it hasn't arrived. After getting the run around from Australia Post, and being brushed off with 'it'll arrive in a few days' a few days ago, I am now told it isn't even logged as entering the country, despite it being sent by registered international express almost three weeks ago. ARGH!

I'm sorry to all who will be disappointed at not seeing Renilde's work in the flesh this weeekend, I only hope it arrives next week, so I can install it as planned.

:(

Max Olijnyk

Note to self. There is an interview with Max over on The Blackmail today. With some pictures quite similar to these ones I took in his studio a couple of weeks ago. Tess modeling her denim and shearling jacket. Best in Park!





Edit: Max (nah strike that, Tess) is famous and is also on The Design Files today.

Links

Blog love from Renilde ATSWIM - TWO - BIRDS, Maricor/Maricar, Max, Miss Mona and Bree at ii-ne-kore.

Thanks everybody. The pressure is on. I hope it comes together well this week!

Jenny Norbury

Jenny is a family friend from Far North Queensland, and I grew up around her work. When I started on this project she was in the back of my mind. Luckily I visited last year when I was staying with my parents on the Tablelands and she showed me some of her work. I asked her to contribute to this show too, but she couldn't this time.

Jenny has worked with recycled denim for as long as I can remember, and before; making bags, rugs, blankets, and clothing. She also has an amazing timber house full of treasures and an incredible garden, complete with rainforest plants, nesting bowerbirds and a flintstones picnic table.

These are photos from my visit, in September last year.


Denim shagpile rug.



Ropes plaited up from the seams of recycled jeans.



Not denim, but an amazing bedspread using the embroidered doily collection of an old friend.

Julie Floersch

Julie Floersch. Denim on denim.

Julie Floersch was one of the first people I contacted for this exhibition. I instantly fell in love with the insane detail and subtlety of these geometric pieces, with their awe-inspiring amounts of work and stunning origami-like patterns. The various shades of indigo repeated across the surface, fading in and out like the recycled jeans they are pieced from. SO, It is with sorrow that I announce she will no longer have work in the exhibition due to difficulties with international shipping. Her work will however still feature in the catalogue which is available from the gallery during the exhibition, and online SOON.


Julie Floersch. Denim Interwoven.

'This was the first quilt I ever made. It’s a 5,000+ piece quilt of insanity that I decided to entirely hand sew and hand quilt together. I thought it would only take me a few months to make from start to finish, but the pattern alone took me a month. I ended up taking it with me almost everywhere I went. It traveled with me on a West Coast road trip, on a plane for my first vacation overseas (turns out sewing needles & snippers aren’t a problem to get through security even in a post 9/11 world…), to the park, the beach (bad idea) and through three different apartments. I even made a little map of all the different places certain blocks were sewn. In case you were wondering, I loved every minute of making this quilt'.


Julie Floersch. Indigo Pillows.

Julie Floersch. Indigo curtains (front and back). 2008 / 60” x 96” / Madewell Commission.

All images courtesy of Julie Floersch.

Bookish

Adam and I just sent the book off to print. Fingers crossed it comes back as the lovely publication we hope it is. The first book from True Belief Press.

The image above is 'Golden Fleece 3' by Renilde De Peuter from a series entitled 'The Blue Path'.