Ballerinas & Aliens

More children's art!

I can't get enough of it, it's quirky and inspiring with lots of imagination!

These timber circles were designed and painted (with my expert help!) by primary school students at a local school here in South Brisbane. They will be installed on a train station close to the school, as part of a 'station beautification'- community arts project.

So, watch out for French Super Dog, big - eyed kids, giraffes, green aliens, underwater traffic lights and the ballerina - monkey!

Young Picassos

I recently held a children's painting workshop at the Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, where I asked the kids to first draw and then paint their portraits in an abstract, 'Picasso style' way.

As you can see from the photos, the results were incredible: They ranged from scary, silly, expressive, colourful, pretty...and not so pretty ( in a creative way!). These portraits told me so much about the 'inner' personalities ( don't we call them 'demons'?) of each child...and I only spent 2 hours with them!

Maybe we should all have a go at painting our portraits from the inside out ( yes, facing our inner demons!!!)...or make a dolly at least!

For workshop enquiries please contact me via my contact page on my website.

Dolls with Hearts & Soul

They have arrived!!!!
I created and sent off 2 dollies for an installation @ the Fractures Galleries, Federation Square, Melbourne.
A few months ago I came across an EOI looking for artists to contribute a hand made doll for an exhibition in Melbourne, as part of the Fringe Festival. It was right down my lane, as I already exhibited small felted dollies in my last group show in Melbourne, Brunswick Street Galleries.
'Totem - Dolls with Soul' is an exhibition curated by the lovely Sayraphim Lothian (the most beautiful name!), and is held @ Federation Square between the 25th September and the 12th
October. Totem is an honest and heartfelt expression of self identity, in doll form. These dolls are more than just simple children's toys, they are powerful symbols of who we think we are.
Well, I think of myself as a loving mum (soft & fluffy, a bit rough around the edges, but all natural!) with a big heart and partly covered in Silk(e), and of my daughter as the smaller version, the mini-me!
So, our voodoo - doubles are being hung up underneath the fractured glass roof of Fed Square as I am writing this. No wonder I have been feeling slightly elevated today.......

www.omnificassembly.com

http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/

http://www.silkesavran.com/

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A very concerned member of my family pointed out to me that the use of my blog title 'bla bla bla....' would actually undermine my (highly!) intellectual standard!!!

It's too low key, low tech, low brow, be - low me, I have been told.

I could start some comparative linguistic research into this matter, but I am sure it will all end up in 'bla bla bla...' anyway.

There is a track by Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino, called Bla Bla Bla, on youtube where he describes this song as '... a piece I wrote thinking of all the people who talk & talk without saying anything.'

That's closer to my linguistic explanation of my blog title!

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