summer sale

These gorgeous little studs are listed in our etsy store - where everything is 25% off until 28 Feb 2015.

Happy new year!

b is for banksia cuneata - cutting

Cutting underway! This is a detail of the hand-cut katagami stencil
b is for banksia cuneata in progress.

b is for banksia cuneata - drawing

Sunday sketching in the studio. New katagami stencil underway.

s.

I feel very privileged and incredibly excited to be exhibiting a body of katazome work in my first international solo exhibition at GalleryGallery in Kyoto, Japan from 23 February - 9 March 2013.

In 2011 I was mentored by GalleryGallery owner Keiko Kawashima through JUMP, the Australia Council’s national mentoring program for young and emerging artists. s. would not have been possible without Keiko's fantastic support; the wonderful DMV Consulting Award, granted by the Capital Arts Patrons' Organisation, that I received in 2011; and the invaluable 2013 Project Funding that I received from artsACT to assist with costs of mounting an international solo exhibition.

A huge thank you to all for enabling me to enhance my practice and move to the next stage of my career.

For anyone who might be in Kyoto, Japan between now and 9 March 2013 please pop in to GalleryGallery to visit s. and to say hello.

exhibition invitation for 's.'

typographic katagami stencil series

As promised, this post is a quick little snapshot overview of 4 of the 5 completed, hand-cut katagami stencils in the hiragana 's.' typographic series.

These beautiful professional photographs were taken by Andrew Sikorski of Art Atelier Photography - thank you Andrew!

hiragana 'shi'

hiragana 'su'

hiragana 'se'

hiragana 'so'

typographic katagami stencil four: hiragana shi

This design, based on the hiragana character 'shi', is the fourth katagami stencil in the typographic series.

In my next post I will include professional photographs of 4 of the 5 katagami stencils in the series.

typographic katagami stencil three: hiragana sa

This design, based on the hiragana character 'sa', is the third katagami stencil in the typographic series. The complete series is based on the 5 hiragana characters which start with 's' - 'sa', 'shi', 'su', 'se' and 'so'.

typographic katagami stencil two: hiragana so

The second typographic katagami stencil is complete - yippee!! I'm pleased to be able to show you a couple of images of the finished stencil: hiragana 'so'.

typographic katagami stencil design: hiragana so

A second typographic katagami stencil is underway - I have been spending evenings, weekends and every spare moment hand cutting the delightful smelling smoky katagami paper. This design is based on the hiragana character 'so'.