Ryan's yard sale

The time has come again for Ryan McGennisken to hold a yard sale on artworks. Recent works are all on sale over at his site, so you'd better hop to it and snatch a piece while you can!

Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists

This is insanely inspiring!

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Scott Weaver, 35 years, 100,000 toothpicks..

Scott Weaver is insane...in a good way! Over the past 35 years he has been building a giant model of San Francisco out of toothpicks: something you have to see to understand the effort involved.

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Ryan McGennisken last days at Black Cat.

The amazingly talented Ryan McGennisken of Earth Died Screaming has a show on for two more days at Black Cat (252 Brunswick St Fitzroy, Melbourne). The show gets taken down Tuesday- if you haven't seen it yet-you're mad! There are still a few pieces up for grabs at very affordable prices too, so grab an original before the prices of his works skyrocket!!

Cat-Rabbit exhibition

I am super psyched to be going to see Cat-Rabbit's new exhibition today! She is definitely one magical lady..I'll take some photos and try and post them here later today if I can...

Secret Animal Realms (for you to see)
New works by Cat-Rabbit
No-Vacancy Project Space
The Atrium, Federation Square

Tailfeather leather goods..

I am desperately in love with Tailfeather's Wanderer backpack, hand stitched and laser etched. The craftmanship is amazing!

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" Tailfeather is the collaboration of Scottie Neoh and Natalia Perez, and is crafted in their home studio in the Tallarook ranges 100 km north of Melbourne, Australia. In the middle of 50 acres of forest, Scottie and Natalia’s studio is surrounded by Gum Trees and is visited by kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, echidnas,and an abundance of native bird-life. It is an ideal environment to focus on creating the perfect balance of simplicity and style that makes Tailfeather unique.

Each individual piece is hand-crafted, combining traditional techniques with modern technology; contemporary design is applied to established fundamentals.

Each piece is designed to meet the practical requirements of day to day use, and made to last as a generational item.

Everything is produced in the Tallarook studio. Small runs and attention to detail ensure the highest possible quality is maintained.

Scottie and Natalia bring together distinctive skills which contribute to the design and production process. Natalia has a background in textile and design. Scottie is a painter and illustrator better known as BONSAI. "

Tailfeather's goods are the kind of investment you make to last a lifetime...

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Gretchen Mist blog

Fellow Wilkins & Kent supplier Belinda, aka Gretchen Mist has a pretty lovely blog as I've recently discovered. It's a very calming blog, full of links to other wonderful artists, as well as snapshots of Belinda's works and works in progress..

 



 



 



 

I really like her Fine Art Fridays too!

Dusty featured in an Etsy treasury

One of my latest drawings features in a very nice Etsy Treasury by Troy & Stephano of Necklush : ) They also have a great blog featuring mini interviews & artists that they admire- called This art is yours.. .Definitely worth checking out!

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On the run, is where I’m from | Post Card Series.

Ryan McGennisken is doing an amazing little project at the moment- where he is drawing on 20 postcards- each with unique illustrations- and mailing them off to whoever requests one first-For FREE! Visit his site Earth Died Screaming to see the details on how to get your hands on one of these beauties!

Not the actual postcard you will be receiving!