Seed Packets

Here are some of my favourite seed packet designs.

OK - ones that fitted onto one PPT slide - there are currently 15 types and counting. 
Missing from this image: Helenium, Rudbeckia and Echinacea.

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Studio snapshots - end of Winter 2012

This season's crop of japonicas, camelias, mandarins, magnolias, ranunculus and hellebores... plus assorted ceramics.

Sew Make Create Opening

This is Melissa Tan and her husband on the Sew Make Create studio, store and workshop opening day, in Chippendale, Sydney at the beginning of August.

They are now running a series of creative workshops: crochet, sewing, card making and jewellery.  I am offering watercolour workshops for beginners.

Any takers?

New tote bags

Some of the new bags I have made for my online stores at etsy  and Andable.  

Vintage kimono fabrics, tapestry, a piece of amazing bird printed fabric found by my friend Maria, and recycled tablesloths, dressmaking offcuts and batiks.

There will be more in the next few days so be sure to check back.

Aaaaaand Peonies

And here is the peonies picture I started at the end of last year and finished last week.

I am moving towards the lighter, less cluttered backgrounds which are this year's favourites.

Notice how peonies are a Spring flower in Australia, Hibiscus is a Summer flower and camelias - especially these little pink ones, are a feature of early Winter.  

So it really did take half a year to complete!

More new work

So these are my two latest pictures - thanks to camelias from Ian's garden in St Ives, hellebores from Sarah's garden in Yetholme and the camelias I 'acquired' one night in Rozelle after a girls' night at the pub.

The images are 57cm x 101cm each.  Watercolour, collage and pencil on paper.

The image with the blue teapot carries an antique document from France, the yellow teapot image carries a document dated 1709 - the date is now embedded within the green waves of the yellow teapot's lower right hand corner.

New work

Part of my new work for Winter 2012 - cottage garden series.

More are on my Facebook page.

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Creative Lane Market

Here are photos of my stall at Creative Lane, Gaffa Gallery, Clarence St Sydney CBD - I didn't make yesterday's.  These were taken at the end of June.

In the studio

If I have been a little quiet it's because I'm working on new work.

I was lucky enough to be given armfuls of camelias and other winter flowers so paint them I must.
The kitchen table is overflowing - there are more in buckets!

The final image is of my favourite paint pots - a collection of SE Asian sake and offering cups, lined up on a Thai blue and white plate.  Very inspiring!

Gabby Malpas at Andable

I'm pleased to share that Andable has now launched.

I first met Rupal Ismin when she came by my market stall at Kirribilli in 2011.  She and her team have put together an online marketplace that sells lovely products with a social conscience.

But aside from that, they have a really cool community and family vibe about them all which makes me so happy to be involved.

Yay! Andable!