Arimatsu Shibori Festival
Posted onEver since i first discovered shibori, I’ve wanted to visit Japan and more specifically, visit Arimatsu on the weekend they hold their annual Shibori Festival. This year my dream came true.
Category: Itajime
Workshops @ Cecilia Fox
Posted onIt’s been a whirlwind frenzy of activity at my place lately, but I wanted to look back at the indigo shibori workshops I held recently at the Cecilia Fox warehouse in Brunswick.
The Planthunter
Posted onToday I am speaking all about my love of Indigo on The Planthunter. You can check out my story here!
A new (old) chair
Posted onAbout 6.5 years ago, I spotted this old chair in a vintage shop in Brunswick that is now a cafe. I decided I HAD to have it and I was going to recover it. Coz let’s face it, it started out it’s life with me as pretty damn ugly. I meant to finally recover […]
A New Range
Posted onFor months and months and months I’ve been wanting to work on creating a new range of products, something fun, something for the home, something with a pop of colour. I am a huge lover of bright colour. I began working on these new products for Markit, and I’m quite a bit in love with […]
Belle Magazine!
Posted onRemember the wonderful collaboration I did with Gemma Patford recently? Well we extended our little collaboration to another 10 or so vessels which are for sale exclusively at Hermon & Hermon right now, alongside the stunning work of Shibori master Aboubaker Fofana. In addition to being stocked at such a lovely shop, we also got […]
Northern Exposure Visual Arts Festival
Posted onI’ve got something fun coming up this Friday! I’m going to be participating in the Northern Exposure Visual Arts Festival! I’ll have some Shibori on the street for the 2 weeks of the festival, some Indigo works on canvas as part of the “Small Works Small Spaces” exhibit. My work is entitled “Phases”, and is […]
New colours
Posted onWorked on some new colours yesterday, which one do you love the most? I can’t decide. I might have to make one in every colour for myself and wear them on different days of the week!
Open
Posted onI am so excited, the shop is open! There are a few scarves available for purchase, and I will be evolving some more colour ways and products in the coming weeks and adding these to the shop as well. If you are loving what you see and want to order something, drop me a line […]
Experiments with Indigo
Posted onDyeing with Indigo is a new direction for me, I’m not quite sure why I haven’t gotten to it earlier! In the past few days I have just begun to dye with it. I’ve started out with a hydros vat, but I think I will be moving to a zinc lime vat, so I can […]