Back to the Yarra (The Back Journals #24)

I am back in cloudy Melbourne, and madly trying to find somewhere to live! At the moment housesitting for my folks in South Yarra is a very sweet, but unproductive ride. I long for my desk, my sewing machine, my inks, my books, practically anything I can make a mess with.

It is still taking some getting used to trying to sign into blogger, as 'Anmelden' sat in my top right corner for the months in Germany! Though being back at South Yarra may feel unproductive, I have stumbled on some great gems of inspiration from my art school days, to share with the interwebs! Hope you like, and fingers crossed that my studio will up and ready soon!

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tschüssie!

The very last post before I get to Melbourne town! And now, rest, a hearty breakfast in the morning and away we go. I am longing of country houses with ginormous studios, sun shiney windows and steaming cups of tea. 

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just before i go

Massive apologies for the poor(er) image quality - I wanted to squeeze a last picture in before I go on my adventure to Frankfurt tomorrow! Berlin has been sweet to me and I am coming home with a big collection of pictures to develop - ideas are bursting and I feel ripe and ready to make things happen! So, pitstop in the stock exchange capital of Germany for a few days, and then homeward to Melbourne town!

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exhibition!

Last Friday I participated in an informal group show, 'Let's Have An Exhibition At My House' in Kreuzberg, Berlin. This was organised by my dear friend Renee, at her flat. A lovely little show with works on paper, sculpture and video to name a few. For the full wrap, with more pics and details of the other artists, check out our post on Anecdote - hopefully more pictures to come soon!

wrapping up

Getting close to the end of the trip now! Kent and I have been living in the same room for nearly 3 months, and if you want to see how that has effected our art practice, click here - we made these works at exactly the same time, without any idea of what the other was doing. Spooky, no?

don't think, just paste.

Well, as my trip is winding down, so is my will do do anything but bask in the sunshine. Spring is well and truly here in Berlin, and the prospect of sitting at my pathetic excuse for a table is quite dire. It's picnics all around, though I am now faced with a massive pile of collage material. So I have been having a few fun little sessions of random "grab a head, grab a body and stick it before you change your mind!" - sort of a speed-exquisite-corpse. Brings the productivity levels right up! Now ... to get it all home without blowing my baggage limit. Ew.

SWAPPED!

laserlamb!

SOLD

new book!

Mmm! Gotta love that fresh new paper smell, the soft indents from your first marks. Aaaah - bliss! I always vow each time I start a sketchbook "now this one better be awesome", so we shall see!

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growth

sketches

forest face

I have just decided that there is no thing too silly to put on paper. Bushy eyebrows! Hurrah!

dancer in the dark

I showed this work at 'let's have an exhibition at my house' curated by the gorgeous Renee. More details here.

SOLD

sketchbook

girabbit

hehehe.

score!

Went to the Sunday market in Friedrichshain yesterday and got me a massive load of joy. Which I then had to carry around for 2 hours, while I trudged through the streets, had a chin scratch at the Berlin Wall, through remembering I left the stove on back in Prenzlauer Berg (a good forty minutes away by public transport), and rushing home. My flat is not burned down after all. Thank bejeezus. And now I have volumes of joy. (And not burnt stock.) Yay!