the xx

I love Teardrops by Womack and Womack but I think this cover by The xx is fantastic.

girl solo

Experiment with drawing cutouts and digital compositing.

lilium

Orchis Morio: new designs. 

Lilium, in bright orange on left and Orchidae in burnt red on right.

Basecloth: organic cotton hemp twill, natural (11 ounce).

Hand made swatch booklet

new prints

Screenprint offcuts

Orchis Morio wall hanging presentation

the fox and the crow and nicole collins

Here is some stunning costume design from Nicole Collins, wardrobe and stylist. A project currently in progress in the studio.

And below, a collaborative effort between Rhiannon, Amina and Nicole as part of The Fox and the Crow show that was exhibited earlier this year at Guildford Gallery.  Set up in the studio as part of Open week. Love that fox!  

envelope & amina mcphee

Here are some works on show form our studio:

Beautiful paper necklaces by Rhiannon Smith from Envelope.

Hand crafted pieces by Amina Phee

it's been awhile between posts...

...probably because I've been doing quite a bit of this since the open studio week finished:

This orchid branch was bought with the intention of weaving it around hanging pieces of fabric for the opening night, but it seemed to sit better here:

Open studio pics about to be posted...honest!

OPEN STUDIOS @ the Nicholas Building

Well, this certainly seems to have come around quickly, Open Studios at the Nicholas Building are on this year and our studio will be opening its doors to the public once more. Amina McPhee and Rhiannon Smith (Envelope) have been working hard producing some beautiful new jewelry wares that will be on show and I'll be having a soft launch for Orchis Morio with 2 new prints ready for the event.

Vikki Kassaioras has kindly put her time into organizing the event and will be uploading information about all the participating artists and designers on the Nicolas Building blog over the next couple of weeks.

Details are

August 27th & 28th

4:00 - 9:00pm

Nicholas Building

37 Swanston Street

...and of course start your journey at level 9, room 17!

disco

michael nyman

I am in love with Michael Nyman, he is an absolutely incredible composer and pianist.  

Last night Michael Nyman and his band performed a one off show at Hammer Hall. Most of the works they played covered the Peter Greenaway greats; The Draughtsman's Contract, Drowning by Numbers, A Zed and Two Noughts and Prospero's Books...the absolute highlight for me was the recital of 'Big My Secret' from The Piano.

Although...I don't think you can get much better than this modern composition from The Draughtsman's Contract (1982). Do you think there is something inherently English about this sound? 

"Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds"

new colourways!

Fresh new cushion covers made from the black and white colourways.  I sourced a beautiful organic hemp/cotton canvas basecloth for this print run.  The cushions come in two new sizes a 40cm and 60cm and are designed to sit together.  

Here are some great new photos of the new prints and I've been slowly developing a blurb about each print, which you can read below the matching cushion.

These are now stocked at Design a Space, Chapel street Prahran, or you can order from me direct.

Cacti Monsoon, black 60cm

Unlike its meditative counterpart, Cacti Monsoon is a torrent of energy. It makes a loving partner for the Monk though, as the fleshy stems of its plant have a sting similar to the jellyfish. 

The cushion measures 60cm square, with a side zip fastening.  Fabric is screen-printed with solvent free ink on an organic hemp cotton canvas (13-oz) base cloth.  Colourways are black on cream.

Cacti Monsoon, white 60cm
Monk Jellyfish, black 40cm

The Monk Jellyfish is revered for its marine like qualities. It is transparent underwater and loves to spray its tentacles about.  When it comes up for air it seeks sun and the company of others.

The cushion measures 40cm square, with a side zip fastening.  Fabric is screen-printed with solvent free ink on an organic hemp cotton canvas (13-oz) base cloth.  Colours are black on white.

Monk Jellyfish, white 40cm

state of design festival

...starts today.  This is, apparently, the biggest design festival in Australia. There is loads to see, you can view the whole program online here.  This year they are running the Design:Made:Trade show at the Exhibition Buildings.  Of special interest also is Designboom mart Melbourne.

Craft Hatch, July

Better late than never! I will be at the Craft Hatch market this Saturday selling the new black and white fabric series.

Visit this month's Craft Almanac for all participating designers.

The market is in the City Library:

253 Flinders Lane

11:00am - 4:00pm

new colourways: black and white

Beautiful new colourways: black on off-white and white on black.  These designs were showcased at the Craft Hatch market in early May and are printed onto a lovely new organic hemp/cotton blend basecloth, 13 ounces in weight.

orchid and tulip commission

Well, excuse the photographs of this drawing! But nevertheless, you get the idea (although unfortunately some of my painstaking detail does not translate so well here) 

This drawing was a commission and I completed it in early autumn.  It references an orchid (surprise surprise) on the left and a wild tulip to the right.  It was done with pen and ink on watercolour paper.

orchis morio at design a space

Orchis Morio has just joined Design a Space in prahran, so you can now buy and pre-order Orchis fabrics by the metre and cushion covers from the store.  Exciting!

Design a Space was set up by Rebecca and Chris Lutz to showcase wares of new designers and is at the windsor end of Chapel (142 to be precise...)

audio mulch 2.0 launch

Audio Mulch has just launched its latest software version 2.0 for mac and pc.  The whole site and product has been re-branded and was a collaborative effort by myself (illustration and branding), and the very clever and talented boys; Tony at H4 and Nic, aka Aodhan.
The website banner above was done mostly in illustrator and for the splash screen I took some elements from the website and clipped them for the splash page background. 

Ross has posted a live patching demo at vimeo that illustrates the amazing depth of this software. For all you audio enthusiasts out there make sure you register and become part of the action!

birds

Pen. Ink. Arcylic and Pencil. 

lilly pilly gully

A few sketches I did awhile back for a new pattern I'm developing.  Lillies are very interesting shapes I like the lines that they create.  

in for the kill

Skream's remix of UK electro duo La Roux.

'La Roux' is french for red-haired one...aka lead singer.   There is a bit of a bio about them at last.fm and you can check the de-dubbed version here.