On my design wall

'Pinch and a punch for the first of the month!' You're getting this as Bob isn't home.I'm busy trying to start and finish new work for my exhibition 'Taking Leaf of my Senses'  July 5- August 19 at the Warwick Art Gallery. I have this quilt on my design wall at the moment. To get a sense of the next step in the design, I cut out paper pieces in place of fabric and pinned them in place.

This is not how it ended up, but was a good starting place. How do you like to design your pieces? I know there are many ways to get from inspiration to final design and what works for 1 person does not necessarily work for another.
Sometimes I have difficulty finding a solution to my design dilemma, but I try to relax and let intuition, honed by practice take over.

Canon printer inks

After many years of faithful service our Canon printer died earlier this year and we replaced it with a HP. When I went to change an ink cartridge on the HP I discovered we still had the unopened boxes for 4 Canon Pixma 8 printer inks. If you live in Australia and have need of these inks, I am selling them at a discounted price of $50 for the 4. This includes packing and registered postage. They normally retail at $27 each.

Please e-mail me if you are interested.

Pizza and jam

No, not a jam pizza, although I've had a dessert pizza in Melbourne. Ali makes an awesome pizza. Of course the temperature of the wood burning pizza oven is crucial to the success, so we thank Chris for that.

How beautiful is this pizza oven?

And this is the wonderful pizza, fresh from the oven. Thanks Ali  And on the way home through Araula we stopped to buy some of Trevor, ex-Army cook, and Dot's jam and preserves. They are on Elizabeth Street opposite the Fruit Barn, if you are looking for them. There is an honesty box for the money, with the saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."

SAQA Oceania Studio Blog Hop

Today is the last studio we'll visit in Oceania. Sue Domeney lives in Tasmania and shares her working space with us. I have enjoyed seeing the studios of our members; the big studios, the small studios, the views, design walls, storage areas and everything in between. We love making our art and no matter what the size of "our" space, we love spending time in it.

A day in the countryside

Why are country views so good for the soul? Combine this with good friends, good food, some art activity and you couldn't ask for a better day out.

Memories of the past- old milk urn and meat safe.

Merody and Jenny rubbing a country gate, using oil paint sticks.

My rubbings of collected textures from the property.

SAQA Oceania Studio Blog Hop

Today Jenny Bowker from Canberra shares her studio with us. Jenny is well known for her wonderful Egyptian inspired quilts and working with the Cairo tent makers.

Clean-up cloth

Rather than wash the paint out of my roller I kept rolling it over a white cotton, clean-up cloth that became something more. The metal trivets are under the cloth.

I got my oil sticks out and continued to play. This turned out better than expected so will probably be a background for future work.