Friday, December 31, 2010

Mystic Knit-Marie-Louise Vogt

As mentioned in previous posts I get a little excited by finding knit-designers who push the boundaries and create unique products and Marie-Louise Vogt is no exception!

Fascinated by materials, fabrics or any other kinds, Vogt is into almost all traditional handicraft methods. Most of the time Vogt is knitting or crocheting in her Hamburg based studio and when she's not it's only look to for new materials in her direct surroundings.
In addition to the images below, you can check out her website here.


Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Mononoke madness

I only watched Princess Mononoke for the first time a few months ago.  I liked it very much!  The Cremaster Cycle image/character strikes me as Princess Mononoke with her bloodied mouth after she assists the mother wolf.  I couldn't resist sharing the catwalk images of a Mononoke inspired collection...

Thursday, December 9, 2010

colouring in book


This is one of four dinosaur pictures I made based on children's colouring-in books.  I used stickers, gouache and pencils. I'm hoping to keep up motivation and eventually make a A5 colouring-in book/zine with the original line drawings.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

The largest laundromat in Australia!

Hung out at the self proclaimed 'largest laundromat in Australia' yesterday.  Laz did some washing and I did some drawing and we both ate a curry.  I have always found laundromats so relaxing, especially when its raining outside like it was yesterday when these pictures (below) were taken.  Once again, my nokia phone camera is the source of the photos.

Sirena con Jersey

I am always on the lookout for knitwear design.  Often I will type 'knitwear designers' or 'knitwear designers Australia' into google search as a way of procrastination, but surprisingly sparse results are the outcome.  So it is always with great delight that I find something unique. I was looking at Hello Sandwich's blog and found 'Sirena con Jersey'.  Below is a bit about them from their website and some pictures of their jumpers:


"We produce stuff we would like to wear but we don't find in the stores.
We both come from the graphic design world, but Eli is illustrator and Ali loves crafts.
Sirena con Jersey was born in 2007 with a series of handmade knitted sweaters. Then we produced a series of screen printed totebags. People like our stuff, so we decided to keep doing things."

Sirena con Jersey also produce a range of screen printed clothing, totes and lazer-cut jewellery which are equally endearing.  Check it out on their website here.