project samples… because i don’t pick ‘favourites’ of my CHILDREN
The BEST rainbow paper! Watch my video on how to make it! Just black paper, clear nail polish, water in a dish, and tongs. LITERAL NEBULAS MY DUDES
My unstoppable COAT OF ARMS made from recycled cardboard, an old book cover, origami paper, a photo of me and of an art installation, rhinestones, ballerina stickers, and some flowers i rescued from a half-water-damaged nature book.
Collage and drawing of my little childhood character Violet Von Grimm - black abstract line marks are fingerprinting charcoal from my father’s fire
Rainbow watercolour experiment made with my non-dominant hand
Frozen watercolour cubes left to dry on paper in the sun
Oil pastel-marked paper cut into stylised characters for a stop motion
Rainbow watercolour + paper experiment with collage (sky puzzle piece is from a Yoko Ono installation where she wanted us to take one!)
Collage with abstract drawings - I did this in a cabin on the Tasmanian Overland walking track!
Collage from Russia 2010 - book fragment, damaged bank note, additional abstract drawings
Pages of a tiny book - not a zine, a smaller bound one with a cardboard cover! Video of creating it is here!
Abstract watercolour with collage addition. Made after swimming in Papua New Guinea.
Tracey Emin style work where teenage me wondered if being sad would lead to useful creativity… ouch
Word of the year journal entry (oil pastel background with paint, stamps and collage)
Greta Thunberg as a major arcana (named) tarot card', with collage elements of the natural world and gold leaf boarder
High school journal page, features paper towel used to wipe a paint brush on another project
Collage on yellow watercolour
Collage by colour prompt - black and white (sometimes deliberately limiting my colour palette inspires more creativity!)
‘Endpaper’ for a notebook I gave my HSC English teacher
Collage prompted by the phrase there - someone said it to me as a compliment!
Inner lid decoration of a vintage candy tin
Rescued this tiny record player from the trash and turned it into a 70s Fangirl Miniature - imagine her sticking up artist pictures, magazine pages, fabric scraps, candy wrappers, and gems. Yes I would love to make a film about her.
Silver and rainbow star upcycle of plastic Halloween goblet (originally black)
My ‘fool’s Fabergé’ egg - styrofoam decoration with copper foiling, sequins, and gems
DIY magic wands - left is a sanded stick sealed with glue, amethyst crystals, and purple beads on wrapped wire. Right is a chopstick with a clay handle, beads, and painted plastic flowers.
Old Dr Marten boot customised with gesso, paint, glitter, and spray sealant. Yes, it took forever.
Paper bow turned into 3D brooch
