New Holland (veni vidi vici)

A couple of other craftster girls and myself are working on the preparations for our proposed exhibition.

Outline snippet:
Australian aboriginals lived off the land for thousands of years, using native flora and fauna for food, building materials, medicine and clothing. By using these plants and animals to represent a traditional European custom, that is Christmas dinner, we seek to stimulate discussion on the place of nature and culture in a European colonised country, while also questioning ideas of patriotism and environmentalism.

Super excited to make things. I am thinking of hand dying fleece tops using natural dyes from Australian plants. I'm intrigued by making my own dyes from native fauna on our farm.

animation

At the end of last year i started working on an animation and had hope to have finished it by January... Ha ha i got stuck and left it for a few weeks, then went back to it, then got my hair cut like the main character.....but i still struggled putting in the time to animate. Main Character (initial sketches)
I was cleaning up my desk and i found some bracken and Honeysuckle i had been pressing for background elements. The honey suckle is a tad mouldy, but now i have some things to work with.


Will see how it goes in the next couple of weeks, of if the project will be shelf for another few months.