afternoon project

COming home from work this arvo, i went to pick up a zipper I saw some cheap seersucker like fabric in white and thought I could make a sack dress with it.
Overall, I'm surprised with how it came out. I up-scaled the sleeve style from a shirt I already have and I LOVE how massive they sit.

Things i'd change? the neckline, and probably make it a bit longer and line it.

Yeti play

Yeti hand, 2010, acrylic felt, raw suri fleece, cotton glove, florist wire.
Having a quick play with materials. It's all part of a proposal for an exhibition collaborating with Caroline McCurdy 'Beasts Least Seen'.





Most of my sketches have these creatures with long elongated fingers and limbs, so i had a quick play, modded a glove, sewed on some talons and got to see how suri fleece and the glue gun mix......pretty much as I hoped they would.

send off

All of the zut speech bubbles arrayed, ready for their lengths of chain to be attached.


For the Insert coin LMFF pop up 'Pardon my French' i made a simple card backing for the chain to slot through.

Insert Coin Here

The always lovely Kim and Nella from Craft Victoria have put together something special for the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival....vending machines of 'limited edition' fashion pieces made by Melbourne-based artists.
See the Insert Coin Here website for full details and updates.

As a participating artist, i'm putting in some specially made for melbourne (black) Pardon my French! necklaces.




French profanity, curse with style. Hand embroidered felt speech bubbles in black, de rigeur for Melbourne chic, slung from gaudy gold chains.
So to this folly say oui oui, keep an eye out for a vending machine, so you too can curse to your heart's content!
xx B

pardon my french

zut, casse-toi, connard, ta gueule, putain!, foutre
Hand embroidered speech bubbles for gaudy necklace or brooch.


Naff, but amusing for office wear!
look out for them at my ETSY store

mutton dressed as lamb

Sheep bones collected from the farm.
I really wanted a pebbles bone for my hair. Got some killer gloss paint in black, magenta and 50's pastel green.
It's still about trashyness....gold + flocked + bone

Harry the hedgehog

Harry the Hedgehog from 'A little piece' [Written and directed by Alex Desebrock]
photos by Ben Landau

I made a puppet for their production, and i'm about to start on a 2nd version of Harry. he will be more durable hopefully!