June 30, 2010
June 29, 2010
poppies for grace
poppies for grace is all about delicious stationary. I love the idea that three friends Alana, Kate and Sarah got together to create this successful business. They each contribute a different skill which in turn has made them a huge success. Meet Alana......
1. Where did the idea come from to start “Poppies for Grace”? Who is involved? Three friends- kate, sara and me (alana) Poppies started in a funny way. I was studying screen printing and my paper lecturer suggested I try and sell the cards I’d made for an assignment. I think if she had not suggested it the idea would not have entered my head. I’ve always made things for friends and family, but the idea of someone wanting to pay money for what I’d made baffled me. Turns out people do! Ha ha. I draw, Kate sells and Sara makes things happen.
2. In your wildest dreams, did you ever imagine your label would be so hugely popular? NO. I still giggle that this is my job. That poppies pays the bills.
3. You must meet so many creative people, you yourselves are very creative. Do you think there is a common thread to creative success? Hummmm good question. I think that most creatives feel their work is never good enough, that deep down they are frauds. The fear of failure can stop us before we’ve begun. To have people standing alongside creative people is of most importance. I need Sara and Kate. I honestly believe if the talent is there and you can commit to the long slow road of starting a business you will find success. Starting is the hardest part.
4. What makes your card/stationery range so popular and interesting? I have no idea! I sit down and create things that make me happy, turns out that what makes me happy makes others happy.
5. Best piece of advice for someone trying to kick start their creative career?To seek out businesses that are a few steps further along the path, to get a bit of perspective and inspiration. To find a potential customer (for us it is was a favourite store) and get their feedback, we were very lucky and the store put in a small order on the spot. If that doesn’t happen, keep trying and take on their comments and critique. A funny thread in poppies is that whatever I love the most of our designs sells the least! I don’t know why- so its important I not get offended by that but make a spectrum of designs suitable to a larger range of tastes.
6. Is “Poppies for Grace” a dream come true??
It is a dream coming true, we have a long list of goals and I still feel like this is the early days for us. We’ve just started selling in the USA which is hugely exciting.
7. What are you currently passionate about?
God. Employment. Small business. Family. This beautiful earth that we call home. Sustainability. Community. Giving back. Faithfulness.
8. Five words that best describe your creative style.
Childlike. Joyful. Un-trained. Whimsical. free
9. Favourite places to visit locally for inspiration.
Anywhere there is a wide open space and green things growing. The Dandenong Ranges, Healesville and The Alpine Region in Victoria are full of inspiration for me
10. Lastly, comfort or style?Comfort for home-cosy clothes are so lovely. Style for work events like trade shows- I like expressing my personality through colours and things I wear.
my favorite answer by far is number 7! thanks Alana for your time, it is very much appreciated and insightful.........
June 28, 2010
guess what????
yours truly has scored a new job, yes me....... I feel so very lucky to have been offered a job with the lovely Marlene Fraser - She is one very talented lady and she has been kind enough to take me under her wing and teach me lots of things about colour and design - how lucky am I???? She has this ability to pull colour plans together with a sense of ease and excitement, a very special talent indeed. She is so well respected within her industry and amongst her peers, and just a lovely person to listen to and learn from.Dilemma solved!
June 25, 2010
June 24, 2010
school update
well, as we hear of one female making news today, there is another chicky who has just completed her first subject in Interior Design and although I know I won't be making news, it is a big achievement for me. So far I've learnt that this really is for me and although it is time consuming and really hard work - I love it and that's all that matters. I presented my bathroom concept last night, my sample board looked really good, but my elevations (working drawings)were pretty ordinary, working drawings is a subject that most of the class has already completed - I think I will be doing this next year, so hopefully if my teacher can look past that and see my vision for the bathroom I should pass. Next semester I am enrolled to do "Produce Digital Images", but for now it is two lovely weeks of holidays.........hope you enjoy yours too!
June 22, 2010
sneak peek, my look book
I have mountains of magazines, you might say I have an addiction to them. Most days you can find me flicking through them sometime in the morning, noon or night. I revist them often, because you never see everything the first time round. I rip things out that I love and stick them into my look book - I don't have a problem with messing up my magazines, how else would I remember an image or a scrap that took my fancy and inspired me in some way. From today onwards I plan to show you a page a day, just because I love doing them and also because they are a little insight into me.....
June 21, 2010
Nannymoos
If you take a close look in Susan Street, Eltham you will find a little (actually quite large), Treasure Trove, called Nannymoos - Interesting name....even more interesting is the couple who run this fabulous business. The week before last, I got to meet the very personable and obviously passionate part owner Tony Narduzzo and ask him some questions about Nannymoos and here's what he had to say.....
1. Tell me a little bit about Nannymoos and how did you get to now?
Julie started selling bits & pieces as Nannymoo on eBay to earn a little money whilst at home some 8 years ago now.
Julie was always known as ‘Moo’ by our youngest daughter and once we had grandchildren she became Nanny and to distinguish her from other Nanny’s in the family she became known as Nannymoo!
I (Tony) was at the ‘crossroads of my career’ 2 years ago and whilst having some time off decided to help Julie in the eBay business. I enjoyed this very much and decided to go down this track rather than go back to the ‘rat race’ I was involved in for 34 years! However, to make ends meets we needed to do more than just be an eBay store so we decided to bite the bullet and commit ourselves to a retail outlet. That was ten months ago now and although we’ve had our ups and downs – and a hell of a lot of hard work - we feel that the business has been reasonably successful and should continue to be as more and more people learn of us.
2. Where do you source your products from?
We mainly source from Estate Auctions but are starting to buy more and more from the local community. People are starting to realise that pre-loved furniture that would normally end up on the nature strip for instance is in fact worth something!
3. Why should people visit Nannymoos?
There are many reasons!
We are not just an Antique Store or a Furniture Shop as such, as we have a huge variety of items to offer. For instance you can buy say a book, a glass or a spoon for as little a dollar or a Baby Grand Piano for $6,000 and 1000’s of other items everywhere in between!
People can spend countless hours just browsing at the many different items we have on offer. We often have a bit of fun suggesting to someone that they should go back up an isle they have just come out from, as they will spot something they didn’t see the first, second or third time around!
Our motto is to turn stock over quickly so that we have something different coming though all the time. That keeps customers coming back on a regular basis …sometimes as much as three times a week. In fact we have regular customers that pop in of a Wednesday and Friday – knowing too well that is when our new stock comes in – to get first look and hopefully that bargain they have been looking for! Some times they even hop up into the truck and buy something before I have had a chance to clean it up and price it!
To keep our turnover up of course we need to price product at pretty good prices which is another reason why people should visit us. This is evident by the fact that customers are always commenting on how cheap we are!
We regularly have specials on items that haven’t moved and have reduced some items by up to 80% in certain instances.
We also provide a sourcing service so if we don’t have a particular piece that someone is looking for we will find it for them with no obligation - unless it is very un-usual or uninteresting item that we would have trouble moving on of course.
4. What does a typical day @ Nannymoos involve?
Work! Work! Work! Fun! Fun! Fun! The first half an hour consists of clearing stock out of the shop on to the front lawn or under the veranda’s as we generally have so much stock on the floor that there isn’t enough room for people to walk around!
The last half hour of coarse consists of packing it back in …although normally not as much as we hopefully have sold stuff from out side. This process of having stock on display outdoors has been a bit of a draw card for us as well, so it is well worth the effort.
Wednesdays and Fridays are busy days for me personally at least as it means unloading what normally is a full truck load that we have bought on Monday or Tuesday and Thursday. This involves cleaning and polishing most items as well as the odd repair. We then have to measure and take photo’s of most of the large items as we also sell on eBay. Then come the usual task of working out how to manoeuvre the stock in and most importantly where to put it!
The fun part is meeting new people and chatting to regular customers and enjoying the music we have on during the course of the day. We love – and so do a lot of our customers – Irish Music and in particular the Furey’s and the Chieftans and I have been known to break out into a Jig from time to time – much to Nannymoo’s embarrassment. We also play a lot of other music that we like including Pavarotti, Van Morrison, Patsy Cline and of late the Sound Track to the ‘Sound of Music’ that has been very popular with us and our patrons! Memories!!!!
5. What has been your greatest second hand find and why?
Well I suppose it was a set of Retro Drawers that we …yes literally found on a nature strip some time back and ended up getting $270 for them at auction on eBay!
The other is a Lovely Old Organ we got from an Estate Auction that dates back to 1830 which we have on show in our store. It is probably worth upwards of $1500 and yet we picked it up for ….well lets say nowhere near that amount!
6. You clearly have a love for all things vintage and bric a brac, how is your own home decorated?
Prettymuch the same as our store. We have developed a love for such things to the extent that we in the process of building our ‘dream home’ - up on the mountain in Kinglake – that is a Victorian Weather Board re-production. No need to tell you what type of furniture we will be having!
7. What do you like to collect yourself?
I personally like to collect musical instruments and that reflects on some of the items we have in our Store and Julie loves to collect ‘Blue & White China’ amongst a general range of other old and unusual pieces such as lamps and figurines.
It’s funny that in the early days in particular we have never really had any idea of what would sell and what wouldn’t. Admittedly we have had the odd dud in the past but generally speaking we have always bought what we liked and that seems to have held us in good stead over time.
8. Five words that best describe your decorating style.
Antique, Vintage , Country & Shabby Chic
9. Style or Comfort?
Both!
10. I bet you get to meet a lots of interesting characters in you shop, who has been the most memorable and why?
There have certainly been quite a few in the short time at our Store but the chap from Altona way stands out the most as he persisted in fitting a large desk into his sedan car after pleading with him that it would be impossible! He ended up driving all the way home with a leg up around his left ear and I ended up with a red face!!!
Nannymoos is located at:
39 Susan Street, Eltham
or you can see them here too
1. Tell me a little bit about Nannymoos and how did you get to now?
Julie started selling bits & pieces as Nannymoo on eBay to earn a little money whilst at home some 8 years ago now.
Julie was always known as ‘Moo’ by our youngest daughter and once we had grandchildren she became Nanny and to distinguish her from other Nanny’s in the family she became known as Nannymoo!
I (Tony) was at the ‘crossroads of my career’ 2 years ago and whilst having some time off decided to help Julie in the eBay business. I enjoyed this very much and decided to go down this track rather than go back to the ‘rat race’ I was involved in for 34 years! However, to make ends meets we needed to do more than just be an eBay store so we decided to bite the bullet and commit ourselves to a retail outlet. That was ten months ago now and although we’ve had our ups and downs – and a hell of a lot of hard work - we feel that the business has been reasonably successful and should continue to be as more and more people learn of us.
2. Where do you source your products from?
We mainly source from Estate Auctions but are starting to buy more and more from the local community. People are starting to realise that pre-loved furniture that would normally end up on the nature strip for instance is in fact worth something!
3. Why should people visit Nannymoos?
There are many reasons!
We are not just an Antique Store or a Furniture Shop as such, as we have a huge variety of items to offer. For instance you can buy say a book, a glass or a spoon for as little a dollar or a Baby Grand Piano for $6,000 and 1000’s of other items everywhere in between!
People can spend countless hours just browsing at the many different items we have on offer. We often have a bit of fun suggesting to someone that they should go back up an isle they have just come out from, as they will spot something they didn’t see the first, second or third time around!
Our motto is to turn stock over quickly so that we have something different coming though all the time. That keeps customers coming back on a regular basis …sometimes as much as three times a week. In fact we have regular customers that pop in of a Wednesday and Friday – knowing too well that is when our new stock comes in – to get first look and hopefully that bargain they have been looking for! Some times they even hop up into the truck and buy something before I have had a chance to clean it up and price it!
To keep our turnover up of course we need to price product at pretty good prices which is another reason why people should visit us. This is evident by the fact that customers are always commenting on how cheap we are!
We regularly have specials on items that haven’t moved and have reduced some items by up to 80% in certain instances.
We also provide a sourcing service so if we don’t have a particular piece that someone is looking for we will find it for them with no obligation - unless it is very un-usual or uninteresting item that we would have trouble moving on of course.
4. What does a typical day @ Nannymoos involve?
Work! Work! Work! Fun! Fun! Fun! The first half an hour consists of clearing stock out of the shop on to the front lawn or under the veranda’s as we generally have so much stock on the floor that there isn’t enough room for people to walk around!
The last half hour of coarse consists of packing it back in …although normally not as much as we hopefully have sold stuff from out side. This process of having stock on display outdoors has been a bit of a draw card for us as well, so it is well worth the effort.
Wednesdays and Fridays are busy days for me personally at least as it means unloading what normally is a full truck load that we have bought on Monday or Tuesday and Thursday. This involves cleaning and polishing most items as well as the odd repair. We then have to measure and take photo’s of most of the large items as we also sell on eBay. Then come the usual task of working out how to manoeuvre the stock in and most importantly where to put it!
The fun part is meeting new people and chatting to regular customers and enjoying the music we have on during the course of the day. We love – and so do a lot of our customers – Irish Music and in particular the Furey’s and the Chieftans and I have been known to break out into a Jig from time to time – much to Nannymoo’s embarrassment. We also play a lot of other music that we like including Pavarotti, Van Morrison, Patsy Cline and of late the Sound Track to the ‘Sound of Music’ that has been very popular with us and our patrons! Memories!!!!
5. What has been your greatest second hand find and why?
Well I suppose it was a set of Retro Drawers that we …yes literally found on a nature strip some time back and ended up getting $270 for them at auction on eBay!
The other is a Lovely Old Organ we got from an Estate Auction that dates back to 1830 which we have on show in our store. It is probably worth upwards of $1500 and yet we picked it up for ….well lets say nowhere near that amount!
6. You clearly have a love for all things vintage and bric a brac, how is your own home decorated?
Prettymuch the same as our store. We have developed a love for such things to the extent that we in the process of building our ‘dream home’ - up on the mountain in Kinglake – that is a Victorian Weather Board re-production. No need to tell you what type of furniture we will be having!
7. What do you like to collect yourself?
I personally like to collect musical instruments and that reflects on some of the items we have in our Store and Julie loves to collect ‘Blue & White China’ amongst a general range of other old and unusual pieces such as lamps and figurines.
It’s funny that in the early days in particular we have never really had any idea of what would sell and what wouldn’t. Admittedly we have had the odd dud in the past but generally speaking we have always bought what we liked and that seems to have held us in good stead over time.
8. Five words that best describe your decorating style.
Antique, Vintage , Country & Shabby Chic
9. Style or Comfort?
Both!
10. I bet you get to meet a lots of interesting characters in you shop, who has been the most memorable and why?
There have certainly been quite a few in the short time at our Store but the chap from Altona way stands out the most as he persisted in fitting a large desk into his sedan car after pleading with him that it would be impossible! He ended up driving all the way home with a leg up around his left ear and I ended up with a red face!!!
Nannymoos is located at:
39 Susan Street, Eltham
or you can see them here too
June 20, 2010
June 17, 2010
"THE" bathroom!
it's taken a little while to get to now- lots of looking, reviewing, sourcing and most importantly, learning, but here is the end result. Remembering that the client wanted a really moody and earthy space that incorporated some timber for warmth, but also needed to have lots of light......
I have decided to use this 300mm x 300mm taupe porcelain tile for the floor and extend it up one wall - behind and around the bath and walk in shower. It will also be used to build a vertical wall column in the shower which is lined with stainless steel shelves to hide each of the family members shampoos and soap - love that idea!
The rest of the walls in the bathroom will be tiled with an off white matt 300mm x 600mm tile - this will be used vertically since the height of the walls are 2700mm, these tiles will help widen the room since the ceilings are quite high. They will also allow lots of natural light to be reflected around the room.
A custom built floating vanity will be used with a 30mm Caesar Stone top in Ginger. there will lots of draws to cater for the storage of the family.
I have also decided to keep the tiolet space seperate - this will be tiled with the same taupe tile again, The back wall of the toilet will have a gloss taupe tiled feature wall - this tile is featured on the sample board above.
I have decided to use this 300mm x 300mm taupe porcelain tile for the floor and extend it up one wall - behind and around the bath and walk in shower. It will also be used to build a vertical wall column in the shower which is lined with stainless steel shelves to hide each of the family members shampoos and soap - love that idea!
The rest of the walls in the bathroom will be tiled with an off white matt 300mm x 600mm tile - this will be used vertically since the height of the walls are 2700mm, these tiles will help widen the room since the ceilings are quite high. They will also allow lots of natural light to be reflected around the room.
A custom built floating vanity will be used with a 30mm Caesar Stone top in Ginger. there will lots of draws to cater for the storage of the family.
I have also decided to keep the tiolet space seperate - this will be tiled with the same taupe tile again, The back wall of the toilet will have a gloss taupe tiled feature wall - this tile is featured on the sample board above.
June 16, 2010
twelve boxes of colour
i love this box of boxes, given to me by a special friend. today I have decided to use it like this.
school update
No school tonight, only one week to go to my bathroom project is due - I got a big chunk done last night, still not tackled the elevations yet! Do you know what they are? I tell you..... they are very hard drawings done to scale!!!!. I have a materials budget of $12,000 (plus 10% either side) to work to, I have just scraped in. I have to say, I didn't realise that bathrooms can cost as much as, if not more than a kitchen renovation once you include labour. I have learnt how to calculate tile coverage, and how to be thrifty when sourcing a specific look whilst working to a budget. I have a new Caesar Stone favorite - it's called Ginger - works really nicely with Tassie Oak. I will work on my sample board and post some pictures, stay tuned, i might even post my first attempt at an elevation!
it's just life I think......
I have been contemplating something lately, why do things always come at a cost to something else, why can't we have/do everything????? I am thinking of starting something new, but it will come at a cost - is it worth it? that is my question. Some days I think yes and then like yesterday I think not. Today I think its time for me to start realising that we can get what we want but we need to compromise and sacrifice something else, I guess its called prioritising whats important and saying goodbye to what is not.
Don't mean to be so cryptic, will fill you in more once I decide what to do - do you ever feel like this??????
Don't mean to be so cryptic, will fill you in more once I decide what to do - do you ever feel like this??????
June 10, 2010
Insight Four - The Design Files!
about a month ago I contacted the very lovey Lucy Feagin from "The Design Files", she is a well respected design blogger and Props Buyer/Set Dresser for the Film Industry in Melbourne (sounds very busy!) - she has one of the best blog I have read and gets to interview and review so many talented and creative people, it got me thinking - I would like to get inside her mind - so I asked her for an interview and she agreed - and here is what she had to say......
1. Where did the idea come from to start “The Design Files”?
When I first started writing The Design Files in early 2008, I was reading a lot of international design blogs such as Design*Sponge, Dezeen, Moco Loco etc… I guess I felt a bit left out as an Australian, as there really weren’t many similar Australian design blogs focusing on local design at that time. I guess I just started out as a way to collect and promote local design news in an international context…
2. In your wildest dreams, did you ever imagine your blog would be so hugely popular?
No! I absolutely had no idea it would snowball in this way – it has been an incredible ride and really a dream come true! Now I just have to keep it up!
3. You interview so many creative people, you yourself are very creative. Do you think there is a common thread to creative success?
Hmmm that is an interesting question. I would say creative success really comes from hard work and perseverance. Of course skill and passion play a huge role, but if you aren’t working hard to create and to promote what you make, even the most talented creatives would be limited in their success.
I know it is cheesy to quote Malcolm Gladwell(!!), but I do believe it’s true what he says about the 10,000 hour rule – that the key to success in any field is a matter of practicing a specific task for many many hours (a total of around 10,000 hours if you want to be specific!).
4. What makes a blog popular or interesting?
Oh there are so many different blogs that are popular and interesting in so many different ways. I guess there are usually a few common threads –
1) posting regularly, ideally everyday.
I made a simple decision early on to post every single day, Monday to Friday, and I do feel this has been I think the single most important factor in the popularity of the site. People visit every day because they know every day there will be something new to discover. :) It is a nice motivation to have!
2) Blogs which research and write original content rather than re-posting from elsewhere on the web.
3) I think the best and most successful blogs all seem to have a distinct and personal voice - blogs like this almost become like a trusted friend to each reader! This is one of the best things about good blogs - that incredible relationship with readers, where they can really trust your recommendations and opinion.
5. Best piece of advice for someone trying to kick start their creative career?
Start a blog! Truly! There is no cheaper, easier way to promote your work, start a relationship with potential clients/customers, track your own progress, reach an infinite group of likeminded people, research your market… if you are a creative person with your own business, there is no excuse not to be blogging!
6. Are you living your dream?
Ahh that’s a sweet question! I guess so… but as soon as I reach a certain goal, the goalposts always seem to move!
I guess if you had asked me a year ago where I would love to see myself and The Design Files going, where I am now would have looked fantastic! But now that I am here… I am already looking ahead for the next challenge!
7. What are you currently passionate about?
Melbourne, design, blogs, travel, cooking and eating good food, trying to find a good work/life balance, my boyfriend!
8. Five words that best describes your decorating style.
Intuitive, contemporary, clean, eclectic, space-conscious(!!)
9. Favourite places to visit locally for inspiration.
A trip to Lamington Drive Gallery in Fitzroy is always interesting and often uncovers new talent, a visit to my friends at Melbourne graphic design studio Ortolan is always inspiring, Cottage Industry is the best for local craft, Husk for their stunning window displays and brilliant textiles… Melbourne’s incredible restaurants and bars are a constant reminder of what a clever creative town this is – Journal and Seven Seeds in the CDB, Supermaxi in North Fitzroy is a recent discovery… and Mr Wilkinson in Brunswick (my boyfriend’s bar!).
10. Lastly, tea or Coffee?
Japanese Genmaicha (roasted rice tea), I am addicted.
A huge thank you to Lucy for her time and thoughts - this has been one of my favorites insights so far.
June 07, 2010
school update
this week was spent researching more bathrooms, vanities, taps, shower heads, baths and tiles. With only three weeks left of this subject, it was time to call in the big guns!
Both Andrea and Marlene have been so helpful and kind to me, I can't thank them enough. I have learnt so much from both of them and feel confident to tackle this Bathroom project head on. I really enjoyed getting an insight into the tiling business, it's a fashion story all of its own.
here are some of the ideas that I really liked:
Rectified Edging in tiles - very contemporary, but much harder to lay!
Larger tiles - tiles are just getting bigger and bigger
Tiled feature walls,
Earthly looks - especially taupe and dark grey
Glossy tiles in the shower area and Matt tiles in the rest of the bathroom - very nice!
Both Andrea and Marlene have been so helpful and kind to me, I can't thank them enough. I have learnt so much from both of them and feel confident to tackle this Bathroom project head on. I really enjoyed getting an insight into the tiling business, it's a fashion story all of its own.
here are some of the ideas that I really liked:
Rectified Edging in tiles - very contemporary, but much harder to lay!
Larger tiles - tiles are just getting bigger and bigger
Tiled feature walls,
Earthly looks - especially taupe and dark grey
Glossy tiles in the shower area and Matt tiles in the rest of the bathroom - very nice!
June 05, 2010
Insight three
about 10 years ago, I went to an "InsideOut" workshop @ David Jones in Melbourne. The lovely and very infectious Megan Morton was the guest stylist, I have admired her and been inspired by her ever since.
This week yours truly (yes ME!), got to ask the VERY talented author of Home Love some questions. She is "The Guru" of the styling world, in fact if you open a home magazine she is most likely to have been the stylist.
This is what she had to say to me...........
1. Describe your average day.
Oh my ! it is NEVER so straight forward! For early jobs during winter it can be at a location for sun (or signs of it) from 6am all ready to go! Other days I shop myself stupid for others all day long until I am falling over with excitement/tiredness. Other days I shoot at b2 (www.b2.net.au) studios making beautiful pictures and eating Miss Chu noodles for my work lunch! Every day though, I work up entries for my books blog – www.homelove.com.au
2. How did you get to now? What was your turning point as a stylist? MY first job was when my daughter and it was a `how to live with kids’ for home beautiful. What a lovely break and obviously it was also very timely
3. Best thing about your job.
Everyday is just oh-s-great. It rarely feels like work - I have made it all encompassing, so its now my life.
4. Creatively – who do you admire?
The late Sister Parish. Muriel Brandolini. And although not in my realm of interior or styling or design, but Alice Waters is THE most amazing woman alive today!
5. Are you living your dream?
Oh no – I want to be doing so much more! I don’t like to sit still.
6. What are you currently passionate about?
Our new baby, just 6 months old. So lovely – such a gift to our family.
7. Five words that best describe your decorating style.
Fun, honest, chirpy, colour led, charming
8. Style or Comfort?
Style! (Luckily though the style I chase is more often than not the comforting type!)
9.Best piece of advice for a design student starting out.
Practice! Do yourmantelpeice, your bedside, your room, your mothers room, your boyfriends room!
10. In your opinion, what makes a House a Home?
Layering and personalisation – only life and people can add this all important elements
11. Favourite places to visit locally.
Reverse Garbage in Marrickville and The Country Trader in Waterloo, two very different places/prices/style but I do well at both!
thank you so much for sharing this insight Megan, you are really SUPA!
Images: InsideOut and The Design Files
June 01, 2010
Ceramicist Samantha Robinson
I first came across the very talented Samantha Robinson in a little shop in Queenscliffe, I remember lusting over one of her bowls, and thinking how beautiful it was. It was very Australian, but at the same time it had some Asian influences.
She has a love for flowers, much of her inspiration comes from the changing flower seasons.Her textures come from old wallpapers, lace and anything interesting. I was reminded of her work more recently when Lisa and I again stumbled across some of her work in a gallery in Sorrento, so nice I had to mention her to you all.
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