Instant Wall Decor. Vintage Frame Collection.

Super cute vintage collection of plastic?celluloid frames. All highly decorative . One frame is a beautiful eggshell blue – green with gold gilding. Instant wall decor. Each frame has a lattice backing in plastic. 3 have glass fronts. 1 has the glass missing. The small frame has a stand. The 2 oblong ones are stamped […]

Collage Tutorial 1 “Artplay”

My first practical day of the “30 Days of Collage” by Stephanie Levy course. It was Melbourne Cup Day  so this was an excuse for me to grab a (naughty snack attack) stash to help me along with my artplay day. I gathered all my paints , crayons, salt, tapes and began. The first lot […]

Collecting Wallpaper & Florence Broadhurst

Many years I have collected wallpapers from all over the world. My favourite Australian designer would have to be  Florence Broadhurst Her designs are bold, abstract, wild, organic, colourful, patterned, textured,sophisticated and just beautiful. Florence Broadhurst was exotic, eccentric, flamboyant, enigmatic, opportunistic, pioneering: all this and more. Florence Broadhurst designs here A book about ‘Florence […]

Contemporary Embroidery at it’s best!

I absolutely love  Karen Ruane’s work. Her pieces are always fresh, exciting and full of loveliness and beauty.   Even Karen’s sketchbooks are works of art and a delight to view.   All photographs are copyright to Karen Ruane